STFC fellowships: rules and regulations
Employer and value of award
When a fellowship is approved it will be announced in the form of a research grant to the host Institution, giving details of the fellowship and the conditions governing it. Copies will also be provided for the Institution to pass on to you. STFC requires that the fellowship must be accepted on the understanding that the Institution and Fellow will comply with the conditions governing the research grant.
STFC regards the Institution as the employer of the Fellow announced on the research grant and as such expects the Institution to appoint you in accordance with its terms and conditions of employment. Work permits, where required, are a matter for direct negotiation between the Institution, the Department of Employment and the Home Office.
If you receive or expect to receive any other awards during the tenure of a STFC fellowship, the value and conditions of the other award must be advised immediately to STFC so that appropriate adjustment to the STFC award can be considered.
STFC will take approximate account of the effect of national pay awards operative during the period of the fellowship when announcing the grant. Both the Fellow and the host Institution must recognise that STFC's research grants are cash limited. Specifically, STFC will award funds on the basis of the agreed salary scales at the time of announcement, with the provision for future years increased on the basis of the Government's most recent estimates of future inflation. Once announced, the grant will not normally be increased to take account of different inflation assumptions.
Institutions must appoint the Fellow for the full period given on the Fellowship Research Grant announcement.
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Page last updated: 27 July 2010
by Pat Carter
