Research Fellowships
Overview
Giving early career scientists or engineers of exceptional promise the opportunity to conduct research of their own instigation.
Open to candidates intending to conduct research in any of the physical or biological sciences, in mathematics, in applied science, or in any branch of engineering*. The ultimate objective is to contribute to the knowledge base required for a healthy and innovative national culture. Around eight awards are made each year.
*Engineers proposing research which addresses the primary infrastructure needs of modern society should apply for a Brunel Fellowship.
Applications for 2026 are open
Fellowships are held from 1 October in the year of award for a period of typically 3 years, and offers cannot be deferred to a later year.
The Commission receives around 350 applications per year for 9 awards.
2025 Fellows
Previous Research Fellows-
Dr Ashleigh Chester
Metal-organic frameworks for anaesthetic emissions capture: towards NHS decarbonisation
University College London
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Dr Anindya Majhi
Understanding gully erosion better: Global soil losses and local dynamics
University College London
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Dr Patricia Ribes Metidieri
Unveiling black hole entanglement
University of York
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Dr Matthew Mould
Uncovering black-hole binary origins with gravitational waves and machine learning
University of Nottingham
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Dr Lucas Le Negard
Harnessing physics to exploit bacteria’s sense of touch against them
University of Cambridge
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Dr Samuel Coward
Empowering computer chip design through formal methods
University College London
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Dr Trisha Gopalakrishna
Stability of the tropical savanna biome to global environmental stressors
University of Bristol
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Dr Jeannine Grüne
Single-molecular qubits with optical readout for next generation quantum technologies
University of Oxford
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Dr Alex Chan
Combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with covalent cyclic peptides (CPs)
University College London
