Funding Competition: Future Leaders Fellowships

The funding for this competition is from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

The aim of this competition is to:

• support ambitious research and innovation to tackle difficult and novel challenges
• support excellence in innovation, across interdisciplinary boundaries and sectors
• develop, retain, and attract the next wave of research and innovation leaders

Working with a host organisation a Future Leaders Fellow will receive at least four years of funding to pursue an ambitious programme of innovation. The fellow will also have access to tailored opportunities and resources to develop their career as a future leader in their field.

The Future Leaders Fellowships programme is open to all early career innovators and researchers. Applicants working in academia and eligible independent research organisations must apply through the UKRI Funding Finder Service.

Further guidance on the requirements for this competition can be found on the UKRI Funding Finder Service.

In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding limit, so we will not be able to fund all the proposed projects. It may be the case that your project scores highly, but we are still unable to fund it.

This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief. We cannot guarantee other government or third-party sites will always show the correct competition information.