Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship

The five-year Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships enable UK universities and not-for-profit research institutions to attract and recruit outstanding emerging or established international research leaders wishing to relocate to the UK to their organisation. The objectives are to enable UK universities to strategically recruit and attract outstanding international research leaders from overseas by offering long-term support and flexible funding to conduct high-quality research, and to strengthen research and help build a critical mass of excellence in the UK's best university departments in fields considered strategically important. The scheme is jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the Royal Society. Following recent updates, the scheme now offers increased flexibility on start dates, extends eligibility to emerging leaders as well as established leaders, and runs two rounds per year. Applicants must be mid- or senior career researchers with a proven track record for high-quality scientific research, currently based overseas, who will receive a firm offer of employment from a UK host organisation. Those who have recently arrived in the UK (within six months of the deadline) are also eligible to apply.