Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship

The Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowships provide an opportunity for outstanding emerging or established international research leaders to undertake a flexible 12-month period of sabbatical leave in a UK university or research institution, to foster international collaborative links and enrich scientific research in the host organisation, as well as the wider UK science base. The scheme enables UK Universities and not-for-profit Research Institutions to attract and recruit internationally leading researchers and their teams to their organisation. Fellows can conduct a 12-month full-time visit or spread it over a 24-month period with a minimum 3-month visit period. The scheme is jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the Royal Society, with the objective to enable UK universities and research institutions to attract outstanding emerging or established international research leaders in key strategic areas to the UK from overseas, and to enable the Visiting Fellow and the host UK organisation to develop ongoing collaborative research links, share ideas and practice.