Royal Society Newton International Fellowship 2025 (up to £280,000) – YOA

Deadline: March 18, 2025

Applications are open for the Royal Society Newton International Fellowship 2025. The Newton International Fellowship (NIF) programme gives help for excellent early profession researchers to make a primary step in the direction of growing an unbiased analysis profession by way of gaining expertise throughout worldwide borders. The fellowships allow researchers to entry experience, achieve new views and construct lengthy-lasting collaborative relationships. This scheme is collectively run by the British Academy and the Royal Society. 

The overarching intention of the Newton International Fellowship programme is to entice and retain rising expertise within the UK and construct a globally linked, cellular analysis and innovation workforce. The aims are to: 

• Attract proficient worldwide early profession researchers to set up and conduct their analysis within the UK.
• Support early profession researchers to pursue excessive-high quality and progressive strains of analysis.
• Provide alternatives to purchase new abilities and information by way of coaching and profession improvement.
• Foster lengthy-time period relationships by way of networking alternatives and the Newton International Fellowships alumni programme.

Benefits

The most award worth will likely be £280,000 over two years.

Funds can cowl:

• fundamental wage as set by the host establishment and related on-prices 
• analysis bills 
• relocation and visa prices for Newton International Fellows and their dependents (accomplice and kids). The whole grant cap could also be exceeded to cowl relocation/visa prices if that is properly justified within the application
• property prices and oblique prices 

Eligibility

This scheme is for you if:

• You have a PhD, or can have a PhD by the point the funding begins;
• You have not more than seven years of energetic full time postdoctoral expertise on the time of application (discounting profession breaks, however together with instructing expertise and/or time spent in trade on analysis)
• You are based mostly exterior the UK;
• You don’t maintain UK citizenship;
• You are competent in oral and written English;
• Your analysis is throughout the Royal Society’s remit of pure sciences, which incorporates however shouldn’t be restricted to organic analysis and biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, arithmetic and physics. For a full listing, see the breakdown of subject groups and areas supported by the Royal Society. Applications for the humanities and social sciences needs to be made to the British Academy.

All functions are developed with the help of a UK sponsor. The Sponsor ought to work with the lead applicant to develop the mission proposal and may present mentoring, help, and steering all through the period of the award.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Newton International Fellowship.