The Royal Society Call for Applications: Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship

The five-year Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship from The Royal Society will enable UK universities and not-for-profit research institutions to attract and recruit internationally outstanding leading researchers to their organisation. The scheme covers all areas of the life and physical sciences, including engineering, but excluding clinical medicine.

This scheme provides up to five years of funding, up to £300,000 can be requested and funding can be used flexibly by the research fellow and as part of their start-up package to support their research programme and team. Funding can cover:

• Salary Enhancement
• Research expenses
• Research assistance
• 4 year PhD studentship
• Other

The objectives of the Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships are to:

• enable UK universities and research institutions to strategically recruit and attract outstanding research leaders to the UK from overseas by offering long-term support and flexible funding to conduct high-quality research
• strengthen research and help build a critical mass of excellence in the UK’s best university departments and research institutions in fields considered to be strategically important by the institution

Eligibility:

• Research must be within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to biological research, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. For a full list, please see the breakdown of subject groups and areas supported by the Royal Society.
• Applicants can be of any nationality and those requiring a visa are eligible to apply for a Global Talent Visa under the fast-track process of endorsement.
• To be eligible to apply you must be currently based overseas and have received a firm offer from a UK university or research institution to take effect from the start of the appointment.
• Nominations will not be accepted for researchers wishing to move between UK institutions.
• The Royal Society recognises that diversity is essential for delivering excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The Society wants to encourage applications from the widest range of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to maximise innovation and creativity in science for the benefit of humanity. We regularly review and revise processes to help ensure that all talented applicants have an equitable chance to succeed as per the assessment criteria. This includes ensuring all panel members are briefed on unconscious bias in decision making as part of our assessment process.

Read more here.

Applications deadline November 29, 2021.