The Royal Society invite applications for the Dorothy Hodgkin fellowships. These enable early-career scientists who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstance to take the first step into an independent research career. Research may address all areas of the life and physical sciences, including engineering, but excluding clinical medicine.

Applicants must have completed their PhD but have no more than six years of research experience after receipt of their PhD award. Individuals who hold a permanent post in a university or non-profit organisation may not apply. Preference may be given to applications from underrepresented groups.

Approximately four to five awards are available. Funding covers 80 per cent of the basic salary costs up to £40,030 in the first year, estates costs and indirect costs; as well as research expenses worth up to £13,000 for the first year and up to £11,000 annually thereafter. Successful applicants who are about to start their first year are eligible to apply for a research grant worth up to £150,000.