Applications for Fellowships 

We welcome Fellowship candidates from the UK and overseas and the Department provides a highly supportive environment in which to develop your career. We are an Institute of Physics Juno Champion and Athena Silver Swan award winner in recognition of promoting best practice and gender equality for all our members.

Candidates wishing to select us as their host are advised to please contact the relevant Research Group to discuss their application as soon as possible as the Department holds a selection process for all Fellowship schemes.  A guidance document about this process is available. Please ensure that you have read the sponsor's information and can meet the eligibility requirements before contacting us.

The deadlines for potential applications to reach the Research Group will appear here as the next round of the schemes are announced and applications received after these respective dates will not normally be considered. If you are interested in a scheme that doesn't appear in the lists below then please do still contact the relevant Research Group to discuss. 

If you are approved to submit a formal application the Department will assist you throughout the application process. We set internal submission deadlines which are substantially earlier than the sponsor deadlines to allow for sufficient preparation and approval time, you will be advised of this and you can also see the deadlines on the application guidance webpage.

Open Calls

The Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships: Nominations are now closed (as of 14th December).

Royal Commission 1851 Research Fellowships: Nomination deadline by Groups is 19th January 2012 therefore you must contact them before this, sponsor deadline is 23rd February 2012

EPSRC Fellowships: EPSRC have introduced a new process for their fellowships and there are no longer nomination and submission deadlines.  However the Department must still approve nominations therefore potential candidiates are advised to contact the most appropriate research group to discuss their application well in advance of any intended submission date. A nomination will need to be made which consists of a CV, publications list and a brief research proposal summary. 

Science in Society - The Branco Weiss Fellowships: Applications are made direct although you will need agreement from a sponsor to host you if you wish to be hosted by Imperial, full details at www.society-in-science.org, deadline 1st February 2012. 

Other Calls

Deadlines for the following schemes will appear as the calls are announced:

Imperial College Junior Research Fellowships:

Marie Curie Fellowships -
Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF)
Incoming International Fellowships (IIF)
Note Imperial College does not support International Outgoing Fellowships.

NERC Advanced and Postdoctoral Fellowships

Royal Astronomical Society Fellowships

The Royal Society Newton Fellowships  

Royal Society University Research Fellowships

STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowships:

Further Information

If you are at Imperial you can register for the online funding news service ResearchResearch.

If you have any general questions about the fellowship process please contact Louise Hayward l.hayward@imperial.ac.uk. Note that you have to contact the Research Groups to find a sponsor. 

Tips

Consider.....

• Timeliness of Fellowship at this point in your career
• Independent Researcher
• Current standing within the national / international community
• Referees & their comments
• Quality, originality and potential impact of proposed research
• Broader context surrounding the research 
• Abilty to plan and manage resources 
• Ability to communicate to a generalist audience  
• Potential to fulfil the wider responsibilities of an academic career (teaching, public engagement etc) and evidence of leadership ability
• Appropriateness of the Group with whom you want to work with
• Alignment with the strategic priorities of the research council/sponsor