Current Fellowship Vacancies

There are a range of fellowships offered by funding bodies, charities, and institutions. See our External Fellowship Funding pages.

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellowship

2024 Application Round now open.

The Faculty of Science at UEA is inviting applications for the 2024 Leverhulme Early Careers Fellowship.

The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship are prestigious three-year independent postdoctoral positions for early career researchers to undertake a significant piece of publishable work. Applicants must have a track record of research but should not have held an established academic appointment in the UK.

Each year the Faculty supports a limited number of applications for projects in the School of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computing Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Mathematics and Pharmacy and we will place advertise here when they are open.

If you have a fellowship idea, please do discuss this with the Head of School or Research Director in the School. They will provide further guidance on our application process.

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.