Rising Star Agrifood Fellowships - Reading, United Kingdom - Springer Nature

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Rising Star Agrifood Fellowships:


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  • Reading, Berkshire
  • Salary £45,585 £56,021 per annum
  • Closing date 18 Mar 2024
  • Discipline
Environmental Science
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Permanent
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The University of Reading is a world-leading institution in disciplines key for Agriculture, Food and connected disciplines such as Climate and Environmental research.

The AgriFood 'Rising Star' Fellowship scheme is funded by the National Institute for Research Into Dairying (NIRD) Trust, which enables our investment into agriculture and food research.

At a time when we are facing national and global challenges related to:

access to healthy and sustainable diets; diet-related disease; the consequences of climate change for food production; the need to enhance ecosystem biodiversity that impacts on our food system, these Fellowships have never been more important.


We will be looking to appoint at least two Fellows in 2023/24 with a minimum of a further two Fellowship appointments in 2024/25 and 2025/26.

We are looking for individuals who can push the boundaries of their discipline, who are willing to build and lead interdisciplinary research teams, and who can demonstrate the potential to deliver ground-breaking research discoveries.

We will provide similar support packages to anyone seeking to base prestigious fellowships, such as those funded by the Royal Society, European Union or UKRI, at the University of Reading.


Each Fellow will be appointed on the Lecturer scale as a Research Intensive contract, initially for three years with the intention to extend for a further two years if probationary targets have been met.

The expectation is then that the Fellow will transition to a permanent academic post in their home School. A generous support package will be provided to aid the development of each Fellow (£20k p.a. research expenses, peer support, mentoring, leadership training and a PhD studentship fund equivalent to one UK student fee, stipend and research training and support grant).

We anticipate that applicants will already have some post-doctoral experience, will be able to evidence high quality publications and their potential to obtain external funding for impactful research.


Priority areas:

  • Addressing the interactions between a changing climate and food systems
  • Innovative food processing of novel ingredients emerging from protein and oil crops


Potential applicants are encouraged to connect with the Research Dean as soon as possible to discuss their proposed programme of work.

We have funds available to support potential high quality applicants to visit the University of Reading ahead of the deadline to meet potential collaborators, view our excellent facilities and get a sense of the welcoming research environment they could be joining.


  • It is anticipated that these positions will be held in either the School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, or the School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy (Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences), or a relevant related School, according to the discipline of the successful applicant._
Closing date - 18 March 2024.


Informal contact details

Contact role:
Research Dean for Agriculture, Food and Health


Contact name:
Prof Carol Wagstaff


The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality.

Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs
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