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 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 for a period of typically 3 years, and offers cannot be deferred to a later year.
Please note that the Ramsay Memorial Fellowships have been absorbed into the 1851 Research Fellowships. The best chemist selected to hold an 1851 Research Fellowship will also be known as the Ramsay Memorial Fellow. There is no separate application form and our standard eligibility criteria applies.
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
