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Ernest Rutherford Fellowship 2025

STFC is offering up to 10 Ernest Rutherford Fellowships to exceptional researchers at an early stage of their career. The aim is to support future scientific leaders to establish a strong, independent research programme.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Publication date:
4 June 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Ernest Rutherford Fellowship 2024

STFC is offering up to 10 Ernest Rutherford Fellowships to outstanding researchers at an early stage of their career. The aim is to support future scientific leaders to establish a strong, independent research programme.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Publication date:
20 May 2024
Opening date:
Closing date:

STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship

STFC is offering up to 10 Ernest Rutherford Fellowships to outstanding researchers at an early stage of their career. The aim is to support future scientific leaders to establish a strong, independent research programme.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Publication date:
1 June 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Ernest Rutherford Fellowship: research core science independently

Apply for funding to run an independent research project. The project must be within the remit of the STFC core science programme.

You must:

  • be an early career researcher
  • not be in a permanent academic position.

You must hold a PhD and have clear leadership potential.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Publication date:
17 June 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Research core science independently: Ernest Rutherford Fellowship

Apply for funding to run an independent research project. The project must be within the remit of the STFC core science programme.

You must be an early career researcher. Your application must be hosted and supported by an eligible UK research organisation.

You must hold a PhD and have clear leadership potential.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
6 July 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Funding for short courses and summer schools in 2025

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.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£529,000
Publication date:
3 July 2024
Opening date:
Closing date:

Public engagement Spark Awards 2023 round 2

Apply for funds to engage the public with STFC-supported science, technology or facilities.

We’d particularly like to fund projects that engage:

  • eight to 14-year-olds, and their families, from socioeconomically deprived areas
    groups considered to have low science capital.
  • The cost of your project can be up to £15,000
  • projects can last up to 36 months
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£120,000
Award range:
£1,000 - £15,000
Publication date:
15 September 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

TWINE demonstrators: digital twins for environmental science

Apply for up to £700,000 to deliver a 15-month pilot project demonstrating how Earth Observation data and digital twin technologies can transform environmental science.

Applications are invited by NERC and the Met Office as part of the Twinning Capability for the Natural Environment (TWINE) programme.

 

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Co-funders:
Met Office
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,000,000
Award range:
£250,000 - £700,000
Publication date:
26 July 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Public Engagement Reaction Awards

Quick-response funds, of up to £10,000, for timely projects on:

  • unexpected or important recent discoveries
  • significantly heightened awareness of the social, cultural, or economic impacts
  • responding to changing national curricula or government policy

related to STFC science, technology or facilities, duration up to six months.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£10,000
Publication date:
18 July 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

Funding for short courses and summer schools: 2023 to 2024

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
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£523,000
Publication date:
26 June 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

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