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RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER and REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
visiting
scholars
A number of prestigious visits have taken place in the past year with more planned in the coming year. The Scheme is currently in the very healthy state of being over-subscribed.
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
The University was awarded five postdoctoral fellowships through DENI. The
fellowships were targeted at research areas of a rating of 4 or better in
the RAE and will run for a period of three years.
Leverhulme Trust Visiting
Fellowships
On the basis of its 1996 RAE performance the University received funding
for two Leverhulme Trust Visiting Fellowships for overseas visitors for a
period of ten months. Dr Csanad Bachrati from the Institute of Genetics at
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences worked in the Cancer and Ageing Research
Group at Coleraine. Associate Professor Andrew Beer from the Department of
Geography, Population and Environmental Management, Flinders University,
Adelaide, South Australia worked on housing research at Magee.
AHRB Fellowships
The Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) appointed a second wave of
Fellows in the Creative and Performing Arts. Fourteen Fellows have been
appointed in 2001, their fields ranging from rock-climbing art, to
Japanese textile design.
A Fellowship was awarded to David Shipsides, whose project is Lateral practice and climbing: Developing new spatial narratives between art and non-art practices. He explains: “The question ‘What is Art?’ is a perennial one, with definitions being continually expanded by (in particular) the work of conceptual, performance, and land artists. It is rare, however, for rock-climbing to be incorporated into art practice.”
AHRB Fellows, who undertake a substantial research programme and contribute to the research activities and culture of their institution, receive an AHRB award of £17,500 each year, for up to three years. Partnership funding towards salary and other research costs is provided by the host institution.
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