Welcome to all potential Fellows in the Department of Psychology
We offer full support for fellowship applications. If you wish to apply for a specific fellowship, or if you are searching for the right one, we can support you through this process.
Why choose the Department of Psychology?
➤ We carry out world-class research, which is characterised by its multidisciplinary and collaborative approach.
➤ In the REF, 2014, Cambridge was ranked third in the UK for Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience.
➤ We are an engaging department with events where you can interact with other members.
➤ We have an approachable and experienced administrative team to support you throughout your career in this Department.
The Department's research has had a major impact on the science of Psychology and has been translated into many practical applications. Visit our research pages and find more about themes and research groups, centres and labs for each theme.
We encourage staff engagement within the department where you can interact with other members, and an expert administrative team to support you throughout your career in the Department.
We are keen to support early-career researchers wishing to apply for fellowships that will help establish them as independent researchers.
Types of fellowship
Early Career Fellowships
These fellowships are usually a first or second post-doctoral position, where the fellow is tied to an existing research group, directly supervised by one of our academic staff. These funds provide the fellow's salary and research costs only. This category includes EC Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellows, Wellcome Early Career Awards, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, British Academy fellowship, and similar. We can also help with identifying an appropriate scheme.
A light touch is adopted in the selection process. However, applicants must independently contact any potential supervisors to discuss their proposal, and a member of the academic staff must agree to act as a supervisor before the application can be approved for submission to a sponsor.
Senior Mid Career Fellowships
These fellowships usually require at least three years of post-doctoral experience, where the sponsor provides funds for the fellow's salary and a research grant that allows the appointment of a post-doc or a research assistant to form a research group. This category includes Wellcome Career Development Awards, ERC grants, MRC Career Development grants, and equivalents.
Because of the space requirements and usually further departmental support that is required for this type of fellowship, departmental approval is needed to go ahead with your application. This is provided by the departmental Research Strategy Committee. The Committee meets once every term. Date of next meeting: November 2023. Please contact the departmental grants office at grants@psychol.cam.ac.uk for further information.
Example of fellowships/ grants that you might want to consider.
Website: https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/funding-opportunities/postdoctoral-schola...
Current deadlines: Expression of interest: 14/07/2023, Full application: 18/09/2023
This pilot scheme will provide funding of up to £95,000 (GBP) for a period of 12 to 24 months. Because this is a pilot scheme, please try and attend the introductory webinar on the 29/06/2023. You can register for this on the Postdoctoral Scholarship website.
Funder:
- Mental Health Research
Website: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/nihr-doctoral-and-advanced-fellowships-round-8-april-2022/30305
Funder:
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
- Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
Alzheimer's Research UK Fellowships
Current deadlines: 27/07/23
Website: https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/grants/research-fellowship/
Funder:
- Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK)
Current deadlines: 27/07/2023
Website: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/career-development-award/
Funder:
- Medical Research Council (MRC)
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Current deadline:
Website: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/bbsrc-discovery-fellowships-2023/
Funder:
- BBSRC
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
Current deadline: 14/10/2023 anticipated, internal departmental usually in August
Website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships/
Funder:
- The British Academy (BA)
Current Deadline: 05/10/2023
Website: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/early-career-awards
Funder:
- Wellcome Trust
Current deadline: 25/10/2023 - anticipated
Website: https://erc.europa.eu/funding/starting-grants
Funder:
- Horizon Europe
Website: https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/about/master-fellows/early-career-research-fellowships/
Funder:
- Churchill College, University of Cambridge
Website: https://jacobsfoundation.org/en/activity/jacobs-foundation-research-fellowship-program/
Funder:
- Jacobs Foundation
Research fellowships in science or engineering
The 2024 round will open in October.
Website: https://royalcommission1851.org/fellowships/research-fellowships
Funder:
- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Leverhulme Early-career fellowships
This application requires matching funding that is provided by the Isaac Newton Trust via internal competition. Internal deadline 6 November 23. Please contact grants@psychol.cam.ac.uk ASAP.
Website: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/closing-dates
Funder:
- Leverhulme Trust
Newton International Fellowships - Natural Sciences
Current deadline:
Website: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-international/
Funder:
- Royal Society
Postdoctoral fellowships (ESRC)
Current deadline: xx/03/24
Website: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-postdoctoral-fellowships/
Funder:
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Website: https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/research-programmes/fellows-award/
Funder:
- MQ: Transforming Mental Health
Website: http://www.daphnejackson.org/fellowships/
Funder:
- Daphne Jackson Trust
Website: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-new-investigator-grant/
Funder:
- Economic and Research Council (ESRC)
Secondary data analysis initiative
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)