UK Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
The Government Office for Science offers UK Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to outstanding early career science or engineering researchers. These Fellowships are designed to promote unclassified basic research in areas of interest to the intelligence, security and defence communities. The Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure, Department for Transport, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Home Office, and the National Cyber Security Centre are among the organisations represented in the UK Intelligence Community for the Postdoctoral Research Fellowships.
One round of applications is held annually. Members of the IC identify research topics and the Research Fellows work locally with University Research Advisors to develop and submit research proposals that align with the topics.
Research Topics
Determining the impact and use of synthetic biology methods to create existing, modified or new pathogens
Near-field explosive properties, understanding the effect of short duration, high intensity environments on adjacent material
Detecting needles in haystacks - how can quantum sensors help improving security screening?
Measuring deterrence success of public assistance measures
Generation of novel sensors for chemical detection
Pattern dection (structural) within large complex network graphs
Agile manufacturing of multi-constituent metamaterial inspired electromagnetic devices
An investigation of 5G technology and the threats it presents for the security community and identification of countermeasure opportunities
Research into future millimetre wave wireless systems propagation in modern built and secure environments
Smart cities, multimedia mesh networking
Automated component recognition for hardware assurance
Improving energy storage and energy harvesting in IoT wireless sensor nodes
Modelling the effects of mechanical stress for batteries in wearable applications
Propagation-resistant safe battery packs without compromising on high energy densities
Robust physical layer security for wireless communications
Improving quantum and optical sensors using machine learning techniques
Reconfigurable broadband RF metamaterials
Reasoning for autonomous domain specific robots
Cyber influence on behaviour change: Prevalence, predictors, progress and prevention
Explainable and trustworthy artificial intelligence
The research is conducted by the Research Fellows while working in partnership with the University Research Advisor, and collaborating with an advisor from the Intelligence Community (IC Advisor). The Fellowships are aimed at early career researchers from all branches of science and engineering who have up to four years postdoctoral experience. Each application for the Fellowships is capped at a maximum grant of £200,000 over a two-year period.
deadline at 4pm on Monday 06 April 2020.
