Partnerships

UK Sourced Funding

General - most subject areas covered

• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) enable PhDs, who have completed a collaborative research grant or CASE studentship, to apply their research in a commercial environment, managing challenging projects central to the development needs of participating companies.
• The Leverhulme Trust
• Royal Society

Subject Specific

• Arts and Humanities Research Council
  • Fellowships in the Creative and Performing Arts
    To support artists (visual artists, performers, musicians, creative writers, poets, and other producers of original creative work) as research fellows within a research environment.
  • British Academy/ AHRC / ESRC Visiting Fellowships
    For early-career scholars from South Asia and the Middle East who may apply directly to the Academy, in conjunction with their UK hosts, for research visits to the UK of at least two months.
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
  • BBSRC's fellowship schemes.
  • Commercial fellowships
  • Networking and people exchange information.
• Breast Cancer Campaign
• British Academy
  • List of grant schemes including fellowships
  • Introduction to available grants to help you choose which might be suitable for you.
• Cancer Research UK
• Economic and Social Research Council
  • Current funding opportunities
  • Forthcoming funding opportunities
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
• The Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project
• Medical Research Council
• Natural Environment Research Council
  • NERC's Research Fellowship Scheme
  • Details about the types of award.
• Newton International Fellowships - Visit this website to find out about these fellowships which are overseen by the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society, and were launched on 4 June 2008.
• The Nuffield Foundation - Visit this page for the timetable for grant applications, including the Social Science New Career Development Fellowship Scheme.
• The Research Capacity Building Collaboration (RCBC) Wales - rcbcwales is a partnership between six HEIs in Wales to build research capacity in nursing, midwifery and the Allied Health professions. Applications are invited from eligible registered health professionals for two Postdoctoral Fellowships. Deadline 28 May 2008.
• The Royal Academy of Engineering
• Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellowships
• Smith and Nephew Foundation
• The Wellcome Trust - Visit the Wellcome Trust website and the subject area in which you are interested. Available grants and fellowships are listed under subject areas.

International Sourced Funding

General - most subject areas covered

• Fulbright Awards, US

Framework Programme 7 People Programme - Marie Curie Actions

The following links take you to the official entry point to Europe's Seventh Framework Programme for research and technology development (FP7), listing forthcoming calls for proposals.

• Initial Training of Researchers
  For international consortia providing training at PhD or equivalent level around a specific research theme. Host network applies.
• Life-long training and career development
  For postdocs and staff to broaden their skills range. Transnational ability within Europe required.
  European Reintegration Grants (ERG)
  Re-integration of current / former Marie Curie fellows.
• Industry-academia pathways and partnerships
  Staff secondments and recruitment of new staff between both sectors around a specific research theme.
• International Dimension
  International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)
  For post-docs and staff from outside Europe to join a European institution.
• International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)
  For post-docs and staff who want to work at host outside Europe (mandatory return phase)
• International Reintegration Grants
  For post-docs and staff who wish to return and find a job in Europe.

Subject Specific

• Cancer Research Institute, US - Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
• Daphne Jackson Trust - Daphne Jackson Fellowships and Guidelines for Enquirers
• Human Frontier Science Programme
• The National Academy of Education
• UNESCO-L'ORÉAL
  • Co-Sponsored Fellowships for Young Women in Life Sciences
  • UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women In Science
  • L'Oréal-UNESCO's For Women in Science
  • For L'Oréal's website, containing information about more fellowships.