Independent fellowships application process

• Eric & Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Research Fellowship *

• Imperial College Research Fellowship *

• RAEng Research Fellowship

• Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship

• Royal Society University Research Fellowship

• Wellcome Trust Career Development Award
  
  

  If you do not see a scheme in the above lists, please contact chemeng-researchfellowships@imperial.ac.uk to inquire whether the Department would support it.
  * May depend on the academic year. Check on the webpage for confirmation.

• ERC Starting Grant
• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
• UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship

We can only support permanent academic staff in our Department for these three schemes.

For Imperial College Research Fellowship, RAEng Research Fellowship, Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship, Royal Society University Research Fellowship, Wellcome Trust Career Development Award

The Department will conduct a shortlisting process and review applications twice a year: March and November.

Expression of interest deadlines: March review panel (15 March); November panel (15 November).
Please submit the following materials in one PDF document via e-mail to chemeng-researchfellowships@imperial.ac.uk:

• A cover letter (2 pages max), including the following five details:
   1.Your readiness to become an independent researcher
   2.Which scheme(s) you are interested in applying to
   3.Why the Department of Chemical Engineering is the best host for your project/group
   4.Name of potential host in our department and written confirmation from them (a confirmation email or letter is acceptable): You must have contacted your potential host prior to submitting the Expression of Interest and they must have agreed to your application being submitted to the Department.
   5.Names and e-mails of two academic references we may contact upon shortlisting
  
  
• A research plan (2 pages max)
  
  
• A full-length CV (including a full publication list, no page limit)
  
  

For Eric & Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Research Fellow

Imperial is collecting applications centrally. Candidates should follow the centralised process. The scheme is typically advertised on Imperial's career website.