Deadline: 24 January 2024

Registration is now open for the Royal Society Career Development Fellowship 2024 . The Career Development Fellowship (CDF) is a four-year post-doctoral research fellowship that aims to support the retention in STEM of researchers from under-represented backgrounds. The scheme will initially run as a pilot with researchers of black heritage. If successful, the pilot could be extended to researchers from other under-represented groups.

The scheme was developed following cross-sector roundtables and reports commissioned by the Royal Society that analysed trends over 11 years of Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) data and compared the Society's early career grants (PDF) against the pool of eligible applicants. This process identified the need for interventions across the academic pathway to support researchers from black or mixed black African, black Caribbean or other black heritage backgrounds, particularly researchers making the transition from postgraduate to early postdoctoral stages.

https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-7238845118856992&output=html&h=280&slotname=3344323800&adk=3154817263&adf=1489462463&pi=t.ma~as.3344323800&w=742&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1704277551&rafmt=1&format=742×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopportunitydesk.org%2F2023%2F12%2F13%2Froyal-society-career-development-fellowship-2024%2F&ea=0&fwr=0&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTAuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTA1LjAuNDk3MC42MyIsbnVsbCwwLG51bGwsIjY0IixbWyJPcGVyYSBHWCIsIjEwNS4wLjQ5NzAuNjMiXSxbIkNocm9taXVtIiwiMTE5LjAuNjA0NS4xOTkiXSxbIk5vdD9BX0JyYW5kIiwiMjQuMC4wLjAiXV0sMF0.&dt=1704286437589&bpp=1&bdt=752&idt=238&shv=r20231207&mjsv=m202312070101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D982bccc1650bbfbd%3AT%3D1702979975%3ART%3D1704286083%3AS%3DALNI_MYUpDHIHjCvdAd9qpjwkIAoHR_Dmw&gpic=UID%3D00000ce6a34beb5d%3AT%3D1702979975%3ART%3D1704286083%3AS%3DALNI_Mbd8_6PMZZnaNxdD61mpTbhPuKlmg&prev_fmts=0x0%2C728x90&nras=1&correlator=310907959702&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=669982640.1702979975&ga_sid=1704286438&ga_hid=1388075686&ga_fc=1&u_tz=-60&u_his=1&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_sd=0.75&dmc=8&adx=315&ady=1310&biw=1746&bih=836&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759837%2C31079265%2C31079438%2C31080114%2C44809005%2C95320885&oid=2&pvsid=1376955814004924&tmod=1323252534&uas=0&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C728%2C1766%2C836&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CEebr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&cms=2&fu=128&bc=31&psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&ifi=3&uci=a!3&btvi=1&fsb=1&dtd=246

The grants will provide funding to carry out high-quality research and a comprehensive programme of mentoring, training and networking opportunities to support the awardees in establishing a successful research career in the UK.

Benefits

https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-7238845118856992&output=html&h=186&slotname=3100905470&adk=388786192&adf=1533649484&pi=t.ma~as.3100905470&w=742&fwrn=4&lmt=1704277551&rafmt=11&format=742×186&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopportunitydesk.org%2F2023%2F12%2F13%2Froyal-society-career-development-fellowship-2024%2F&ea=0&wgl=1&uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTAuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTA1LjAuNDk3MC42MyIsbnVsbCwwLG51bGwsIjY0IixbWyJPcGVyYSBHWCIsIjEwNS4wLjQ5NzAuNjMiXSxbIkNocm9taXVtIiwiMTE5LjAuNjA0NS4xOTkiXSxbIk5vdD9BX0JyYW5kIiwiMjQuMC4wLjAiXV0sMF0.&dt=1704286437590&bpp=1&bdt=753&idt=317&shv=r20231207&mjsv=m202312070101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D982bccc1650bbfbd%3AT%3D1702979975%3ART%3D1704286083%3AS%3DALNI_MYUpDHIHjCvdAd9qpjwkIAoHR_Dmw&gpic=UID%3D00000ce6a34beb5d%3AT%3D1702979975%3ART%3D1704286083%3AS%3DALNI_Mbd8_6PMZZnaNxdD61mpTbhPuKlmg&prev_fmts=0x0%2C728x90%2C742x280&nras=1&correlator=310907959702&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=669982640.1702979975&ga_sid=1704286438&ga_hid=1388075686&ga_fc=1&rplot=4&u_tz=-60&u_his=1&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_sd=0.75&dmc=8&adx=315&ady=1751&biw=1746&bih=836&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759837%2C31079265%2C31079438%2C31080114%2C44809005%2C95320885&oid=2&pvsid=1376955814004924&tmod=1323252534&uas=0&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C728%2C1766%2C836&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CEebr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&ifi=4&uci=a!4&btvi=2&fsb=1&dtd=322

• Up to £690,000 over four years to cover the Research Fellow's salary and associated costs (at 80%), directly allocated costs (at 80%) and research expenses; 
• A high-quality training, mentoring and engagement programme to support career development; 
• Flexibility to accommodate personal circumstances, including part-time work. There is also provision for maternity, paternity, adoptive or extended sick leave.

Applicants can apply for relocation and visa costs for themselves and their dependants (partner and children). These costs can be claimed in addition to the total grant limit of £690,000 over four years. 

Eligibility

• The research must be within the Royal Society's remit in the natural sciences, which includes, but is not limited to, biological research, chemistry, engineering, maths and physics.
• You can sign up for the pilot scheme if:
  • Identify as being of black heritage, including mixed black origin; 
    e 
  • Have a doctorate or will have when funding begins; but have less than 24 months' post-doctoral experience;
• Researchers domiciled in the UK and outside the UK who wish to carry out their research in the UK are eligible. 

Application

Make sure you submit your application by 24 January 2024; you can only do this when all participants (e.g. Head of Department, appointed referee, etc.) have completed their sections of the application form and clicked 'save and submit'

Click here to register