Early Career Fellowships are designed to support individuals and their projects at a host institution. In general, fellowships aim to facilitate research independence. Some promote international mobility, some help people train or transition into a new area, and some support people returning to work after a career break or working part-time.

This web page is designed to help you:

• identify appropriate funding opportunities
• find a fellowship that help you to transition into, or train in, a new field
• organise yourself so you don’t miss deadlines or windows of opportunity to apply.

The tables below list early career fellowships under several categories with links to the funders’ web pages, deadlines and details about who is eligible to apply.
Once you have decided to apply for a fellowship, the PFDC’s ‘Preparing Successful Fellowship Applications’ workshop, Funders showcases, one-to-one support and mock interviews provide further support.

Using the tables

• If you are calculating your eligibility and have had career breaks or have worked part-time at any point, remember to include this in your calculation.
• You might be subject to additional criteria (such as nationality restrictions). Always check the funders’ websites for further details.
• If interview dates are not listed, this means that the funder does not advertise this information.
• This list is not comprehensive but includes many UK and central EU fellowship funding sources. Ask colleagues in your department if they know of additional funding sources in your field. International colleagues might know of fellowships available in other countries.
• In addition to this resource, you can use Research Professional, a website where you can search for international funding opportunities and sign up for tailored email bulletins. University College Union also has some advice on applying for funding in general.

Download the PDF version of the categories below.