Early/Mid Career Route
To apply for any of the following schemes internal deadlines have been set for submitting an application to be reviewed at an internal panel meeting.
A full list of deadlines can be found on the Internal Deadlines page
| Early/Mid Career Fellowships: for candidates pursuing a research or academic career. Typically they will have a PhD and some research experience. Applicants may have an academic post or will be seeking a fellowship that will lead to an academic post |
| Funder | Scheme (links to funder webpage) | Value | Duration |
| AHRC | Fellowship - Early Career Route | £50,000 - £250,000 | 6 – 24 months |
| BBSRC | David Phillips Fellowship | Salary and a significant research support grant | Up to 5 years |
| EPSRC | Early Career Fellowship | Salary, Travel & Subsistence, Staff , Visiting Researchers, Equipment, Consumables | Up to 5 years |
| Leverhulme Trust | Research Fellowships | £45,000 | 3 - 24 months |
| Leverhulme Trust | Early Career Fellowship | 50% Salary (up to £23,000) plus £6,000 research expenses per annum | 3 years full-time (part-time tenure considered) |
| NIHR | Career Development Fellowships | Salary and Research Expenses | 3 years full-time (4-5 years part-time) |
| NIHR | Transitional Research Fellowships | Salary and Research Expenses | 18 - 24 months (full or part-time) |
| Royal Society | Industry Fellowship Scheme | Salary plus £2000 research expenses per annum | 2 years full-time or 4 years part-time (50% FTE) |
| Royal Society / Leverhulme Trust | Royal Society/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship | Salary of teaching replacement plus £2500 research expenses | 1 term to 1 academic year |
| STFC | Ernest Rutherford Fellowship | Salary plus significant research expenses | 5 years |