Research Fellowships
1851 Research Fellowships are intended to give early career scientists or engineers of exceptional promise the opportunity to conduct a research project of their own instigation; an ultimate objective is to contribute to the knowledge base required for a healthy and innovative national culture. Around eight awards are made each year.
Changes to the application process for engineering projects
In 2021 a separate competition was introduced for researchers in the core subjects of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Aeronautical Engineering submitting applications which address the primary infrastructure needs of modern society: the buildings we live and work in, transportation of many forms and the machinery and plant which supply our energy needs. Those interested in this award should see the Brunel Fellowship. Pure and applied scientists, as well as engineers of any discipline proposing research outside the constraints of the Brunel award, should apply for consideration for a Science and Engineering Research Fellowship.
Applications are Open
Do you have 3 years or less post-doctoral research experience and want to conduct innovative research of your own instigation?
Fellowships are held from 1 October in the year of award (or such date in 2024 as agreed with the fellow), for a period of typically 3 years, and offers cannot be deferred to a later year.
Closing date: 8 January 2024 (Midday)
2023 Fellows
Research Fellows from other years-
Dr Emma Banks
Illuminating the mechanistic basis of virus-like gene transfer between bacteria
John Innes Centre
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Dr Alison Cribb
Ecosystem engineers, resilience, and climate change through Earth history
University of Southampton
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Dr Larissa Gomes Franca
Stimuli-responsive liquid crystal host materials for energy upconversion systems
University of Cambridge
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Dr Freya Johnson
Antiferromagnetic materials for fast and energy-efficient computing
University of Cambridge
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Dr Dean Lomax
Novel Imaging Elucidates Hunting Behaviours of Giant ‘Sea Dragons’
University of Bristol
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Dr Giulia Rubino
Undoing Quantum Operations using Integrated Photonics Technologies (UQIPT)
University of Bristol
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Dr Benito Wainwright
How does evolution break functional barriers to fine-tune adaptation?
University of St Andrews
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Dr Dan Wilson
Transition-Metal Main-Group Cooperativity: A Strategy for Catalytic Transformations with Ammonia
University College London
