Round 2 and 3 closing dates: 25 Nov 2025, 25 Feb 2025 The Royal Society‘s Faraday Discovery Fellowships are prestigious long-term awards that support the most talented research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research. The Accelerated International Route, established in 2025, is intended for outstanding international researchers nominated by their UK …
The Royal Society‘s Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship aims seeks to provide opportunities for experienced senior and mid-career researchers to focus on full-time research for up to one year, by relieving them of all teaching, administrative and pastoral care duties during that period. Preference will be given to candidates who, …
Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships are open to experienced researchers, particularly those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research. Priority will be given to applicants whose teaching and administrative duties have significantly impacted their ability to undertake research in the three years …
The Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) programme aims to support outstanding early career scientists who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances, such as caring responsibilities and/or health-related conditions. The programme aims to enable the next generation of research leaders to: Build an independent research career at a UK …
Deadline: 23 Oct 2025 This scheme is part of the Royal Society’s Industry programme, and facilitates short dynamic engagements between scientists employed in industry or academia (including postdoctoral researchers), enabling the parties to collaborate on a mutually beneficial project. Awards can be held full time for 3-6 months, or 50% …
Funder webinar: 7 Oct 2025 12-13:00 UK Register here Submission deadline: 19 Nov 2025 The Royal Society’s Career Development Fellowship scheme for 2026 is a 4-year programme that aims to support retention in STEM of researchers from underrepresented groups, particularly those making the transition from postgraduate to early postdoctoral stages. …
The Royal Society’s Industry Fellowship scheme is open to UK-based academic and industrial researchers from early to senior career stages. The scheme aims to: Support the mobility of excellent researchers between the two sectors in the UK across the natural sciences Enable the Industry Fellow to develop and establish collaborative …
Application Deadline: 29th August 2025 to JSPS Tokyo via a host institution in Japan. Two types of funding are now available to carry out research in Japan, for short-term stays of 14 – 60 days or longer-term stays of 2 – 10 months. These fellowships must be started between 1 …
The Green Future Fellowship is a unique new programme supporting scientists, researchers and innovators to develop and scale up their breakthrough climate solutions. This programme aims to nurture climate innovation by providing those working across academia and industry with the space, time and support they need to accelerate their critical …
BEWISe (Biological Engineering Wastewater Innovation at Scale) is an international centre of research excellence and experimentation for wastewater management technology. Newcastle University’s new Biological Engineering: Wastewater Innovation at Scale (BEWISe) facility is the first of its type in Europe in large-scale wastewater treatment research using bacteria. They are looking for …
There are 3 (or more) academic positions at University of Glasgow in the Infrastructure and Environment Division of the James Watt School of Engineering. Deadline: 23 June 2024. Details can be found at University of Glasgow – Schools – James Watt School of Engineering – World Changers Together and at …
Newcastle University has a position available for a Research Assistant/Research Associate in Biosecurity and are looking for good microbial bioinformatics candidates. Pass the word to someone you know? More details here. Closing Date: 16 June 2024.
Are you a postdoctoral researcher with a background in microbial physiology, microbial ecology, or microbial systems biology? The successful candidate will work on understanding the impact of structural formation on microbial interactions and their evolution. This would suit someone with expertise in microbial physiology or microbial ecology, with an emphasis …
Act soon! Deadline: 28 April 2024 This position is funded by a BBSRC Engineering Biology Award and is based at the Department of Microbial Sciences, University of Surrey – Project Supervisor: Professor Claudio Avignone Rossa. Start date: June 2024. Duration: 24 months. The project aims to utilise Engineering Biology approaches …
Deadline: 1 March 2024 The FEMS-Jensen Award was established to support Early Career Scientists and microbiologists in particular. The award comprises a fellowship for spending at least half a year in an outstanding research laboratory chosen by the student. The maximum award amounts to EUR 10,000. See here.
