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Aims of the Fellowship

• Develop, retain, attract and sustain research and innovation talent in the UK
• Foster new research and innovation career paths including those at the academic/business and interdisciplinary boundaries, and facilitate movement of people between sectors
• Provide sustained funding and resources for the best early career researchers and innovators
• Provide long-term, flexible funding to tackle difficult and novel challenges, and support adventurous, ambitious programmes.

Please see the for a list of current fellows.

Who can apply?

For Round 11, the University can only support Future Leader Fellowship applications from internal candidates already on permanent contracts (including those on Pathway to Permanency).

This UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) scheme will support early career researchers and innovators with outstanding potential. Individuals should use * (.PDF) to assess and justify their suitability for the scheme.

We will consider applications from all eligible candidates in any area of our research portfolio, and encourage submissions from candidates from underrepresented groups and/or diverse career trajectories.

The support of the host institution is a critical component of all Fellowships which will enable the fellow to transition to or establish their research/innovation independence in any area supported by UKRI.

How to apply

We will hold a sift – an open selection process – to identify up to four individuals to support in applying to the FLF call. Interested candidates must submit a sift outline application, which will be shared with the relevant department and a panel of senior academic staff to consider.

Full sift details and deadlines will be released after UKRI announces the call.

*Equal Opportunities and Discipline Monitoring

For Rounds 9 and 10, UKRI required the collection of EDI data, specifically the number of prospective applicants by sex and gender, ethnicity, disability, and broad disciplinary groupings, from all candidates submitting to this opportunity, including all those submitting to the institutional sift. This was collected anonymously in conjunction with the Finance, Planning and Data Insight Section (FPDI). We anticipate that UKRI will request this information again; therefore, it is important that all applicants’ profiles are up to date.

Please note that your information is held within People and Culture in line with GDPR regulations, and is included as part of the anonymised statutory return to . Our privacy policy, and a statement about data collection for HESA can be found on the staff directory.

The selection process

Selection at sift will be made on the basis of candidates’ sift application materials. All complete applications will be considered by an internal sift panel, typically chaired by the Pro Vice Chancellor Research, that will select which candidates will be put forward to submit a full application. The panel will evaluate applications against the scheme assessment criteria, and be guided by the quality of the proposed research project and the potential of the candidate to become a future research and innovation leader.

Guidance and Appendices

To be released in due course.