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Early Career Stage
Eligibility: Early career, cannot have held or currently hold a lecturer position
Pipeline: Yearly, closing late spring (expected: May)
Duration: 3 years
Funding: Maximum £500,000 for salary and research costs, no research staff or equipment
British Heart Foundation (BHF): Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellowship
Eligibility: Early career, up to 2 years postdoc experience
Pipeline: Open call
Duration: 4 years
Funding: Salary, research costs and travel
British Academy: Postdoctoral fellowships
Eligibility: Humanities or social sciences background, up to 3 years postdoc experience
Pipeline: Yearly, closing in autumn (expected: October-November)
Duration: 3 years
Funding: Salary, research costs and overheads
British Academy: British Academy / Wolfson Fellowship
Eligibility: Up to 3 years postdoc experience, existing post for the length of award
Pipeline: Not currently open for applications, BA website will be updated when a decision is made
Duration: 3 years
Funding: Maximum £130,000 for time buyout, research costs and travel
Cancer Research UK (CRUK): Career Development Fellowship
Eligibility: Postdoc, no salaried independent position, to establish your own independent research group
Pipeline: Two rounds per year closing in spring and autumn (outline)
Duration 6 years
Funding: Maximum £1.5m for salary, research costs, equipment and up to two research posts
EPSRC: postdoctoral fellowship
Eligibility: Early career, either hold a PhD or at least 4 years experience in relevant field
Pipeline: Not currently open for applications, UKRI website will be updated when a decision is made
Duration: 3 years
Funding: Equipment, impact costs and travel only
Eligibility: Via White Rose DTP, up to 12 months postdoctoral experience, fellowship activities must be based at least 50% within social sciences
Pipeline: Yearly, closing early in the calendar year (expected: January-March)
Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Funding: Salary, overheads and up to £10,000 for research expenses
Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness: Mildred Blaxter postdoctoral fellowship
Eligibility: Up to 2 years postdoctoral experience
Pipeline: Yearly, closing in March
Duration: 1 year
Funding: Salary and up to £2,500 for research or conference expenses
Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF): Early Career Fellowship
Eligibility: Up to 10 years postdoc experience
Pipeline: Not currently open for applications, ISRF website will be updated when a decision is made
Duration: 1 year
Funding: Maximum of £60,000 for teaching buyout and research expenses
Leverhulme Trust: Early Career Fellowship
Eligibility: Up to 4 years postdoc experience, not held a full-time permanent academic post in UK
Pipeline: Yearly, opens in January and closes February/March
Duration: 3 years
Funding: 50% salary costs (up to £26,000 per year) and up to £6,000 per year for research expenses
Eligibility: Hold a PhD or equivalent, show evidence of career progression, show clear plans for developing as a leader in your area of research
Pipeline: Two rounds per year closing in April and September
Duration: 5 years
Funding: Salary and research costs
MRC: Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Eligibility: Be a registered healthcare professional, at an appropriate point in your training to undertake a PhD, show plans to pursue a research career
Pipeline: Three rounds per year closing in January, April and September
Duration: 3 years
Funding: Salary and project costs
NERC: Independent Research Fellowship
Eligibility: Early career researcher, hold a PhD qualification or expect to submit your thesis before the fellowship interview, be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding
Pipeline: Yearly, opens in July/August and closes November
Duration: 5 years
Funding: No funding limit, no equipment more than £10,000
Eligibility: Have completed a relevant first degree, have a proposed host who is an HEI, NHS body, or other provider of health and/or care services, and be proposing to develop a career as a methodologist in the eligible list
Pipeline: Yearly, opens in January/February
Duration: Either 12, 18 or 24 months
Funding: Salary, training and development costs, conference related costs, supervision fees, and UK/Home Master's level training fees
Eligibility: Have completed a relevant first degree, have a proposed host who is an HEI, NHS body, or other provider of health and/or care services, and be intending to register (or recently registered) for and complete a PhD
Pipeline: Two rounds per year closing in July and January
Duration: 3 years
Funding: Salary and on-costs, training and development costs, conference costs, equipment, and other research expenses
Eligibility: Between 3 and 8 years postdoc experience, do not hold a permanent post at a university, no previous fellowship providing an opportunity to establish an independent research group, and do not hold independent researcher status.
