Royal Society, GB and other funders: Newton international fellowships – natural sciences

27/01/2022

16/03/2022

The Royal Society, through the Newton Fund, supported by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, invites applications for its international fellowships. These enable early-career researchers from around the world to work at UK research institutions and conduct natural sciences research. Fellowships are tenable for two years on a full-time basis, but may be held on a part-time basis. They include £24,000 per year for subsistence costs, £8,000 per year for consumables, a one-off payment of up to £3,500 for relocation expenses in year one, a contribution towards the cost of dependants’ visas to relocate to the UK for non-EEA nationals and a contribution equal to 50 per cent of the award to enable the host institution to host the fellowship.

The remit includes biological research, chemistry, engineering, maths and physics.

Applications are welcomed from applicants from any country outside the UK. Applicants must have a PhD or be in the final stages of their PhD provided it will be completed by the start of the fellowship. Applicants may not have more than seven years of active full-time postdoctoral experience at the time of application, they must be working outside the UK and must not hold UK citizenship. Applicants who are not currently employed are still eligible but must provide details of their previous supervisor. Individuals who have lived, worked on undertaken research in the UK in the 12 months prior to the deadline are not eligible. Submissions from clinically qualified scientists may be considered. The UK co-applicants must be an established independent researcher of at least postdoctoral, or equivalent, status, and hold a permanent or fixed-term contract in a publicly funded research organisation, which will act as the host. Contact between the UK co-applicant and applicant prior to application is essential.