Open fellowship calls

About the project

We offer institutionally-funded fellowships to develop our research and research community.

Institutional fellowships

Institutional fellowships are offered by each of our three Faculties. The institutional fellowships vary by faculty to meet local needs:

Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health: The Dean’s Prize Award

Two years in length, this award is aimed at researchers typically three to seven years post PhD who are looking to make a substantial external funding application in the near future.

Read more about the Dean's Prize .

Faculty of Humanities: Simon and Hallsworth Fellowships

Three years in length, this award is for early career researchers (up to four years’ experience post PhD). The Simon awards are for researchers in social sciences.

The Hallsworth awards are for political economics researchers.

Read more about the Simon and Hallsworth Fellowships .

Faculty of Science and Engineering: Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Fellowship

Five years in length, this award is designed as a stepping stone to establishing an independent academic research career for engineers and scientists whose work relates to the Faculty of Science and Engineering priorities.

Priorities are set each year and detailed in the job description.

Expressions of interest for externally-funded fellowships and awards

Expressions of interest are welcomed, email the team for more information.

Future Leaders Fellowships

The UKRI scheme provides long-term support for fellows to tackle ambitious programmes or multidisciplinary questions, and new or emerging research and innovation areas and partnerships.

The application process is currently open until 26 January 2026 and you can contact fellows@manchester.ac.uk to receive an expression of interest form. Once completed, please return to the same email address.

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