Lord Kelvin / Adam Smith (LKAS) Fellowships
The Lord Kelvin-Adam Smith Fellowship programme has been a spectacular success, supporting 118 Leadership Fellows since 2015 to pursue excellent research at the University of Glasgow, via a range of prestigious externally funded fellowships. This investment has enabled us to attract world-class researchers to enhance our research environment and build our long-term talent pipeline.
As our financial environment becomes more challenging, we recognise that our first responsibility is to our existing staff and Fellowship holders, ensuring that we are able to maintain the University of Glasgow as the best place for them to build their research careers. To support our staff, we will continue to deliver a rich portfolio of development opportunities, fostering leadership across career stages, through our Talent Lab and Fellowship Framework offers.
To support this focus, we have taken the reluctant decision to extend the pause of our LKAS scheme until 31st July 2027 in the first instance. This will also allow a deeper review of what LKAS offers prospective fellowship holders to enhance the research activities of their externally funded fellowships, ensuring that it is fit for purpose, strategic in its application and impact, and financially sustainable in the longer-term for future fellowship applicants across the duration of the research strategy. Irrespective of any financial support from LKAS, through Talent Lab and our Fellowships Framework we have a rich offering of support for current and future recipients of external fellowships.
We recognise that this will be difficult news, especially for those planning applications for external Fellowships over the coming months, and we would encourage all those planning applications over this timescale to engage with their College Research Support Office, who will be able to liaise with School and College leaders in instances where Fellowship applications cannot proceed without financial investment from the University.
Contact
For any LKAS-related query, contact ris-lkas@glasgow.ac.uk.
LKAS Leadership Fellowships
The Lord Kelvin-Adam Smith Fellowship programme has been a spectacular success, supporting 118 Leadership Fellows since 2015 to pursue excellent research at the University of Glasgow, via a range of prestigious externally funded fellowships. This investment has enabled us to attract world-class researchers to enhance our research environment and build our long-term talent pipeline.
As our financial environment becomes more challenging, we recognise that our first responsibility is to our existing staff and Fellowship holders, ensuring that we are able to maintain the University of Glasgow as the best place for them to build their research careers. To support our staff, we will continue to deliver a rich portfolio of development opportunities, fostering leadership across career stages, through our Talent Lab and Fellowship Framework offers.
To support this focus, we have taken the reluctant decision to extend the pause of our LKAS scheme until 31st July 2027 in the first instance. This will also allow a deeper review of what LKAS offers prospective fellowship holders to enhance the research activities of their externally funded fellowships, ensuring that it is fit for purpose, strategic in its application and impact, and financially sustainable in the longer-term for future fellowship applicants across the duration of the research strategy. Irrespective of any financial support from LKAS, through Talent Lab and our Fellowships Framework we have a rich offering of support for current and future recipients of external fellowships.
We recognise that this will be difficult news, especially for those planning applications for external Fellowships over the coming months, and we would encourage all those planning applications over this timescale to engage with their College Research Support Office, who will be able to liaise with School and College leaders in instances where Fellowship applications cannot proceed without financial investment from the University.