Postdoctoral Fellowships

The School of Physics and Astronomy welcomes applications from candidates interested in applying for personal fellowships at the University of Edinburgh.

Fellowship opportunities

To provide transparency and efficiency in the management of applications, the School operates an internal review process for the following fellowship opportunities:

• UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships
• Royal Society University Research Fellowships
• STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowships
• EPSRC Fellowships
• Royal Astronomical Society Fellowships
• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
• Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship

Applications for other fellowship opportunities are welcome. Please contact relevant members of academic staff or the director-of-research [at] ph.ed.ac.uk (Director of Research) directly to discuss prospective applications.  The School of Physics and Astronomy is committed to advancing equality and diversity, welcoming applications from everyone irrespective of gender, ethnic group or nationality. We particularly encourage applications from female and/or BAME candidates.

This summer's deadline for the Royal Society University Research Fellowship, EPSRC Early Career Fellowship, STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship preliminary applications is noon, 17th July 2020. Call now closed.

How to submit a preliminary application

If you would like the School to support your application for one or more of these fellowships, please submit a single pdf containing the following to: fellowships-panel [at] ph.ed.ac.uk.

• a research statement (3 sides)
• CV (2 sides)
• a list of your best 6 publications, together with a short statement as to your contribution to each paper
• the following metadata
  • the name of a current Edinburgh academic staff member who is happy to write an e-mail in support of your application
  • the names of the fellowships you wish to be considered for
  • number of years since PhD (excluding career breaks)
  • h-index  
  • total number of refereed journal publications

You will then be contacted with further details of the full application process for specific fellowships to which the School will provide support.  You will be strongly encouraged to develop your research statement with the active participation of a member of academic staff. Academic supporters will be asked to submit a short e-mail to fellowships-panel [at] ph.ed.ac.uk  by noon, 24 July 2020.

Further information on the fellowships

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships

Royal Society University Research Fellowships

STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowships

EPSRC Early Career Fellowships

RAS Fellowships

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship

Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship

Contact details

Application submission email address: fellowships-panel [at] ph.ed.ac.uk.

Contact for further information: director-of-research [at] ph.ed.ac.uk (Director of Research, Prof Martin Evans).