The fund will help to develop impact from existing research related to Digital Futures by supporting people exchanges. The fellowship fund can support inward our outward exhanges between the university and external partners that are designed around a specific project with identified outcomes and outputs.

A total of £50,000 will be available to support the followships, at up to £10,000 per application. Applications must be received by 5 pm on 22 April 2022.

BDFI Institute and Partnership Manager, Hayley Shaw, said:

"Bristol Digital Futures Institute is fundamentally transforming processes of digital innovation to drive the creation of digital technologies for inclusive, prosperous and sustainable societies. Working at the interface between disciplines and sectors - foregrounding sociotechnical and co-productive approaches - is critical to this mission. We're delighted to be able to support several new Knowledge Exchange Fellowships to support the creation of impact from our vibrant research base."

The fund must be led by a University of Bristol academic of any School or Faculty, but should include at least one external organisation and have at least 50% grounding in social sciences. For more information, follow the links below or contact us at hayley.shaw@bristol.ac.uk.