Faraday Discovery Fellowships
The Royal Society's Faraday Discovery Fellowships fund mid-career STEM leaders to build teams and pursue groundbreaking, long-term research in the UK.
Funder: Royal Society
Due Dates: August 5, 2026 (Stage 1 opens) | September 22, 2026 (Stage 1 closes) | December 2, 2026 (Stage 2 opens) | February 3, 2027 (Stage 2 closes)
Funding Amounts: Up to £8 million over 10 years per award; ~8 awards/year; requests over £6 million require strong justification.
Summary: Major, long-term fellowships for outstanding mid-career STEM research leaders to build world-class teams and pursue ambitious research in the UK.
Key Information: Open to all nationalities; research must be within Royal Society's STEM remit; highly competitive.
Description
The Faraday Discovery Fellowships are flagship, long-term grants from the Royal Society designed to support exceptional mid-career research leaders in the UK across all areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). These fellowships provide substantial, stable funding to enable recipients to build outstanding research teams and pursue transformative, high-quality research programs without thematic restrictions. The scheme aims to attract and retain international talent, foster innovative, investigator-led research, and promote mentoring and training for the next generation of scientists.
