Externally Funded Research Fellowships

School of Biosciences

• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology
• Molecular Microbiology: Biochemistry to Disease
• Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Application process 

To apply for an externally funded research fellowship hosted by the School of Biosciences, please follow the steps below.

Step 1: Initial contact

The first step is to contact the relevant cluster lead who will guide you and discuss suitable fellowship schemes for your research area and career stage, as well as any eligibility requirements. The cluster lead will help you to identify a mentor from the research cluster and may ask you to provide additional information or invite you to present a seminar. 

Step 2: Assign a mentor 

Once the cluster lead has helped you to identify a suitable mentor, your mentor will be assigned to support you during the fellowship application and throughout the fellowship if you are successful. They will advise you on how to successfully navigate the application process. 

Step 3: Express interest via the Faculty of Science Fellowships pipeline form

After you and your mentor have agreed on the fellowship schemes you would like to apply for, please complete the Faculty of Science Fellowship pipeline form to express your interest in applying.

Step 4: Approval by the BIS Research Executive Board

Your candidature will be discussed by the Research Executive Board which will formally approve your application and will potentially provide further advice about relevant schemes and timelines. However, for some schemes with a duration of 3 years or less (e.g Marie Sokolowska Curie Action Postdoctoral Fellowships) formal approval is not required. Furthermore, the process might differ for schemes with an internal selection process. The cluster lead will provide further advice. Once you have been approved for a particular scheme, you do not need further approvals to apply for other equivalent fellowship schemes.

Step 5: Support by Science Research Support Team

Once you have approved and added to the Faculty of Science Fellowship pipeline form, the Science Research Support Team (rs-science@sheffield.ac.uk) will be in touch to advise you on the support they can provide for costings, internal deadlines, institutional accounts, and internal processes (if any) etc.

Contacts

For any informal enquiries or if you are unsure whom to contact, please email the Science Research Support Team: rs-science@sheffield.ac.uk, indicating your area of research.