Nationwide, UK
Fellowship in the built environment
at Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is looking for applications for its 2021 fellowship in the built environment.
The topic for 2021 is restoring nature in the city.
Parks and gardens both public and private are wonderful amenities that enrich our lives and connect us to nature but is there a more regenerative approach to nature in the public realm that inhabits our roads, walls and surfaces of division, allowing the city to breathe, be more diverse, less manicured, but more loved? This year’s fellowship is looking for innovative thinking that contributes to unpicking the heat islands of the extensive hard surface city in a manner that may be visionary, wide ranging or local but seeks the art of the possible and potentially transformative. Proposals may involve permanent change or perhaps meanwhile uses.
The Commission welcomes applications not just from built environment professionals and landscape designers but also, for example, social entrepreneurs, ecologists, community groups, local authorities and landowners large and small.
Entries will be accepted not only from individuals but also from formal or informal partnerships. Candidates should be UK based aiming to carry out research over a two-year period culminating in a milestone output of significance. In all cases candidates should identify a mentor who can contribute objectively to the project and widen the reach of outputs to help make a difference.
The value of the two-year full-time fellowship is £50,000 per year.
The application process culminates in interviews due to take place in November. The fellowship must commence by the end of the 2021 calendar year.
See our website for a full brief and for details of how to apply.
Deadline for applications is midday 6 September 2021.