Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship

(Updated 16 Mar 2025) The five-year Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships will enable UK universities and not-for-profit research institutions to attract and recruit internationally outstanding leading researchers to their organisation.

APPLICATION WINDOW

CLOSED

DEADLINE

19 Mar 2025

PRIZES

This scheme provides up to five years of funding.

Up to £300,000 can be requested. Funding can be used flexibly by the research fellow and as part of their start-up package to support their research programme and team.

Funding can cover:

Salary Enhancement – The institution may include a salary enhancement for the researcher. This will be limited to a maximum of 20% of the total salary. The Host Organisation will be responsible for meeting the full costs of the award holder’s basic salary, including the employer’s national insurance and superannuation contributions for the salary enhancement payment. The Society expects the Host Organisation to continue employing the award holder at a level equivalent to that provided with the support of the Society’s funding during the award period.

Research expenses (100%) – Flexible research expenses including consumables, travel, small pieces of equipment of up to £10,000, access costs and undergraduate students.

Research assistance – 80% of the full economic cost of a postdoctoral researcher/PDRA (salary costs and associated indirect and directly allocated costs, including estate costs) and can include contribution to technical support if appropriately justified.

4 year PhD studentship – The cost of PhD studentship may only be included if the host organisation will commit to underwriting the remaining cost of the studentship and appropriate alternative supervision for the student in the event that the RS Wolfson Fellow leaves the institution.

Other – The funding is intended to be flexible, so other appropriate and justified research costs are also eligible.

OTHER KEY DATES

August 2023: Outcome of Selection Panel Meeting likely to be announced by the end of this month

HOST COUNTRY

United Kingdom

Note that while some organisers may accept applications from all around the world, you may still be required to travel to the host country in order to take part in the later stages of a competition for instance, or you may be required to live there for a period of time to take part in a funded programme (e.g. scholarship, incubator, accelerator).

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Credit: Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship

Date Added: 8 Feb 2022