Vice Chancellor’s & Patrick G. Johnston Fellowships, Queen’s University Belfast, UK (2018-2019)

Professor Patrick Johnston was regarded as one of the world’s foremost cancer researchers and served as the 12th President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast until his death in June 2017. Professor Johnston led the modernisation of cancer services across Northern Ireland, including the development of a state-of-the-art Clinical Cancer Centre and a new research Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology (CCRCB) at the University which opened in 2007.

To support our ambitious research strategy, we are making a substantial investment and expect to award a number of prestigious Fellowships, including both Vice-Chancellor’s Fellowships and Patrick G. Johnston Fellowships, with the latter aligned to medical research and funded by a generous philanthropic gift.

These prominent three-year Research Fellowships are a fantastic opportunity to build upon the foundations of an academic career and will lead to an academic post, subject to appropriate performance against agreed criteria. The purpose of the scheme is to support the Fellows in pursuing their research and successful Fellows will be able to access exceptional support to enable them to become leaders in their field.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate how their current research is aligned to one or more research areas. With a relevant degree and PhD (or equivalent), they will have 3 – 6 years’ post-PhD experience, although exceptional candidates in their third year post-PhD experience will also be considered.

In order to build upon our existing areas of world-leading research, we aim to align our Fellows with the research areas in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences including activities associated with the Schools of: Biological Sciences; Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences; Nursing & Midwifery; and, Pharmacy and including the Institute of Health Sciences (encompassing the Centres for Cancer Research & Cell Biology, Experimental Medicine; and, Public Health), the Institute for Global Food Security and the MATCH Pioneer Research Programme.

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Vice Chancellor’s & Patrick G. Johnston Fellowships, Queen’s University Belfast, UK (2018-2019)