Nottingham Fellowships

Candidates must have been awarded their PhD – or equivalent such as postgraduate MD/DM for clinical applicants – prior to the closing date for registering interest in the scheme (22 August 2019). 

This scheme is aimed at early career researchers, and candidates do not normally have more than eight years' post-doctoral experience. However, there are no eligibility rules based on years of post-doctoral experience as this doesn’t allow for variations of career paths across disciplines. Candidates will be assessed on their quality, potential and track record, relative to their career stage.

Candidates for the Anne McLaren Fellowships must be pursuing a career in a STEM subject. Female scholars are typically under-represented in STEM subjects and female applicants are strongly encouraged.

Candidates for the Nottingham Research Fellowships can be from any academic discipline across the University.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate:

• An outstanding track record of research including high-quality publications, research funding and/or prizes and awards
• Evidence of a growing reputation, both nationally and internationally
• An aptitude to lead and inspire others within the research team and institution more broadly
• Potential to act as an ambassador in their research field and more widely

Part-time appointments will be considered on a pro-rata basis.

Candidates are not normally expected to have a permanent position, as they may be considered to have achieved the aims of the scheme already. See FAQs for further information

The scheme is open to external (including international) and internal candidates. The University of Nottingham will act as sponsor for any candidate who does not have the right to work in the UK

For more details on what makes a good application, details of current fellows and the characteristics of successful fellows, please go to the our fellows and what makes a good candidate sections.

The faculty’s research portfolio is split across 22 research groups, which underpin many of our interdisciplinary centres and institutes that are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our priority areas are:

• advanced manufacturing
• aerospace
• energy
• healthcare technologies
• sustainable and resilient cities
• transport technologies
• transport mobility and cities
• water

We encourage applications from excellent early career researchers to all of our 22 research groups. You must check the information provided online about both our faculty's thematic priorities and the focus of the individual research groups to identify which you think would be the best fit to host your fellowship. You must also make contact with the head of group to discuss your proposal and the potential of the group hosting your fellowship.

Contact details

All prospective candidates MUST contact us on eng-businessdev@nottingham.ac.uk before submitting an application. 

You will then be provided with the contact details of the relevant head of research group if you have not already made contact, and have the opportunity to discuss your application with a member of our Research Development team.

Please note: The deadline for expressions of interest in the Faculty of Arts is Friday 30th August.

All proposed work programmes should be interdisciplinary in nature and have the potential to lead to large, collaborative funding bids in the medium term. While all applicants will be expected to work in interdisciplinary ways, preference will be given to applicants whose eventual home department would be located in the Schools of English or CLAS (Cultures, Languages, and Area Studies). Research proposals should be aligned with at least one of the faculty's strategic priorities, notably:

• Digital transformations in the arts and humanities: work involving the production and/or interrogation of large-scale digital resources (including texts and complex data sets) in the context of arts-led research and public engagement; and/or research that explores how societies communicate and use knowledge digitally
• The cultural value of the arts and humanities: research and partnership work, nationally or internationally, that analyses and enhances public engagement with heritage, performance, or textual cultures
• Medical and health humanities: arts research that contributes to understanding or promoting aspects of human health and wellbeing
• Global challenges: arts researchers working with international partners to address issues around sustainable development, resilient communities, human rights, peace and inter-community relations

Contact details

Before applying for a fellowship, contact us on AR-Arts-Admin@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk to disucss your research project and its fit with our strategic themes. Please mark your email ‘Nottingham Research Fellowship_ your name'.