UKRI Call for Applications: Future Leaders Fellowships – round eight

This call from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) welcomes applications for the “Future Leaders Fellowships: round eight”. The scheme is looking to fund fellowships of up to seven years to support talented researchers and innovators who are transitioning to research or innovation leadership.

Scheme aims:

• develop, retain, attract and sustain research and innovation talent in the UK
• foster new research and innovation career paths including those at the academic, business and interdisciplinary boundaries, and facilitate movement of people between sectors
• provide sustained funding and resources for the best early career researchers and innovators
• provide long-term, flexible funding to tackle difficult and novel challenges, and support adventurous, ambitious programmes

Eligibility:

• Early career researchers and innovators who are either: transitioning to or establishing independence / may be developing their own original and ambitious plans within a commercial setting
• You do not need to hold a PhD and there are no eligibility rules based on the number of years since your PhD. However, if you do not hold a PhD, you must be able to demonstrate equivalent research or innovation experience or training.
• There are no eligibility rules based on whether you currently hold a permanent or open-ended academic position or job role.

Funding details:

• There is no limit to the amount of funding you can request under this scheme, but requests must be appropriate to the project and you must be able to justify the amount you need to meet the objectives of your proposal.
• The Future Leaders Fellowships scheme has funded fellowships from £300,000 to over £2 million, and there is no preference for lower or higher cost proposals.
• The fellowship will provide salary support.
• Your project can last for up to four years, with the option to apply to renew for a further three years.

Read more here.

Application deadline July 4, 2023.