Fellowships Supported for 2025/26 Academic Year

Appendix:- Potential Fellowships Being Supported 2025/26 Academic Year

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

Early Career (< 5 years duration)

SchemeWeb addressDemand management?Other Notes
UKSA Space Exploration FellowshipCall will appear here  currently closed – next round expected early ‘26
1851Royal Commission Awards Jan '25 - Currently closed
EU Marie CurieMarie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 10th Sept 2025
Leverhulme Early Career FellowshipLeverhulme Early-Career-FellowshipsYes – University led

Feb 2026

Currently closed

RASRas Awards-and-Grants FellowshipsYes – School led (1 candidate)November 2025
Daphne Jackson FellowshipDaphne Jackson Open but application takes ~ 12 months
Royal Society Career Development FellowshipRoyal Society Career development fellowship  Currently Closed, likely to open Jan ‘26
Royal Society Newton International Research FellowshipRoyal Society Newton Fellowship Currently Closed, likely to open Jan ‘26

Independent

SchemeWeb addressDemand management?Other Notes
Royal Society URFRoyal Society URF 10th September 2025
Royal Society Dorothy HodgkinRoyal Society Dorothy Hodgkin  10th September 2025
STFC ERFErnest Rutherford Fellowship 

Yes – School led

[3 candidates]

Oct 1st 2025 (internal deadline to apply for selection = June 27th 2025)
UKRI FLFFuture Leader Fellowships Yes – University Level Selection ~ 3-4 months prior to closing date

Round 10 selections completed. 

Please revisit this page for Round 11/ 12 deadlines later in the year. 

ERC Starter

ERC Funding starting grants

See also EU Funding & Tenders Portal

 Currently Closed expected early ‘26
ERC Consolidator

ERC Funding consolidator grants

See also EU funding portal Calls for proposals | EU Funding & Tenders Portal

 Currently Closed
expected early ‘26
Leverhulme Research Leadership AwardsLeverhulme Research  Leadership Awards Yes – university selection of 1(one) candidate

2025 scheme candidate already selected. 

Triennial (next scheme 2028) 

NERC IRFNERC Independent Research Fellowships  Yes – University levelCurrent Closed (opens Jan ‘ 26)
Royal Academy of EngineeringRAEnG Research Fellowship 17th Sept 2025

Senior Research Focused

SchemeWeb addressDemand management?Other Notes
Royal SocietyFaraday Discovery Fellowships  23rd Sept 2025
Royal Society Leverhulme Senior Research FellowshipRoyal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship 12th November 2025
Royal Society Wolfson FellowshipRoyal Society Wolfson Fellowship 4th September 2025
ERC AdvancedERC Advanced Grants 28th August 2025
Leverhulme Emeritus FellowshipsLeverhulme Emeritus Fellowships 

Currently closed  

Mid ‘ 26

Leverhulme International FellowshipsLeverhulme  International Fellowships 

Currently closed

Early ‘26

Leverhulme Research FellowshipsLeverhulme Research Fellowships  Currently closed (early ’26)
Leverhulme Visiting ProfessorshipsLeverhulme Visiting Professorships 

2nd Oct 2025 

May / October ‘26 

Royal Academy of EngineeringRAENG Research Chairs Currently suspended – next round 26/27

Industry Overlap

SchemeWeb addressDemand management?Other Notes
Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial FellowshipsRAENG Industrial  Fellowships  Suspended. – next round 2026

Public Engagement Fellowships

SchemeWeb addressDemand management?Other Notes
STFC Public Engagement FellowsCurrently suspended Currently closed