Physics Fellowships - Expression of Interest
The Department of Physics at the University of Warwick welcomes candidates interested in applying for externally funded fellowship opportunities. To apply with us as your host institute for an Early Career fellowship, please submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) and a CV. Please see the guidance below for details on how to complete the EOI and CV, as well as downloadable templates. Some early career fellowships do not have an internal selection, but a mentor must be agreed to support applications and an EOI/CV should be submitted. For those with an internal selection process, such as FLF/ERC/URG/ERC SG, the selection process is detailed below.
Please note, that for internal candidates, R&IS is hosting an online workshop on the FLF on 09 February 2026.
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF)
For the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, please complete and submit the dedicated EOI template provided. This is a mandatory University template, which includes track record and proposed vision/approach; you must adhere to the specified page and font limits.
Internal selection deadline is 5:00 pm GMT 20 February 2026. Please check if your cluster has an earlier internal contact deadline. The Astronomy cluster's contact deadline is 30 January 2026.
Please note the EOI template is provided by the University and is required.
FLF Selection Process
In Round 11, as in previous rounds, we are expecting a cap on the number of applications an organisation can submit. Warwick has previously been limited to submitting a maximum of 6 applications and our expectation is that the same limit will remain in Round 11. R&IS is therefore operating an internal selection process, which is outlined below:
Interested applicants (internal and external) are asked to submit an Expression of Interest. External applicants are welcome to apply, provided they have departmental support.
All applicants should contact their relevant cluster within Physics as early as possible to express their interest in the scheme and to assess their eligibility. The Physics Department can nominate a maximum of 2 applicants to the internal selection process.
Th Physics internal selection will be carried out by a panel of Research Committee Cluster Representatives. Clusters may nominate additional panel members to ensure diversity across career stage, research background, and personal characteristics. All candidates will be given feedback and the 2 successful candidates will be given the opportunity to incorporate feedback prior to their EOI being sent to Research Strategy & Development by the Head of Department by noon on Wednesday, 4th March 2026.
Applications will then be first reviewed by Faculty-level selection panels, which will be chaired by the Chair of Faculty or a nominated representative. A maximum of 4 proposals selected from each Faculty will then be taken forward to be reviewed by a University-level selection panel, which will identify the 6 applications to be submitted to UKRI. The University selection panel will be chaired by Professor David Leadley as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research or a nominated representative. All panels will be made up of a range of disciplinary expertise, as is standard practice for the UKRI assessment panels for this competition.
Applications received will be assessed against criteria that can be found here.
The internal selection panels at the Faculty and University level will make their decisions solely on the basis of the information contained in the EOI and host School/Department’s supporting statement, assessing them against the fit to the scheme assessment criteria as outlined above. Applicants should therefore provide the full information requested using the templates provided. Applicants should be mindful that the submitted EOI will be used for both Faculty-level and University-level selections, and that not all panel members will be from the research discipline of the applicant. The information in the proposal should therefore be stated in a clear format for all panel members, including non-experts. Due to time constraints, it will not be possible for EOIs to be amended between the Faculty-level and University-level selection panels.
General Application Templates and Guidance
For fellowship opportunities such as, but not limited to, the STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship (ERF), RS University Research Fellowship (URF), ERC Starting or Consolidator Grant, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships, RS Newton Fellowships, Royal Commission Exhibition of 1851 Fellowship and/or the Branco Weiss Fellowship, please use the generic narrative CV and EOI templates provided. For UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship applications, please see the bespoke templates above.
EOIs can be submitted at any time unless otherwise specified; please see details for all internal deadlines here.
We highlight the internal deadlines of is likely to be around early July 2026 ERF, URF, and ERC Starting Grants.
For the ERF and URF, the applicant's mentor must either commit to join the selection panel or nominate an agreed, alternate staff member; see details on the selection process below.
- Generic EOI Template Feb 2025
- Generic EOI Guidance Feb 2025
- Generic CV and Track Record Template July 2024
- Generic CV and Track Record Guidance July 2024
We ask that applicants please prefix filenames with their full name to aid organisation.
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We especially encourage applications from individuals from under-represented backgrounds. We are committed to individuals with care giving duties and can offer flexible working hours. Applications for a part-time fellowships are welcome.
Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpage here.
The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.
The Physics Department are proud of their diverse community of staff, students, and visitors, and are committed to maintaining an excellent record in teaching and research by ensuring that there is equality of opportunity for all, fostered in an environment of mutual respect and dignity.The Physics Department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, a national initiative to promote gender equality for all staff and students. The Physics Department is also a Juno Champion, which is an award from the Institute of Physics to recognise our efforts to address the under-representation of women in university physics and to encourage better practice for people of all genders. Further information can be found at www.warwick.ac.uk/physics/staff/working/.
Bespoke templates
Ernest Rutherford STFC Fellowship (ERF) - internal selection deadline for 2026 will be announced later in 2026. Candidate will need to provide the EOI at the top of the page and a CV & Track Record.
For your information only at this stage - the (ERF) template is below - but please do not submit the template below for the internal sift - it is very similar to the standard EOI above. As as some candidates have already started using the standard EOI, above for the ERF, we we will use that for the internal sift. The forms are very similar but different, and it's fair and best if all candidates use the same template - please use the EOI template at the top of the page.