Funder
NERC: Independent research fellowships
Added date
25/08/2022
Closing date
11/10/2022
Call summary
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) invites applications for its independent research fellowships. These aim to develop scientific leadership among early-career environmental scientists, by giving them five years’ support for developing their research programmes. The total budget is £7.4 million. The fellowship maybe be at a full time or part time basis. NERC will fund fellowships at 80 per cent of full economic cost. Funding may cover facilities costs and cruise costs.
Scientific scope
Earth Systems & Environmental Sciences
PI eligibility
The fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality, but the fellowship must be submitted through and held at an eligible UK research organisation. Applicants that have not yet completed their PhD are expected to have submitted their thesis before the fellowship interview takes place. They may have no more than eight years of full-time postdoctoral research experience. Applications must be at least 50 per cent within the NERC remit. Co-investigators are not permitted, but there is no limit on the number of project partners or where they are based. Up to two years can be spent at a collaborative institution in the UK or overseas.