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Fellowship Opportunities

The Department of Life Science’s programme for externally-funded Independent Research Fellowships is designed to establish research leaders within a world-class research environment and with access to cutting-edge facilities. Independent Fellows will also benefit from:

Review and feedback of their application,
Mentorship during their fellowship and progress to an academic position,
Access to excellent postgraduate research students to support their work,
Joining a strong and active community of independent fellows across the college.

We accept informal applications all year round; see below for guidance on the application process.

For further information please get in touch with the Fellowships and Honours Committee at dols-fhc@imperial.ac.uk

Information for Applicants

If you see an opportunity to apply for a Fellowship based in the Department of Life Sciences, you should first make contact and discuss your application with a potential sponsor who is currently at Imperial. A list of Research Themes, Research Groups and contacts is available from this link (Research Themes).

We ask that you submit your CV and a short summary of your proposed project, including a career development plan, to your sponsor.

The sponsor will forward your application, with a letter of support, to the Departmental Fellowships and Honours Committee for review and consideration with regards to the current departmental activities and priorities.

A decision will then be made whether your application will be supported by the Department.

Feedback will be available in all cases.

Information for Sponsors

If you are planning on sponsoring an applicant, please submit a short reference and an outline of the support you will be providing to the applicant to the Fellowships and Honours Committee, along with the applicant's CV and short summary.

The Fellowships and Honours Committee will then assess the fit of the applicant to the Department's activities.

Supported Fellowships and more

Funder	Call	Opens/Outline	Full Application Date
Wellcome Trust	Wellcome Early Career Award	Open	15/02/2022
Wellcome Trust	Wellcome Career Development Awards	Open	29/03/2022
BBSRC	David Phillips Fellowship	Closed	TBC
BBRSC	Discovery Fellowship	Closed	TBC
MRC	Career Development Award	25/02/2022	20/04/2022
EC	Marie Sklodowska-Curie	Closed	TBC
CRUK	Career Development Fellowship	30/03/2022	14/07/2022
The Royal Society	Newton International Fellowship	Closed	Closed
The Royal Society	University Research Fellowship	12/07/2022	06/09/2022
NERC	Independent Research Fellowship	Closed	Closed
Imperial College London	Imperial College Research Fellowship	TBC	TBC - please contact the F&H Committee
Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund	ISSF Springboard Fellowships	TBC	We are not accepting applications for this round
EPSRC	EPSRC Open Fellowship Scheme	Open	Open
EPSRC	EPSRC synthetic biology postdoctoral fellowship	Open	Open

TBC – please contact the F&H Committee

Lectureships

We have a strong history of being able to offer our Research Fellows tenure within the Department of Life Sciences as Lecturers/Readers. Fellows that have been successful include: James Murray, Cristina Banks-Leite, Abigail Clements, Giorgio Gilestro and Nadia Guerra.

PhD Opportunities

The Department of Life Sciences offers a range of PhD opportunities.

Find out more

Postgraduate research

Interested in studying a PhD at the Department of Life Sciences? Find out more about postgraduate research opportunties.

Fellowship Opportunities