Royal Society, GB and other funders: Newton International Fellowships - Natural Sciences

11/04/2024

19/03/2025

These fellowships are for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK. Research must be within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to biological research, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. This scheme focuses on early career international researchers. The aims of this scheme are as follows: • To support the development and training of postdoctoral researchers at an early stage of their career from any country outside the UK, by providing an opportunity to work at a UK research institution for two years. • To ensure the best postdoctoral researchers across all relevant disciplines from around the world are supported in the UK. • To foster long-term relations between Newton International Fellows and the UK research base through the establishment of an alumni programme for former Fellows of this Scheme. The alumni programme includes the possible provision of further funding for Newton International Fellows for follow-on activities, to enable links with UK-based researchers to be maintained and developed. The Newton International Fellowships provide funding for two years. (Forecasted date for next year's call).

Agriculture; Archaeology; Biological Sciences; Engineering; Immunology; Neuroscience; Nutrition & Dietetics; Pharmacy & Pharmacology; Physical Sciences; Primary Care; Psychiatry; Psychology; Public Health; Public Health, Health Services & Primary Care; Soil Sciences

To be eligible to apply you must: - have a PhD, or will have a PhD by the time the funding starts - have no more than 7 years of active full time postdoctoral experience at the time of application (discounting career breaks, but including teaching experience and/or time spent in industry) - be working outside the UK - not hold UK citizenship - be competent in oral and written English - have a clearly defined and mutually-beneficial research proposal agreed with a UK host scientist Eligible host organisations are a university or not-for-profit research institution. Ineligible organisations include industrial, private and commercial organisations, university spin-out companies, and governmental bodies.