BBSRC Discovery Fellowship 2021

Apply for a fellowship to support your first steps into independent research and gain leadership skills. Full details available on the UK Research and Innovation website.

• You must have completed a successful PhD viva by 30 November 2021.
• You must show you:
  • have potential to become a future research leader
  • wish to conduct your own independent research within a host lab
  • wish to gain leadership skills
• Your project must be within the remit of BBSRC. We encourage projects that fit BBSRC’s strategic priorities.
• Your project’s full economic cost (100% fEC) can be up to £500,000. We will fund 80% of this (£400,000). Your host research organisation must agree to fund the rest.
• Discovery Fellowships are three years long. There are up to 15 fellowships available.
• This is the only Discovery Fellowship opportunity open in 2021.

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