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You can apply for this bursary if you are a researcher looking to return to an academic research career after a break of two or more years.
You can get funding of up to £2,500 for no more than six months to support you in developing a proposal suitable for submission to the STFC fellowship scheme.
These fellowships are for those looking to return to a research career after a break. Fellowships combine a personalised retraining programme with a challenging research project. They are flexible, usually lasting two years at 0.5 full-time equivalent, although some UKRI funders may award longer.
Apply for funding to develop a large or complex scientific project.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
Your project must be focused on one of the following:
- particle physics
- nuclear physics
- astronomy
- particle astrophysics
- accelerator physics
- computing for physics.
We will fund quick-response public engagement programmes to:
- deliver high-profile public engagement activities
- champion STFC science and technology and its impact on society
- interact with STFC’s public engagement and communication teams, including participation in STFC networks and event
Claim back travel and subsistence costs when visiting an astronomy telescope. The visit must be for competitively awarded science observation time.
You must be a UK-based researcher at an eligible UK institution.
You must not already hold or have access to a travel grant from the Panel for the Allocation of Telescope Time (PATT).
Apply for funding to hold short courses, summer schools and online training resources in science or technology.
You must be from an STFC-accredited UK university or research organisation eligible for STFC funding.
Your short course, summer school or online training resource must:
- be aimed primarily at STFC-funded PhD students
- cover core research activity supported by the STFC studentships programme.
Apply for a grant to cover travel and subsistence costs for visits to astronomy facilities.
This two-year funding is only available to those with travel costs of more than £5,000 a year.
You must:
- be a UK-based researcher
- only use funding for observation time related to projects already receiving competitively awarded funding.
Apply for funding to provide training for a PhD student at your organisation.
You must be an eligible research organisation. Training must be provided jointly with a non-academic organisation.
The project must fall within the STFC core science programme in one of:
- astronomy
- solar and planetary science
- particle physics
- particle astrophysics and cosmology
- nuclear physics
- accelerator science.
Apply for funding to host a spoke as part of the Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation (HNCDI) small and medium enterprise (SME) engagement programme.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.