Funder: Royal Society
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to £1,907,400 over eight years
Summary: Supports early-career natural scientists to establish independent research careers with flexible working for personal circumstances.
Key Information: Applicants must demonstrate a current and ongoing need for flexibility, such as primary caring responsibilities or a clinically diagnosed health condition.
Description
The Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship is the Royal Society’s flexible, eight-year fellowship for outstanding early-career scientists ready to establish an independent research programme at a UK institution. It supports innovative natural sciences research, including biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics and physics. The scheme is funded by the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.
Fellows receive long-term research support alongside tailored professional development, mentoring, networking and engagement opportunities. The fellowship can be held full-time or part-time, with changes in working patterns to accommodate health or caring responsibilities. It also provides for parental and extended sick leave, and childcare costs arising from fellowship-related conferences, collaborative research visits or invited talks.
