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/RAEng RF, the selection process is detailed below. Generic and bespoke (FLF, ERF, RAEng RF) templates can be found below.
ERC, ERF and URF
Guidance and details of the selection process for ERC, ERF and URF can be found here (link to follow).
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF)
Guidance and details of the selection process for FLF can be found here.
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship (RAEng RF)
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.