The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships support early career researchers and innovators from any discipline to develop independent, ambitious research or innovation projects with leadership training for up to seven years.
Early independence: career development fellowship supports researchers with medical research, training and small-team development to establish their own research niche and move towards independence.
Royal Society Funding Opportunities supports scientists and research leaders through fellowships and exchanges to build independent careers, develop research teams and establish international collaborations.
LMS Early Career Fellowships support early career mathematicians with mathematical study, research, and collaboration beyond their PhD institution to build research careers as they move to postdoctoral work.
UKRI's Sector transition policy fellowships embed researchers in government to advance evidence-based policy through collaborative, policy-relevant research and knowledge exchange.
Early Independence: Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2026 support early-career researchers with original research in STFC’s core sciences to establish independent research niches and develop leadership.