UKRI FUTURE LEADERS FELLOWSHIPS
(ROUND 10)
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced round 10 of this scheme with a deadline expected in summer 2025.
The Future Leaders Fellowship Scheme is a scheme that supports early career researchers in any subject area, with outstanding potential, to tackle challenging research questions and develop their own careers. Funding is available for up to seven years allowing long term flexible funding to support adventurous and ambitious programmes. There are no eligibility rules based on years since PhD or whether the applicant currently holds an open-ended academic position. The Fellowship will provide salary support, allowing successful applicants protected time to concentrate fully on their research (up to six hours per week may be spent on other commitments or related activities, provided they enhance career development).
The UKRI’s Scheme Guidance for Future Leaders Fellowships (from round 9) can be found here . Further information can be found on the UKRI's website.
Worcester can submit two applications to this call. We will therefore be inviting Expressions of Interest from eligible internal and external researchers and will run a selection process to select the two applications to be put forward.
We welcome Expressions of Interest from current employees or from researchers outside of the University. Researchers from outside of the University who are not current employees of the University will only receive an offer of employment from the University if researcher’s application to UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowship Scheme is successful.
If you are interested in submitting an Expression of Interest (EoI), please get in touch to explore further by contacting Charlotte Wasilewski in the Research, Innovation & Impact Office c.wasilewski@worc.ac.uk.
We will be running information sessions for potential applicants once the round 10 timeline has been released by UKRI.
Please read about our recent success in securing funding for a Future Leader’s Fellowship:
https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/news/1m-study-into-how-heat-impacts-females-and-ways-to-manage-it