Postdoctoral Fellowships
| Offered by | Funding opportunity | Funding amount | Funding duration | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellcome Trust | Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships | £300,000, including salary, fellowship supplement and research expenses | 4 years | You must either be in the final year of your PhD studies or be an early-career researcher, and a UK or European Economic Area national |
| Wellcome Trust | Research Career Re-entry Fellowships | Salary and research expenses covered | Up to 4 years | You must have a PhD and postdoctoral research experience, and have had a continuous career break of at least two years and you want to re-establish your research career. |
| British Academy | British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships | Awards cover the salary of the Postdoctoral Fellow to work full-time on the Fellowship, small-scale research expenses (up to a maximum of £6,000), costs towards the time of a mentor (equivalent to one hour per month for the 36 months of the Fellowship) and the host institution's estates and indirect costs. | 3 years | Applicants must be within three years of the award of a doctorate, and be a UK or EEA national, or have completed a doctorate at a UK university. |
| Royal Society | Newton International Fellowships | £24,000 per annum for subsistence costs, and up to £8,000 per annum research expenses, as well as a one-off payment of up to £2,000 for relocation expenses. | 2 years | Applicants must have a PhD, have no more than 7 years of active full time postdoctoral experience at the time of application, be working outside the UK, not hold UK citizenship, be competent in oral and written English, have a clearly defined and mutually-beneficial research proposal agreed with a UK host scientist |
| European Research Council | Starting Grants | Depends on project | 5 years | Awarded to researchers of any nationality with two to seven years of experience since completion of the PhD (or equivalent degree) and a scientific track record showing great promise. |
| Leverhulme Trust | Early Career Fellowships | 50% of each Fellow's total salary costs up to a maximum of £25,000 per annum and the balance is to be paid by the host institution. Given the prestige of the awards each Fellow may request annual research expenses of up to £6,000 to further his or her research activities. | 3 years | See here |
| MRC | Career Development Award | Full personal salary costs, together with support for research staff, consumables expenses, travel costs and capital equipment appropriate for the research project. | 5 years | Held twice a year |