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Outstanding opportunity for exceptional scientists, artists and engineers

18/05/2004

"We are delighted to be able to expand Dream Time further and invite applications for the 16 Fellowships available this year."

Dream Time supports exceptional achievers who want time to experiment or follow a passion - but who intend to continue with their career and put what they have discovered to good use. Funding is up to £40,000 per Fellowship and can be used on a full or part-time basis, in tandem with professional careers or temporarily away from the constraints of employment.

Dream Time is a development of NESTA's existing Fellowship Programme, which helps talented and creative individuals pursue their ideas and fulfil their potential.

As with all its awards, NESTA is looking for people who demonstrate excellence, promise, creativity, innovation and commitment. For Dream Time NESTA is also looking for people who can demonstrate evidence of exceptional achievement. This would include a significant body of work collated over a minimum ten-year period in their field, the ability to work in new ways and a commitment to the proposed area of exploration.

Venu Dhupa, NESTA Fellowships Director said:

"Since 2002 Dream Time has given 16 exceptional individuals in science, technology and the arts the opportunity to challenge thinking in their fields through stepping aside from their professional lives, discovering new skills or being given the tools to progress their work. We are delighted to be able to expand Dream Time further and invite applications for the 16 Fellowships available this year."

Dream Time Fellowships can be for any period of time up to one year and applications are available in four categories: science, technology, art and cross-discipline.

Applications are available from 10-05-2004. The deadline for receiving them is 17:00 on 8 October 2004 and the new Dream Time Fellows will be announced by early 2005.

Dream Time Fellows will be asked to provide 10% in kind support for their plan and will be required to plan ways of disseminating their findings with their professional community.