Fellowships 2024/25 Academic Year

Appendix:- Potential Fellowships Being Supported 2024/25 Academic Year

Please follow the appropriate links provided below to check your eligibility before selecting a particular scheme.

Early Career (< 5 years duration)

Scheme

Web address

Demand management?

Other Notes

UKSA Aurora Fellowship

2024 Explo Science Announcement of Opportunity

 

currently closed - next round expected to open Feb '25 and close in May '25

EPSRC postdoctoral

UK Research and Innovation

 

Limited to specific areas at different times.

May '24

1851

Royal Commission Awards

 

Jan '24 - Currently closed

EU Marie Curie

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

 

Sept 24

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship

Leverhulme Early-Career-Fellowships

Yes – University led

Jan' 25 Currently closed

RAS

Ras Awards-and-Grants Fellowships

Yes – School led (1 candidate)

Oct ‘24

Daphne Jackson Fellowship

Daphne Jackson

UKRI Return-to-research-support-bursary

 

3rd June 2024

Open but application takes ~ 12 months

Royal Society Newton International Research Fellowship

Royal Society Grants-schemes-awards Grants Newton-international

 

Spring ‘24

UK IC Postdoctoral Programme

UKIC Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

 

Jan ’24

Independent

Scheme

Web address

Demand management?

Other Notes

EPSRC open

EPSRC UKRI Skills Fellows

 

May ‘24

NERC IRF

 

NERC Independent Research Fellowship 2021

Yes – University level

Early Oct ‘23

Royal Society URF

Royal Society Grants-schemes-awards

 

July ‘25

Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin

Royal Society Grants-schemes-awards University Research

 

Oct '23

STFC ERF

Ernest Rutherford Fellowship

Yes – School led

[3 candidates]

Sept 21st '23

UKRI FLF

Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 9

Yes

25th June '24

Hawking Fellowship

Stephen Hawking Fellowship

 

March '24

Webb Fellowship

UKRI Webb Fellowship using the James Webb space telescope

 

Not currently open

ERC Starter

erc Funding starting grants

 

Not currently open Jan ’23

ERC Consolidator

erc Funding consolidator grants

 

Not currently open March ‘24

Leverhulme Research Leadership Awards

Leverhulme Research  Leadership Awards

 

Not currently open

Royal Academy of Engineering

https://www.raeng.org.uk/grants-prizes/grants/support-for-research/raeng-research-fellowship

 

Sept 23

EPSRC Quantum Technology Fellowship

UKRI Quantum Technology Career Development Fellowships

 

Not currently open (2023)

Senior Research Focused

Scheme

Web address

Demand management?

Other Notes

EPSRC open

EPSRC UKRI Skills Fellows

 

28th Sept ’23

Royal Society Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship

Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship

 

opens 25th September '25

Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship

Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship

 

Aug 24

ERC Advanced

erc Advanced Grants

 

Aug '24

Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowships

Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowships

 

Currently closed mid’23

Leverhulme International Fellowships

Leverhulme  International Fellowships

 

Currently closed April’23

Leverhulme International Professorships

Leverhulme International Professorships

 

22nd Nov 23 (Final Call)

Leverhulme Visiting Professorships

Leverhulme Visiting Professorships

 

5th Oct ‘ 23

2nd May ‘24

Royal Academy of Engineering

RAENG Research Chairs

 

7th Sept ‘23

Turing AI world-leading researcher

UKRI Turing ai world leading Researcher Fellowships: round two

 

7th Sept '23

Industry Overlap

Scheme

Web address

Demand management?

Other Notes

Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowships

RAENG Industrial  Fellowships

 

April 24

Public Engagement Fellowships

Scheme

Web address

Demand management?

Other Notes

STFC Public Engagement Fellows

UKRI Lead public engagement with science technology and engineering

 

Currently closed

Expression of Interest Form

For those applying for fellowships in the 2024/25 academic year, download and complete an expression of interest (EOI) form.

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R4RI narrative template

Résumé for Research and Innovation (R4RI): guidance – UKRI