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Mid-Advanced Career Fellowships

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EPSRC Fellowships (Established Career)

Click here for EPSRC Fellowships Guide for Applicants


Applications for these awards are invited only in specific research areas that are linked to the EPSRCs strategic priorities. The areas in which fellowships are available are updated biannually. This scheme employs a person specification to describe the desired attributes for each career stage rather than using the number of years after award of degree. EPSRC has defined three career stages (postdoctoral, early and established career) and the attributes expected at each stage (see Guide for Applicants link above).
  • Eligibility:
    • Applicants are expected to hold a PhD or have equivalent research experience; however, there are no eligibility rules based on years of post-doctoral experience or whether applicants hold (or do not hold) a permanent academic position.
    • There are no nationality restrictions imposed by EPSRC.
  • Award Duration: Up to 5 years
  • Funding Available:
    • There are no restictions on the level of funding that is able to be requested under this scheme. Applicants may request related costs for the programme of research throughout the fellowship.
    • Costs associated with the Established Career award may include research staff, technicians, visiting researchers, co-applicants, travel and subsistence, equipment (within the current EPSRC guidelines) consumables, access to facilities and technical support costs.
Deadline: There are no deadlines for this scheme - applications may be submitted at any time. Two prioritisation panels are held each year in January/February and July. Applicants should aim to submit a minimum of 4 months prior to the prioitisation panel they wish their application to be reviewed at.


Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships

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The Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships were established through the generosity of the Leverhulme Trust and seek to provide opportunities for academic researchers to be relieved of all their teaching and administrative duties, to enable them to concentrate on full-time research for up to one year. Preference will be given to candidates who, as well as demonstrating scientific excellence, can show that such relief is particularly needed and timely. Applications from mid-career candidates are particularly encouraged. Seven awards are offered per year.
  • Eligibility:
    • Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent and hold a permanent post at an UK university or eligible not-for-profit institution.
    • This is a senior fellowship scheme, and therefore applicants must be at a stage in their career when they have a well-established, fully independent research programme of their own, and would particularly benefit from a period of full-time research.
    • Applicants should not have had sabbatical leave or other support relieving them from teaching and administrative duties for a total of one year or more in the three years preceding submission of the application.
  • Award Duration: Between one academic term and one year
  • Funding Available: The fellow's employing institution will be reimbursed for the full salary costs for the applicant (up to the equivalent of the minimum point on the lectureship scale as paid by the host university). Research expenses up to a maximum of £2,500 are available to cover costs of consumables, equipment, travel etc.
Deadline: Applications are usually due in January.


Royal Society Industry Fellowships


The Industry Fellowship scheme aims to enhance knowledge transfer in science and technology between those in industry and those in academia. It provides opportunities for an academic scientist to work on a collaborative project with industry, or someone employed in industry to work on a collaborative project with a university department or not-for-profit research organisation. It is anticipated that fellows will establish personal and corporate links between the two sectors in the UK as a foundation for their long-term future development.
  • Eligibility: Applicants can be of any nationality and should be at a stage in their career when they would particularly benefit from establishing or strengthening personal and corporate links between the two sectors as a foundation for long-term future collaboration and development. They should hold a PhD or be of equivalent standing in their profession and hold a permanent post in either a UK university, a not-for-profit research organisation (e.g. the Marine Biological Association) or UK industry.
  • Award Duration: Awards can be for any period up to two years’ full-time or pro rata, i.e. could be held at 50% part-time for four years enabling fellows to maintain links with their employing institution more easily.
  • Funding Available: The fellow’s basic salary only will be paid during the secondment; the employing institution continues to pay national insurance and pension contributions. Research expenses may be claimed up to the value of £2,000 per year.
Deadline: Applications are usually due in March and September


RAEng Industrial Secondments

Click here for the RAEng Industrial Secondments Guidelines 2015

The Industrial Secondment Scheme provides an invaluable opportunity for early- to mid-career academics to undertake a collaborative research project in an industrial environment. The scheme aims to strengthen the strategic relationship between the university and the industry host by providing an opportunity to establish or enhance collaborative research between the two parties.

