Fellowship Opportunities
Fellowships at the IfA
Fellowships
The IfA encourages applications to post-doctoral research fellowship schemes to be hosted here.
Short-duration early-career fellowships
- Marie Curie Fellowships (Internal deadline 26 July. Funder deadline 11 November 2024.)
- 1851 Fellowships (calls typically around October)
- Newton International Fellowships for non-UK scientists (deadline 19 March 2024)
- Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships for interdisciplinary proposals, (expected deadlines around February)
- Royal Astronomical Society and Norman Lockyer Fellowships (deadline in Autumn)
Longer senior postdoctoral fellowships and grants, typically for researchers more than ~4 years out of their PhD
- Royal Society University Research Fellowships (Internal deadline 26 July, final deadline 10 September 2024.)
- STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowships (Internal deadline 26 July. Funder deadline 21 September 2024.)
- UKRI Hawking Fellowships (expected to open September with a deadline in Nov)
- UKRI Future Leader Fellowships (internal deadline 05 April 2024, final submission deadline 18 June 2024)
- Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships for researchers who require a flexible working pattern (Internal deadline 26 July. Funder deadline 29 October 2024.)
How to apply
People interested in applying for any fellowship to be hosted at IfA should, in the first instance (and as early as possible) contact a relevant member of academic staff who would be prepared to sponsor any application.
To provide transparency and efficiency in the management of applications, we operate an internal review process for most of the Fellowships listed above. Further details about the application process, and internal submission deadlines, can be found on the School's Fellowships webpage.
Once an application has been approved, the School's grants team will then provide support and advice on internal deadlines. You should contact the grants team at least 14 working days in advance of the formal fellowship deadline. Typically, internal deadlines require submission of an advanced draft for internal review/feedback 10 working days before the deadline. Where the proposal submission needs to go through the central University, the final proposal will typically need to be submitted 5 working days in advance of the deadline.