U21 Mid-Career Researcher Programme
The U21 Mid-Career Researcher Programme is an exclusive 4-week online course for mid-career researchers (MCRs).
Each institution is limited in the number of nominations they can submit for the scheme and the Strategic Research Initiatives team oversees the University of Glasgow selection process.
Our Approach
Our selection process takes place in two stages, one at the college level and another at the institutional level. All interested candidates must contact their College Research Support Team to indicate their interest in being nominated by the University of Glasgow. The College Research Support Team will also answer any questions about the College selection processes and deadlines.
Internal applications are comprised of a nomination form and brief statement (max.100 words) detailing the candidate’s suitability for the programme.
Selected candidates from each College will have their applications considered by the institutional selection panel.
Timelines: We begin the internal selection process as soon as we receive notification that a new call for participants has launched. The next call is expected to launch in 2028.
For general queries: researchinitiatives@glasgow.ac.uk
For queries about College selection processes:
College of Arts & Humanities: arts-researchoffice@glasgow.ac.uk
College of Science & Engineering: scieng-submit@glasgow.ac.uk
College of Social Sciences: socsci-research-office@glasgow.ac.uk
College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences: mvls-research-office@glasgow.ac.uk
Use of AI in Application Development
Applications submitted to internal demand management and quality management processes at the University of Glasgow are expected to comply with the University of Glasgow's Generative AI Guidance for Researchers and the Funders joint statement: use of generative AI tools in funding applications and assessment.
All applicants should review these documents and are responsible for ensuring any application they submit complies with the guidance and parameters provided. Key points we would like to highlight from these resources include:
- Any use of generative AI tools must be accompanied by critical analysis and oversight on the part of the user
- Work that is not your own effort or is without appropriately transparent acknowledgement of sources or tools used (e.g. work submitted that is the product of Generative AI) does not meet crucial requirements for assessment or academic/research integrity
- Applicants must not use generative AI tools to generate an entire application, or sections of an application, without human involvement
- Reviewers must not input our confidential funding applications into generative AI tools to develop their reviews