Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship with water@leeds

We support outstanding individuals, both from the UK and overseas, who wish to apply for externally-funded fellowships to join water@leeds and develop collaborations with our research experts.

We offer comprehensive support to applicants, including supervisor matching, workshops to understand the specific requirements of funding calls, detailed written and verbal feedback on your proposal ideas, financial costings for applications, assistance navigating submission portals, and mock interviews for schemes that require you to defend your proposal in person.

 

Funding can be sought from the following sources:

Arts & Humanities Research Council (deadline typically March)

British Academy International Fellowship (deadline typically mid March)

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (deadline typically May)

Economic & Social Research Council (deadline typically March)

Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (deadline typically October)

EU Marie Curie (deadline typically September)

Leverhulme Trust (deadline typically February)

Natural Environment Research Council (deadline typically November)

Newton International Fellowships (deadline typically March)

Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship (usually 3 deadlines per year)

UKRI Future Leader Fellowships (deadline typically July)

Please contact [email protected] if you wish to discuss a potential application

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Share information with prospective applicants

To support colleagues in encouraging applications for post doctoral fellowships, we have created the flyers below.  Printed copies are available from the water@leeds office, or you can download below.

flyer1 - with a River Basin image

flyer2 - with a Glacier image

flyer3 - with a Leaf image

flyer4 - with Crop Spraying image

flyer5 - with image showing collection of water samples

flyer6 - with image of natural flood management fieldwork