Guidelines for supervisors
A Daphne Jackson Fellowship supervisor must be a research supervisor in the host organisation and have experience in guiding students at PhD level.
The aim of the Fellowship is to bring the Fellow to the point of employability within their field from a position of having been on a career break. For the majority of candidates this means that they will need support as their confidence is often at a low level and they have been out of the workplace for a number of years. Fellows will require the assistance of their supervisor in producing a Fellowship proposal which includes a challenging research project and a training programme tailored to their needs and taking account of how long they have been away from the workplace. The research project will be subject to an independent peer review prior to award.
If successful, the candidate will become an employee of the host organisation. It is expected that the candidate will visit their host organisation on various occasions to be able to meet the research team they will be working in and become familiar with day to day working practices and requirements. Supervisors must consider what alternative arrangements will be in place to cover supervision should they be away from the facility for an extended period of time.
The Daphne Jackson Trust will need to be made aware if there are any pressing timescales associated with the research to be undertaken by the Fellow eg. seasonality of data collection.
The arrangements between the Daphne Jackson Trust and the host institution are laid down in the Guidelines for host organisations.
It is expected that the application process for the Fellowship will take on average six to nine months or longer to the point of approval of the award. The Trust will strive to obtain sponsorship throughout the application process, but funding may not always be in place at the time of approval of the award. A Daphne Jackson Fellowship may not begin until funding has been secured.
Once the Fellowship is in place at the host organisation, the supervisor will be required to report on the Fellow’s progress after the first six months and will be asked to endorse the Fellow’s Final report.
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