Major Research Fellowship Schemes

UK Research Councils

AHRC Link opens in a new window | Arts and Humanities | Various schemes Link opens in a new window to support ECRSs

BBSRC Link opens in a new window | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences | Range of Fellowship schemes Link opens in a new window to support different career ambitions

Range of Fellowship schemes Link opens in a new window to support different career ambitions

EPSRC Link opens in a new window | Engineering, Physical Sciences, Maths | Fellowships Link opens in a new window based on person specification and EPSRC priority areas Link opens in a new window

ESRC Link opens in a new window | Economics and Social Sciences | New Investigator Grants & Fellowship Opportunities Link opens in a new window

MRC | Medical and Health Sciences | Range of clinical and non-clinical fellowships to support all career stages

NERC | Natural and Environmental Sciences | Fellowships to support ECRs with career develpoment and industry collaborations

STFC Link opens in a new window | Astronomy, Nuclear, Particle and Particle Astrophysics | Fellowship schemes Link opens in a new window to support ECRs at different career stages

UKRI Link opens in a new window | Cross council funding body | Future Leaders Fellowships Link opens in a new window - career establishment fellowships across all Research Council research area

Future Leaders Fellowships Link opens in a new window - career establishment fellowships across all Research Council research area

Other Major UK Funders

Leverhulme Trust Link opens in a new window | All research areas except medicine | Early Career Fellowships Link opens in a new window (<4 years post submission of thesis)

Wellcome Trust Link opens in a new window | Health and medicine research across life sciences, social sciences and medical humanities | Several schemes from new postdoc to establishing career including career restart options Link opens in a new window

British Academy Link opens in a new window | Social Sciences and Humanities | Postdoctoral Fellowships Link opens in a new window scheme for ECRs with less than 3 years postoc experience (from date of viva)

NIHR Link opens in a new window | Research arm of the NHS. Supports research to improve NHS services and patient outcomes | Range of fellowships Link opens in a new window to support career development for postgrafduate and postdoctoral researchers

International Funders

Marie Sklodowska Curie Individual Fellowships Link opens in a new window | All subject areas | Career and skills development fellowships funded by the EU. Mobility is essential so you must move country to hold a MSCA-IF. Two options; either 2 years based in an EU or Associated country Link opens in a new window (European Fellowship) or 2 years based outside these countries with a further re-integration years based back in an EU or associated country (Global Fellowship)

European Research Council Link opens in a new window | All subject areas | 5 -year grants to support frontier research and to build research groups. Starting Grants Link opens in a new window (<7 years post PhD) and Consolidator Grants (7-12 years post PhD). Will need to be held in an EU or Associated country Link opens in a new window so may not be possible to hold in the UK post Brexit

Research areas