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Career Development Fellowship

The Career Development Fellowship is a prestigious award supporting early career researchers from Black heritage backgrounds to establish themselves as independent research leaders in the UK. The fellowship provides substantial funding over four years along with comprehensive training, mentoring, and networking support to help fellows develop the skills needed for a successful scientific career.

Who can apply

Early career researchers (under 24 months postdoctoral experience) who self-identify as Black heritage backgrounds and are UK nationals or have completed UK education or held a UK postdoctoral position.

Perks & benefits

  • Training programme
  • Mentoring support
  • Networking opportunities
  • Salary and on-costs funding (80%)
  • Directly allocated costs funding (80%)
  • Research expenses funding (100%)
  • Relocation and visa costs support
  • Adjustments available for disabled applicants (deadline extensions, formatting changes, interview support)

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