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Fellowship Information

The 1851 Research Fellowship in Design is intended to enable those at a more advanced stage in their career to explore important current issues, selected by the Commission.

Applications are welcomed from post-graduates, researchers, practitioners or professionals on a career break.

The Fellowship runs for two years and is funded at £50,000 pa.

Entries will be accepted not only from individuals but also from formal or informal partnerships. Candidates should be UK based aiming to carry out research over a 2 year period culminating in a milestone output of significance. In all cases candidates should identify a mentor who can contribute objectively to the project and widen the reach of outputs to help make a difference.

Introduced in 2006, awards have been made for research into:

  • Biodiversity by Design awarded to Henry Hosker 2024
  • Design: Waste Not Want Not awarded to Robert Charles Johnson 2022
  • Design for Resilience awarded to Aran Dasan 2020
  • Design and ‘Fake News’ awarded to Jennifer George 2018
  • Healthier Cities awarded to Dr Julia King 2016
  • Techno Push / Consumer Pull awarded to Jacqueline Cole 2014
  • 3D Printing – A Genuine Industrial Revolution awarded to Jo Hutchings 2012
  • Connecting the New Economy with the Old awarded to Michael Korn 2010
  • The Link between Technology and Productive Industry awarded to Adrian Westaway 2008
  • The Future of Business in Design awarded to Professor Tom Barker 2006

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