Academic Fellowships

Currently closed for applications. The University will start its demand management process for this scheme once it has been opened by the funder. Please check in at a later date.

The Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships offer a five-year fellowship opportunity to outstanding research leaders outside of the UK, with long-term support and flexible funding to conduct high-quality research here at the University of Lincoln. The fellowships aim to strengthen research and help build a critical mass of excellence in the UK’s institutions in fields considered strategically important by the institution. The areas of strategic importance here at University of Lincoln are net zero, agri-food technology, history and heritage, rural and coastal health, and security and defence.

The fellowship funds can cover the researcher’s salary, research expenses, research assistance, and reallocation and visa costs. This fellowship opportunity is specially aimed at mid to senior career researchers.

Currently closed for applications. The University will start its demand management process for this scheme once it has been opened by the funder. Please check in at a later date.

British Academy Global Professorships seek to support academics proposing ambitious, high-risk, curiosity-driven research in the humanities and social sciences. Awards will provide up to £900,000 over four years and are expected to add significant value to the UK host institutions, and vice versa.

Applicants must be based outside the UK at the time of application and hold a doctoral degree (or be an established scholar with relevant equivalent experience).

We are particularly interested in receiving proposals from humanities and social sciences researchers working in our key strategic areas of net zero, agri-food technology, history and heritage, security and defence, and rural and coastal health.

Currently closed for applications. The University will start its demand management process for this scheme once it has been opened by the funder. Please check in at a later date.

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship offers outstanding early career researchers the opportunity to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in an academic environment through their Postdoctoral Fellowships. This scheme aims to help develop the award holder’s curriculum vitae and boost their prospects of obtaining a permanent academic post. The primary emphasis is on the completion of a significant piece of publishable research, and the integration of the award holder into the community of established scholars within their field. The Fellowship is tenable for three years, starting autumn 2025 in a UK based university or higher education institution or independent research organisation. The Fellowship is non-renewable.

Currently, the Academy funds 80% of salary costs, with research expenses are covered at 100%, which is set at £6,000 over the three years of the fellowship.

If you are an arts, humanities or social sciences researcher, you’re eligible to apply, and if you would like to be hosted by the University of Lincoln, please get in touch. We are particularly interested in receiving proposals from humanities and social sciences researchers working in our key strategic areas of net zero, agri-food technology, history and heritage, security and defence, and rural and coastal health.

Currently closed for applications. The University will start its demand management process for this scheme once it has been opened by the funder. Please check in at a later date.

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) offers Research Fellowships each year to outstanding early-career researchers to support them to become future research leaders in engineering. The Academy welcomes applications from early-career researchers worldwide who have been awarded their PhD in the last four years.

Each application is capped at a maximum contribution from the Academy of £625,000 over a five-year period, at 80% of full economic costs.

Currently closed for applications. The University will start its demand management process for this scheme once it has been opened by the funder. Please check in at a later date.

The Royal Society’s Faraday Discovery Fellowships are large, investigator-led grants awarded to a single Principal Investigator to enable them to establish an outstanding team of researchers to address challenging research questions. The Faraday Discovery Fellowships does not operate thematic priorities, but the Royal Society will consider applications from all areas of science (STEM) that are covered by the Royal Society remit. You must be a mid-career researcher to apply (10-20 years post-PhD, but exceptions may apply—please see the scheme guidance for further information).

The programme will provide grants up to £8 million over a ten-year period to support the development of world-leading research groups in UK Universities and Research Institutes.

Currently closed for applications. The University will start its demand management process for this scheme once it has been opened by the funder. Please check in at a later date.

The University supports applications for the UK Research and Innovation fellowships, which are designed to develop, retain, attract, and sustain research and innovation talent in the UK. They also aim to foster new research and innovation career paths, including those at the academic/business and interdisciplinary boundaries and facilitate movement of people between sectors; provide sustained funding and resources for the best early career researchers and innovators; and offer long-term, flexible funding to tackle difficult and novel challenges, supporting adventurous and ambitious programmes.