Independent Research Fellows

Accelerate your career at Warwick

Join a dynamic environment, where our cutting-edge research is fostered by access to world-class facilities, state of the art equipment, and specialist technical support.

We have a strong track record of hosting early career researchers. We provide mentoring support and the resources to help you establish your scientific independence, and accelerate career trajectories into permanent academic posts.

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Funding opportunities

BBSRC's Discovery Fellowship (Applications closed for 2020).
BBSRC's David Phillips Fellowship (Applications closed for 2020)
EPSRC's Early Career Fellowships (submissions in September and December 2020)
Wellcome Trust's Sir Henry Dale Fellowship (preliminary application deadline 3 September 2020)
The Royal Society's University Research Fellowship (closes 3 September 2020).
Royal Commission Exhibition of 1851's Research Fellowship (opens October 2020).
The Royal Society's Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (22 September 2020 - 10 November 2020)
SCI's Ramsay Memorial Trust Fellowship (deadline 15 November 2020).
UK Research and Innovation's Future Leaders Fellowships (Jan 2021 - tbc)
Leverhulme Trust's Early Career Fellowship (1 January 2021 - 25 February 2021).

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

Express your interest

We welcome expressions of interest from exceptional individuals across all areas of the chemical sciences to join our community. You might be applying for your first fellowship, or have recently secured funding elsewhere but want to move to Warwick to develop your career further.

Either way, we would be happy to hear from you and find out more about your research plans.