Job opportunities at Warwick:

The Warwick Prize Scholarships & Fellowships in astrophysics

Externally funded fellowships and early career grant opportunities:

We welcome applications for any of the below opportunities, please discuss your plans with a member of astronomy staff by the deadlines given below. Please note that the deadline for getting in touch with us (and submitting the material outlined for each fellowship below) are usually well before the submission deadline to the funder (which are also listed, TBD means the exact date is not yet known) as we have some administrative tasks that need completing before submission.

• STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship
  5-year fellowship to enable early career researchers with clear leadership potential to establish a strong, independent research programme. Internal pre-selection deadline: 5 August 2024, please contact a member of Astro staff and visit this link for more information. Submission deadline: 1 October 2024.
• Royal Society University Research Fellowship
  5-year fellowship for those between 3 and 8 years of obtaining their PhD. Internal pre-selection deadline: 5 August 2024, please contact a member of Astro staff and visit this link for more information. Submission deadline: 10 September 2024.
• Warwick Prize Fellowship
  3-year fellowship made possible thanks to a generous philanthropic donation from a Warwick alumnus, these awards enable us to support a pipeline of talent from postgraduate study up to early career researchers. Submission deadline: 15 July 2024
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Research Fellowship Programme
  12-36 months fellowship for those in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience. Internal pre-selection deadline: 5 August, please contact a member of Astro staff and visit this link for more information. Please note that this scheme focuses heavily on career development, hence the scientific part of the proposal is only one of several aspects that will be evaluated, hence an early discussion with a member of staff is encouraged. Submission deadline: 10 September 2024.
• ERC Starting Grant
  5-year fellowship for early career scientists (2-7 years of research experience since completion of PhD) who have a proven scientific track record to enable them to work independently. Internal pre-selection deadline: 5 August, please contact a member of Astro staff and visit this link for more information. Please note that this proposal requires the submission of two separate documents, and is overall rather work-intensive, hence an early discussion with a member of staff is encouraged. Submission deadline: 15 October 2024.
  
• Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship
  5-year fellowship for those with no more than six years of actual research experience since their PhD (not including career breaks), and who have a current need for flexible support, such as parental/caring responsibilities, e.g. raising children or looking after ageing or seriously ill family members; or clinically diagnosed health issues. Internal pre-selection deadline: 5 August, please contact a member of Astro staff for more information. Submission deadline: 29 October 2024.
• UK Research & Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship
  Up to seven years of funding available on a 4+3 model, with a review in year four. The fellowship aims to enable researchers to transition to or establish their research/innovation independence. This scheme operates a two-stage process. Contact deadline: passed.
  
• Royal Astronomical Society Research and Norman Lockyer Fellowships
  Three year postdoctoral fellowship for early career scientists with less than five years of completing their PhD. Contact deadline: TBD, please provide a CV and a 2-3 page draft proposal. Submission deadline: TBD 2024
• Daphne Jackson Fellowship
  Fellowship for those having taken a career break of at least two years’ duration, taken for family, health or caring reasons. Fellowships are flexible and part-time, usually completed over two years at 0.5 FTE (apply at any time)
• 1851 Fellowship
  3 year fellowship for those with less than 3 years postdoctoral research experience. Contact deadline: December 2024 (TBD). Submission deadline: January 2025 (TBD).
• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
  3 year early career fellowship offering 50% match-funding for those with a proven record of research. Contact deadline: January 2024 (TBD). Submission deadline: February 2025 (TBD).
• Newton International Fellowship
  2 year early career fellowship for international applicants. Contact deadline: January 2025 (TBD). Submission deadline: March 2025 (TBD).

• Hawking Fellowship
  4 year fellowships that aim to support excellent researchers who will make significant contributions to the field of theoretical physics and continue to spark public interest in the field. Scheme currently closed.
  

• L'Oreal For Women in Science Fellowship
  12 month fellowship with a value of £15,000

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