Pipeline: Yearly, closing around September
Duration: Up to 8 years
Funding: Salary, research assistance and research expenses (including equipment)
Eligibility: Early career researcher, either: are transitioning to or establishing independence, or developing own original and ambitious plans within a commercial setting
Pipeline: Yearly, internal university-wide process prior to deadline
Duration: Up to 7 years
Funding: Salary and justified research expenses
Eligibility: Up to 3 years postdoctoral experience (not including career breaks)
Pipeline: Three rounds per year closing in February, May and October
Duration: 5 years
Funding: Salary and up to £400,000 for research expenses
Eligibility: ECRs who are looking to establish their independence. It is expected that they will have a number of first author papers, but will not have any as last author.
Pipeline: Internal outline applications in December, YCR Sheffield Pioneers for full applications in February
Duration: 3.5 years
Funding: Up to £350,000
Established/ Senior Career Stage
Eligibility: Either have a number of years postdoctoral experience, or 4 years experience in a relevant field
Pipeline: Expected yearly, closing in Autumn. Check website for updates
Duration: Up to 5 years (full time, longer if part time)
Funding: staff costs, equipment (up to £400,000 per item), other items required to carry out the project, costs related to impact, travel and subsistence
Eligibility: A registered healthcare professional, have a PhD or equivalent, show evidence of career development, and show clear plans for developing as a leader in your field
Pipeline: Three rounds per year closing in January, April and September
Duration: Up to 5 years
Funding: Salary and project costs
Eligibility: Hold a PhD qualification (by attending the interview) and not already hold a Chair position
Pipeline: Two rounds per year closing in January and July
Duration: 2-5 years
Funding: Salary, research costs and a bespoke training and development programme
Eligibility: Mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders.
Pipeline: 3 times a year
Duration: up to 8 years
Funding: The annual expenditure is usually below £250,000 excluding the applicant’s salary
Eligibility: Established researcher, employed at a UK institution, working on the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), experimental medicine, humanities and social science, clinical/allied health sciences, and public health
Pipeline: 3 times a year, closing in December
Duration: up to 8 years
Funding: The average size of a Discovery Award is £3.5 million
Eligibility: Employed at a UK institution, humanities or social sciences field. Able to disseminate the results of their research through publications and feeding into their future academic career
Pipeline: Yearly, closing in November
Duration: 1 year
Funding: Teaching replacement
Eligibility: Established post, not expected to retire during the course of the award
Pipeline: Not currently open, last call in 2021. Unclear if will reopen
Duration: Up to 3 years
Funding: Fixed sum, for teaching replacement and research expenses
Eligibility: Normally up to 15 years postdoc experience, already published or established significant track record, employed at a UK university
Pipeline: Yearly, closing in August/September
Duration: 6-12 months
Funding: Maximum funding of £80,000
Eligibility: Able to demonstrate established researcher status, hold a PhD, have space and facilities to run an independent research group
Pipeline: Two rounds per year closing in March and October
Duration: 6 years
Funding: Salary, research staff, expenses, equipment (up to £50,000)
Eligibility: Experienced researcher. UK resident, hold a post in a UK institution that extends beyond the fellowship
Pipeline: Yearly, closing in November
Duration: 3-24 months
Funding: Up to £65,000. Research expenses and a contribution to replacement costs
Eligibility: 10 years + postdoctoral experience (or qualify as mid-career)
Pipeline: Every other year (e.g. 2022, 2024, etc), closing in the first half of the year
Duration: Up to 12 months
Funding: Up to £75,000 covering teaching/administrative replacement, research expenses may be considered
Eligibility: Hold a PhD or equivalent, have experience leading nationally competitive research, and be managing your own independent research group
Pipeline: Yearly, closing in April
Duration: Up to 5 years
Funding: Project costs and 50% of salary costs
Eligibility: Hold a PhD or equivalent, have experience leading research funded by a major funder, and be managing your own independent research group
Pipeline: Yearly, closing in September
Duration: Up to 5 years
Funding: Project costs and 50% of salary costs
Eligibility: Internal process (the university has to nominate applicants), should be close to professorial level or have recently been appointed as a full Professor.
Pipeline: Yearly, closing in December
Duration: 5 years
Funding: Salary costs, staff posts, travel/research costs
Eligibility: World-class researcher (scientists and engineers) of outstanding achievement and promise of any nationality, working within Royal Society’s remit
Pipeline: Yearly, closing in June
Duration: 5 years, opportunity to renew for a further 5 years
Funding: Contribution to salary and on-costs, research assistance, research expenses and start up costs
Eligibility: Newly established independent researchers who do not yet hold a salaried position. It is expected that they will have evidence of leadership in research, including senior authorship
Pipeline: Internal outline applications in December, YCR Sheffield Pioneers for full applications in February
Duration: 5 years
Funding: Up to £1.25 million
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