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There are a range of fellowships offered by funding bodies, charities, and institutions. See our External Fellowship Funding pages.
NERC Independent Research Fellowship
The Faculty of Science at the University of East Anglia is currently inviting expressions of interest for NERC’s Independent Research Fellowships 2025. The Fellowships support outstanding early career postdoctoral scientists to pursue ambitious, cutting-edge research and build a career as an independent research leader. This funding opportunity will open on 9 January 2025 via UKRI Funding Finder. (For details of NERC’s remit and the 2023 scheme see NERC Independent Research Fellowship 2023 – UKRI.)
Fellows will join a vibrant and supportive community at UEA in which high-quality, innovative research flourishes across a broad range of Schools and strategic research themes. For more information see Science Fellowships at UEA.
Potential applicants should complete the EoI Form and send it the SCI Faculty Office by 20 January.
The funder’s submission deadline is 3 April 2025.
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellowship
The 2025 Application Round is now closed. Further details on future rounds will be published in due course.
The Faculty of Science at UEA is inviting applications for the 2025 Leverhulme Early Careers Fellowship.
This scheme aims to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers, but who have a proven record of research. The expectation is that Fellows should undertake a significant piece of publishable work during their tenure, and that the Fellowships should lead to a more permanent academic position either within the same or another institution.
Applications will be considered in all subject areas with the exception of research studies of disease, illness and disabilities in humans and animals, or research that is intended to inform clinical practice or the development of medical applications.
The scheme is based on a pattern of joint support whereby the Leverhulme Trust will contribute 50% of the Fellow's total salary costs up to a maximum of £28,000 in each year of the award, and the balance is to be contributed by the host institution.
The awards are tenable for 36 months (unless the percentage of time dedicated to the project is less than 100%) and are not renewable. The fellowship must commence between 1 September 2025 and 1 May 2026.
If you have a fellowship idea, please do discuss this with the Research Director in the School. They will provide further guidance on our application process.
School Research Directors:
School of Biological Sciences: Alexei Maklakov (a.maklakov@uea.ac.uk)
School of Chemistry, Pharmacy & Pharmacology: Leanne Stokes (l.stokes@uea.ac.uk)
School of Computer Sciences: Steven Hayward (steven.hayward@uea.ac.uk)
School of Engineering, Mathematics & Physics: Mark Blyth (m.blyth@uea.ac.uk)
School of Environment Sciences: Iain Lake (i.lake@uea.ac.uk)
For more information about the Fellowship scheme:
Early Career Fellowships (Leverhulme) and ECF Guidance for applicants 2025 (Leverhulme)
Information about the Faculty of Science and its constituent Schools:
Faculty of Science (uea.ac.uk)
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships
Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) support talented people in universities, businesses, and other research and innovation environments. They also allow universities, research institutes, independent research organisations and businesses to develop their most talented early career researchers and innovators or to attract new people to their organisations, including from overseas.The aim of the scheme is to develop the next wave of world-class research and innovation leaders in academia and business. It is also open to international applicants looking to take up a role at a UK-based organisation.
Round 8 of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship has now closed. Details of future calls will be published here in due course. In the meantime more details can be found on the UKRI Website.