Deadline: ongoing application
Open to: PhD candidates
Scholarship: subsistence costs, research expenses and relocation expenses
Description
The scheme provides the opportunity for the best early stage post-doctoral researchers from all over the world to work at UK research institutions for two years.The scheme covers the broad range of the natural and social sciences and the humanities. It also includes clinical and patient orientated research for applicants from Newton Fund partner countries.
Eligibility
To apply, applicants must:
- Have a PhD, or will have a PhD by the time the funding starts;
- Have no more than seven years of active full-time postdoctoral experience at the date of application (discounting career breaks but including teaching experience and time spent in industry);
- Be working outside the UK;
- Not hold UK citizenship;
- Be competent in oral and written English;
- Have a clearly defined and mutually-beneficial research proposal agreed with a UK host scientist.
Scholarship
- Newton Fellowships last for two years. Funding consists of £24,000 per annum for subsistence costs, and up to £8,000 per annum research expenses, as well as a one-off payment of up to £2,000 for relocation expenses;
- Awards include a contribution to the overheads incurred, at a rate of 50% of the total award to the visiting researcher;
- Applicants may also be eligible to receive up to £6,000 annually following the tenure of their Fellowship to support networking activities with UK-based researchers.
How to Apply?
Applications should be submitted through the Royal Society’s electronic grant application system (e-GAP).
Applications are initially reviewed by two members of the Newton International Fellowships panel and then shortlisted. The applications are then reviewed again by the panel, and the final decision is made.
