External funding opportunities

• Leverhulme Trust Early Career FellowshipLink opens in a new window (Application opens 1 January 2025, closes 4pm 20 February 2025. We are no longer inviting Expressions of Interest for this round.)

• Branco Weiss FellowshipLink opens in a new window (closes 15 January 2025. Expressions of Interest invited by 12pm on Wednesday 27^th November 2024).

• Ramsay Memorial Trust FellowshipLink opens in a new window (we are no longer inviting Expressions of Interest for the upcoming round. Note that the administration of this scheme is moving from SCI to The Royal Commission for the Exhibition for 1851Link opens in a new window) and has been absorbed into the Research Fellowship scheme.
• The Royal Society's Dorothy Hodgkin FellowshipLink opens in a new window (closes 29 October 2024. We are no longer inviting Expressions of Interest for the 2025 round).
• The Royal Society's University Research FellowshipLink opens in a new window (2025 round closed).
• 2024 BBSRC Fellowships schemeLink opens in a new window (Closed).
• UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 9Link opens in a new window (Closed).

• Wellcome Trust Early-Career AwardsLink opens in a new window (Four rounds per year).

• EPSRC Post-doctoral FellowshipsLink opens in a new window (Note that these are limited to projects within the 'energy' and 'synthetic biology' remit themes).

• EPSRC Open FellowshipsLink opens in a new window (Open - no closing date).
• Royal Society's Career Development FellowshipLink opens in a new window (Currently closed).

We encourage you to check back frequently as we will update this list whenever calls are announced.

Express your interest

You might be applying for your first fellowship and need mentorship and a host lab, or have recently secured funding elsewhere but want to move to Warwick to develop your career further.

Either way, we would be happy to learn about your research plans. We can help suggest schemes appropriate for your career level, explore whether Warwick would be a good fit, and identify an appropriate mentor.

We accept expressions of interest all year round, but please note scheme application deadlines, and aim to approach us at least 12 weeks in advance if you have a scheme in mind unless we have specified a deadline.

• For all schemes, except the UKRI Future Leaders Scheme, complete our Expression of Interest form (Word doc) and return it to us by emailLink opens in a new window along with your CV including full publication history.

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What happens to your Expression of Interest

We will pass your completed form and CV to senior subject specialists in the department for review. Our Fellowships Panel, which is made up of members of our Research Committee and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, will consider the reviews and your documents to best guide you in your ambitions. If there is a funder or institutional cap on the number of applications we can support, there will be a selection process. In these cases, expressions of interest are compared on the strength of the research proposal, the strategic fit for Warwick and track record of achievements.