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 Closed
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 2023 as agreed with the fellow), for a period of typically 3 years, and offers cannot be deferred to a later year.
The 2024 round will open in October.
2022 Fellows
Research Fellows from other years-
Dr Sathya Subramanian
Quantum Algorithms for Testing and Learning
University of Warwick
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Dr Alex Riley
Constraining the nature of dark matter with Galactic halo substructures
Durham University
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Dr Daniel Leybourne
Elucidating the agro-ecological factors influencing virus success in cereal ecosystems
University of Liverpool
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Dr Gal Kronenberg
Edge colouring and decomposition of graphs and hypergraphs
University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute
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Dr Tim Hageman
Next-generation ice-sheet fracture models to quantitatively predict sea-level rise
Imperial College London
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Dr Mark England
Investigating the near-term climate benefits of reducing methane emissions: MethaneMIP
Exeter University
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Dr Harvey Dale
Chemical Origins of the Genetic Code: Lost in Translation
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