The secondment will facilitate knowledge transfer between industry and academia and will enable the awardee to gain first-hand experience of working in an industrial environment and knowledge of current industry practices, thereby enabling the secondee to improve the quality and industrial relevance of their teaching.

  • Eligibility:

    • Applicants should hold a permanent academic post at a UK university.
    • Applicants should be early to mid-career academics (lecturer, reader or equivalent). Professorial candidates are not eligible for this scheme.
    • Applicants should be currently teaching engineering at undergraduate or postgraduate level at a UK university.
    • Applicants must have a minimum of two years teaching experience.
    • The industry host must have a significant presence in the UK. The secondment must be conducted within the UK.The industry host can be of any size as long as the organisation can demonstrate that it will provide the secondee with an appropriate working environment.
  • Award Duration: Awards can be held up to six months full-time or part time up to 12 months.
  • Funding Available: The Academy will contribute up to a maximum of £30,000 towards the salary costs (excluding overheads) of the applicant paid pro rata against the amount of time to be spent at the industry host.
Deadline: Applications are usually due in January


RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships

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The RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships allow academics to concentrate on full-time ‘engineering’ research and be relieved of teaching and administrative responsibilities. The Fellowship covers the salary costs of a replacement academic who will take over the awardee’s teaching and admin duties for the duration of the Fellowship.
  • Eligibility:Applicants should be:
    • teaching ‘engineering’ at a UK higher education institution, where they should hold a permanent position.
    • able to demonstrate sufficient experience and academic status to merit the title ‘Senior’ Research Fellow.
    • able to demonstrate that they are currently unable to dedicate as much time to research as they would like, and that they merit being relieved of their teaching and administrative duties.
  • Award Duration: The Fellowship duration is between an academic term and one year.
  • Funding Availble: The Fellowship contributes to the salary costs (including pension, NI and any pay awards) of a junior academic who will take over non-research related activities of the awardee for the duration of the Fellowship. The salary costs will be payable at the starting salary of the lecturer pay scale at the employing institution. Up to £2,500 (‘Support Fund’) is available to the awradee to cover miscellaneous research costs, such as conference attendance and public engagement activities.
Deadline: Applications are usually due in October


Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships 


Research Fellowships are open to experienced researchers, particularly those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research. There are no restrictions on academic discipline, and awards are not limited to those holding appointments in higher education. Approximately 90 awards were offered in 2014.
  • Eligibility: Applicants must:
    • be resident in the UK at the time of application;
    • be a permanent member of the UK scholarly community and able to demonstrate an established track record in their chosen area of research. Persons currently resident and working overseas may not apply if they would still hold the overseas appointment during the tenure of an award.
  • Award Duration: 3 - 24 months
  • Funding Available: The maximum value of a Fellowship is £50,000. The awards provide research expenses over and above normal living costs and/or provide a contribution towards reasonable replacement costs or loss of earnings.
Deadline: Applications are usually due in November


 RAEng Senior Research Fellowships


The Senior Research Fellowships Scheme provides funding for Senior Lecturer/Reader level appointments, at UK universities, in order to enable individuals with several years post-doctoral research experience to progress in their chosen field. The Royal Academy of Engineering aims to strengthen industrial/academic links through co-funding the appointments with industrial organisations, over periods of five years, to establish, or enhance, an internationally renowned centre of excellence in an identified area of engineering.
  • Eligibility:
    • Senior Research Fellowships are senior academic appointments, so applicants should already be a Reader or Senior Lecturer level or equivalent.
    • Applicants should be able to demonstrate an outstanding research profile including a proven track record in securing external grant income (RCUK, EU, industry, charities, etc) and developing collaborations.
    • Industrial sponsorship is required with the industrial sponsor contributing at least £250,000 towards the project over the five-year period. The amount of funding the industrial sponsor is willing to contribute is an important assessment criterion.
    • The industrial sponsor must have a significant base in the UK. A maximum of two industrial sponsors per application are allowable.
    • The programme of research can be in any area of engineering, however, multidisciplinary projects are particularly encouraged.
  • Award Duration: 5 years
  • Funding Available: The Academy will fund one third of 80% of the Full Economic Costs or fEC. Allowable costs include the gross salary, indirect cost and estates. In 2015, the Academy's contribution is capped at £45k/year (£225k in total over 5 years).
Deadline: Applications are usually due in February


RAEng Research Chairs


Research Chairs are full-time professorial appointments, in any engineering-related subject. The Royal Academy of Engineering aims to strengthen industrial/academic links through co-funding the appointments with industrial organisations, over periods of five years, to establish, or enhance, an internationally renowned centre of excellence in an identified area of engineering.

