Impact and outcomes
Our fellowships relaunch successful long-term research careers for those who have had a career break. They provide returners with the confidence and experience that make them employable in their first-choice careers.
Once re-established, Daphne Jackson Fellows enjoy successful career progression and make a wide variety of contributions to research and beyond.
Our fellowships bring widespread benefits to the institutions that host them. Fellows make significant research findings and contribute towards the wider research environment.
Those that fund Daphne Jackson Fellowships benefit from a fully research-active professional undertaking high-quality work that generates impact. On average, former fellows leverage nearly twice their original fellowship investment from other funders.
Our fellowships have
Saved over
years of research experience and talent from being lost from the sector.
Saved an estimated
of gross institutional costs
Returned talented professionals who went on to leverage over
of new research funding
Transforming Careers
Daphne Jackson Fellowships kick-start careers by improving skills and training:
of fellows say that their fellowship improved their prospects of securing subsequent jobs.
say their fellowship was a springboard back into their careers.
fellows have improved confidence after their fellowship.
Nearly two-thirds of Daphne Jackson Fellows secured paid employment at the same institution after their fellowship, demonstrating their high employability.
Daphne Jackson Fellows work in their first-choice job or career after their fellowship.
Daphne Jackson Fellows stay in research or teaching for at least 5 years after their fellowship.
former Daphne Jackson Fellows are now Professors – a rate that is 5X higher in our scheme than the national average.