| Funding Opportunity<\/th> | Target Applicant Pool<\/th> | Typical Deadline Window<\/th> | Funding Duration<\/th> | Key Eligibility & Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellcome Early-Career Awards<\/a><\/td> | Early-career postdocs (0\u20133 years post-PhD experience) across any discipline aiming to build independent research identity in health, psychology, or neuroscience.<\/td> | Internal UCL review: May \/ June \n \n \n \n Funder Deadline: July (and late Autumn)<\/td> | 5<\/td> | Covers full salary plus up to \u00a3400,000 in research expenses.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship<\/a><\/td> | Early-career researchers with a proven research record who submitted their PhD thesis within 4 years of the application deadline.<\/td> | UCL Departmental EoI: Oct\u2013Nov \n \n \n \n Funder Deadline: February<\/td> | 5<\/td> | Requires a degree from a UK HEI or a temporary academic post in the UK. UCL co-funds 50% of the salary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships<\/a><\/td> | International researchers of any nationality moving to the UK to undertake research at UCL (Horizon Europe European Postdoctoral Fellowships).<\/td> | UCL Internal Review: June \n \n \n \n Funder Deadline: September<\/td> | 2026-02-01 00:00:00<\/td> | Requires a PhD at the deadline date and maximum 8 years post-PhD experience. Mobility Rule: Applicants must not have resided\/worked in the UK for more than 12 months in the 36 months prior to the deadline.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| British Academy<\/a><\/td> | Early-career researchers in the social sciences and humanities, including social, cognitive, and affective psychology.<\/td> | UCL Internal Selection: July \n \n \n \n Funder Deadline: September \/ October<\/td> | 3<\/td> | Must be within 3 years of viva completion. UK\/EEA nationals or anyone who completed their PhD at a UK university. Covers salary and research expenses (80% FEC regime).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| UCL Excellence Fellowship<\/a><\/td> | High-calibre, exceptional early-career postdocs globally in life sciences, brain sciences, and psychology.<\/td> | Internal Call: Autumn \/ Winter<\/td> | 3<\/td> | UCL's flagship internal fellowship run by the School of Life and Medical Sciences (SLMS). Provides full salary, research funds, and direct institutional support to build independent research leadership.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Newton International Fellowship<\/a>(Royal Society \/ British Academy)<\/td> | Early-career non-UK researchers currently working outside the UK who wish to move to a UK host institution like UCL.<\/td> | Departmental EoI: January \n \n \n \n Funder Deadline: March<\/td> | 2<\/td> | Must hold a PhD (or defend prior to award committee decision) with no more than 5 years post-PhD experience. Non-UK citizens only. Covers salary, research expenses, relocation, and visa costs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships<\/a> (Human Frontier Science Program)<\/td> | Early-career scientists moving to a new country to pursue frontier, interdisciplinary life science\/cognitive research.<\/td> | Funder Deadline: May<\/td> | 3<\/td> | Encourages candidates from quantitative\/computational disciplines (e.g., AI, computer science, physics) to pivot into biological, brain, or behavioral science. Requires international mobility to the UK.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/a>(via UBEL DTP)<\/td> | Recent PhD graduates whose research falls at least 50% within the social sciences (e.g., psychological sciences, decision science).<\/td> | UBEL DTP Internal: Jan \/ Feb \n \n \n \n Funder Deadline: March<\/td> | 2026-02-01 00:00:00<\/td> | Must have completed their PhD at a UK Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) institution within 12 months of the deadline. Focuses on consolidating PhD research, publishing, and network building.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships<\/a><\/td> | Early-to-mid career researchers with outstanding potential tackling complex, interdisciplinary challenges (e.g., Human-AI interaction).<\/td> | UCL Central EoI: Jan \/ Summer \n \n \n \n Funder Deadline: Varies by round<\/td> | 7<\/td> | Highly prestigious UKRI flagship award open to global applicants. Provides long-term funding covering applicant salary, research staff, consumables, and travel.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Royal Society University Research Fellowship<\/a><\/td> | Exceptional postdocs (3\u20138 years post-PhD experience) in natural sciences, including computational and cognitive neuroscience.<\/td> | UCL Internal EoI: June \/ July \n \n \n \n Funder Deadline: September<\/td> | 8<\/td> | Aimed at researchers who demonstrate the potential to become leaders in their field. Provides salary and up to \u00a390,000\/year in research expenses.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/a><\/td> | Postdoctoral researchers in life sciences and biological mechanisms of behavior\/brain function moving across borders.<\/td> | Continuous calls: Cutoffs in January & July<\/td> | 2<\/td> | Must have obtained a PhD within the last 2 years and move to an EMBC member state (UK). Covers full employment contract, relocation allowance, and leadership training.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| BBRF NARSAD Young Investigator Grant<\/a><\/td> | Advanced postdocs or junior faculty worldwide conducting research on psychiatric, affective, mood, or cognitive brain processes.<\/td> | Funder Deadline: March<\/td> | 2<\/td> | Provides up to $35,000 per year ($70,000 total). Excellent supplementary or partial-funding award for researchers focusing on affective neuroscience and decision-making.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Schmidt Science Fellows<\/a><\/td> | Final-year PhD students or recent graduates in natural sciences\/computational fields wishing to make a major disciplinary pivot.<\/td> | UCL Nomination: April \n \n \n \n Funder Deadline: July<\/td> | 2026-02-01 00:00:00<\/td> | Requires nomination by your PhD-granting institution. Stipend of $110,000\/year plus dedicated leadership training. Ideal for researchers pivoting between AI\/Computer Science and Cognitive\/Brain Sciences.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" See Research Fellowships | UCL Research – UCL \u2013 University College London for a full list. Note that our lab is also at MIT (in addition to UCL) so we can also accept US...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8203,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8200\/revisions\/8203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |