Royal Society, GB: Faraday Discovery Fellowships

11/04/2024

02/10/2024

The Faraday Discovery Fellowships are prestigious long-term awards that will support emerging research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research. The programme will provide the most talented mid-career researchers with the time and freedom to focus on their research, providing long-term, stable funding to allow them to tackle difficult and intractable problems. The Faraday Discovery Fellowships does not operate thematic priorities, as with all Royal Society funding, we will consider applications from all areas of science (STEM) that are covered by the Royal Society remit. Applicants can apply for up to a maximum of £8 million over ten years. Where applicants require less than the maximum value, they should request only the funding required, all funding requests will need to be justified.

The Faraday Discovery Fellowships does not operate thematic priorities, as with all Royal Society funding, we will consider applications from all areas of science (STEM) that are covered by the Royal Society remit. This may include, although is not limited to, the following examples: Frontiers of Science – examples might include research into quantum, materials, earth observation, engineering biology and understanding the microbial world. Science for Resilience and Prosperity - examples might include research into waste, future telecoms, scarce resources, protecting planetary life support systems, life in extreme environmental conditions, science and engineering of cutting-edge technologies, batteries, AI and Net Zero.

Eligibility Note This scheme is for you if: You are a mid-career researcher (the Royal Society have defined this as applicants with ‘10 to 20 years of research experience post-PhD’, ‘be well established internationally’, ‘with experience of managing significant research grants as the Principal Investigator’, ‘experience managing a group including PhD supervision’, and ‘must have an exceptional track record of outputs particularly over the last 10 years’.) Your primary area of research is within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to biological research and biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. For a full list, please see the breakdown of subject groups and areas supported by the Royal Society.