  • Eligibility:

    • Research Chairs are professorial appointments, so applicants should already be a professor or equivalent.
    • Applicants should be able to demonstrate an outstanding research profile including a proven track record in securing external grant income (RCUK, EU, industry, charities, etc) and developing collaborations.
    • Industrial sponsorship is required with the industrial sponsor contributing at least £250,000 towards the project over the five-year period. The amount of funding the industrial sponsor is willing to contribute is an important assessment criterion.
    • The industrial sponsor must have a significant base in the UK. A maximum of two industrial sponsors per application are allowable.
    • The programme of research can be in any area of engineering, however, multidisciplinary projects are particularly encouraged.

  • Funding Available: The Academy will fund one third of 80% of the Full Economic Costs or fEC. Allowable costs include the gross salary, indirect cost and estates.

  • Award Duration: 5 years

Deadline: Applications are usually due in February


Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowships

This scheme provides support for outstanding scientists based in academic institutions in the UK. Candidates are expected to have an excellent track record in their scientific field and be able to demonstrate their ability to carry out independent research.
  • Eligibility:
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      • Applicants should have between seven and twelve years' research experience at postdoctoral level and have a substantial record of publications in your chosen area of research in leading international journals.
      • Applicants who hold an established post are not eligible to apply for a fellowship to be held at their current employing institution. However, in exceptional circumstances, a preliminary application may be considered if the applicant wishes to move institution and is able to make a strong scientific justification for the move.
  • Award Duration: 5 years
  • Funding Available: This scheme funds the Fellow's basic salary (normally up to £55,000 pa) and an additional Trust supplement of £12,500 pa. It will also fund the essential costs of the research programme (e.g. consumables, equipment, research assistance, overseas allowances, collaborative travel and subsistence, fieldwork and data collection).
Deadline: The application process for this scheme is two-stage - a Preliminary Application and a Full Application. Applications for this scheme are considered three times a year with deadlines for the Preliminary Applications in May, September and December.


Marie Curie Individual Fellowships (IFs)

Supports Experienced Researchers (those holding a doctoral degree or at least 4 years research experience) in undertaking a project of their choosing. Please see the Marie Curie Funding page for more details.

ERC Consolidator Grants


ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support researchers at the stage at which they are consolidating their own independent research team or programme. The scheme will strengthen independent and excellent new individual research teams that have been recently created.
  • Eligibility:
    • For researchers of any nationality with over 7 and up to 12 years of experience since completion of PhD (or equivalent degree) and scientific track record showing great promise.
    • Applicants should also be able to demonstrate a promising track-record of early achievements appropriate to their research field and career stage, including significant publications (as main author) in major international peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journals, or in the leading international peer-reviewed journals of their respective field. They may also demonstrate a record of invited presentations in well-established international conferences, granted patents, awards, prizes etc.
  • Award Duration: Up to 5 years
  • Funding Available: Normally grants will be € 2 million for a period of 5 years (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). However, an additional € 0.75 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.
Deadlines:
  • 12 March 2015 (17:00 Brussels Time)

ERC Advanced Grants

Click here for the ERC Work Programme 2014-2015


ERC Advanced Grants allow exceptional established research leaders of any nationality and any age to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects that open new directions in their respective research fields or other domains. The ERC Advanced Grant funding targets researchers who have already established themselves as independent research leaders in their own right.
  • Eligibility: Applicants for the ERC Advanced Grants - called Principal Investigators (PI) - are expected to be active researchers who are scientifically independent and have a recent research track-record and profile which identifies them as leaders in their respective field(s) of research.
  • Award Duration: Up to 5 years
  • Funding Available: Advanced grants will be up to € 2.5 million for a period of 5 years (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). However, an additional € 1.0 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs for Principal Investigators moving from a third countryto the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities.
Deadlines:
  • 02 June 2015 (17:00 Brussels Time)

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