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Mathematical Sciences Early Independence Fellowship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
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Apply for an early independence fellowship to support your career transition within the Fellowship investment framework . Most of your project’s research novelty must be in EPSRC’s mathematical sciences remit.
You must have:
a PhD and postdoctoral experience
plans for establishing independence in your own research niche
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £1,250,000. EPSRC will fund 80% of the FEC.
Projects are for up to five years and may be held part-time.
Fellowships with a plus element have an additional focus on enhancing research environment and culture.
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This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible .
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) standard eligibility rules apply. For full details, visit EPSRC’s eligibility page .
Applications are welcomed from applicants of all nationalities, including those not currently located in the UK, however, this is subject to the fellowship being based at an eligible UK research organisation .
Who is eligible to apply
To be eligible to apply, you must:
have completed a PhD with additional postdoctoral experience or equivalent
show early evidence of capability to be a leading and active researcher
show evidence of relevant skills, experience, career development and productivity across past appointments
There are no eligibility rules based on years since PhD or whether the applicant currently holds a permanent or open-ended academic position or job role.
Who is not eligible to apply
You are not eligible to apply if:
you are an established academic (academics who have demonstrated sustained career independence)
you have held a position where you directed the research vision and supervised postdoctoral staff (more than 12 months)
you have another application for a UKRI fellowship of this type or an EPSRC new investigator award that is currently being assessed
you have part of the fellowship project as a grant application with any organisation and your application is being assessed
you have been awarded a comparable fellowship supporting early independence or a new investigator award from any organisation
you have secured grants as a project lead, that include support for and leading of research staff such as postdoctoral research associates as this would indicate you have already made the step-change to independence. This excludes Mathematical Sciences Small Grants due to the short-term nature of the grant
We encourage applications from candidates who have taken a non-standard career path after their first degree.
We also welcome applications from candidates who want to move back into research after a career break or any other type of break from active research.
Research organisations
We expect research organisations to actively use an inclusive approach to selecting and maximising the diversity of the candidates they intend to support. UKRI expects that host organisations consider diversity broadly to include discipline, backgrounds, career paths, thought and approach as well as protected characteristics. See more information on good selection processes .
If you are a research organisation, you must:
make sure that the experience, aims and aspirations of the applicant are suitable for a fellowship application at this career stage
commit to supporting the applicant to ensure their knowledge and expertise in implementing good practice and in creating a modern and inclusive research environment is continually updated
identify the additional support you will provide to ensure successful fellowship delivery and opportunities for the applicant to expand or enhance their current role
International researchers
The UKRI-RCN Money Follows Cooperation Agreement does not apply to this funding opportunity. As such grants submitted to this funding opportunity cannot include a Norway-based Project Co-Lead (international).
You should include all international collaborators (or UK partners not based at approved organisations) as project partners.
Resubmissions
We will not accept uninvited resubmissions of projects that have been submitted to UKRI or any other funder.
Find out more about EPSRC’s resubmissions policy .
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all funding applicants. We encourage applications from a diverse range of researchers.
We support people to work in a way that suits their personal circumstances. This includes:
career breaks
support for people with caring responsibilities
flexible working
alternative working patterns
UKRI can offer disability and accessibility support for UKRI applicants and grant holders during the application and assessment process.
Demand management
Demand management is not currently being applied to this funding opportunity. However, should the level of interest exceed what can be managed within the assessment process, UKRI may introduce limits on the number of applications that can be submitted. Further details will be clearly communicated where this is the case. UKRI encourages organisations to support applicants in preparing well-planned, high-quality applications that are competitive for funding relative to the funding opportunity.
Aim
The aim of the fellowship is to support ambitious and talented researchers in mathematical sciences who have gained a higher research degree and have evidence of career consolidation and productivity across past appointments to:
lead their own research plans to establish their own research niche
start to build their own research team
make the first step-change towards establishing themselves as a leading independent researcher
Scope
Your fellowship must focus on research where the majority of the research novelty lies within our mathematical sciences remit. For more information on the scope of mathematical science at Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), please see Mathematical Sciences theme .
Applications where the majority of the research is within the remits of other themes in EPSRC or other research councils will be rejected.
For interdisciplinary projects, this funding opportunity is open for applications for development of novel mathematical and statistical tools to applications. This could include novel combinations of existing mathematical techniques. Application of mature or well-established methodologies into applications is not within remit of this funding opportunity.
For proposals at the interface of Theoretical Physics, Mathematical Physics and Particle Physics, Cosmology and related areas, candidates are advised to read the joint statement between Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and EPSRC .
We will work with other research councils to ensure that applications close to remit boundaries are assessed by the most appropriate lead council.
We encourage you to contact us first if you believe your research may cross research council or research theme boundaries by submitting an EPSRC remit query form .
For more information on the background of this funding opportunity, go to the Additional information section.
Requirements
You must be able to:
explain why a fellowship is the best way to support your long-term career goals and chosen career path to become a leading independent researcher in mathematical sciences
show evidence of career development and productivity across past appointments
demonstrate clear plans to establish your own independent research niche and research plans and start to build your own research team
show ambitious and credible ideas for the fellowship to enable a clear step change in your career towards research independence
If your application does not clearly address the requirements, it may be rejected prior to seeking expert reviewer comments.
Successful fellowships can include elements of community engagement and advocacy, research leadership, and drive positive change in the research environment.
For plus applications only
The optional plus component enables you to allocate 20% to 50% of your time spent on the fellowship to create positive change in the research community. You will do this by championing a topic aligned to our aspirations to deliver improvements in research environment in topics such as:
equality, diversity and inclusion
responsible research and innovation (RRI)
public engagement
policy, regulatory, economic or social aspects of your research
Thời gian tham gia
The duration of this award is a maximum of five years.
We expect most of our fellows to hold the fellowship for 100% of their time.
If you work part time, you can hold your EPSRC fellowship part time as well, at a minimal level of 50% full time equivalent. In these circumstances, the duration of your fellowship can be extended proportionally to a maximum duration of 10 years.
If you do not work part-time, you may hold our fellowship for between 50% and 100% of your time. This must be clearly justified in your application. However, the total fellowship duration will be fixed at five years.
Funding available
The FEC of your project can be up to £1,250,000.
EPSRC will fund 80% of the FEC.
What we will fund
We will fund:
staff costs for the fellow and a small number of research staff, as well as technical staff time as justified by the project
visa fees and international health surcharge costs for fellows
Equipment (between £25,000 to £400,000 per item)
other items required to carry out the project
costs related to impact
travel and subsistence
training activities
Quotes for equipment do not need to be included in your application, but please retain quotes for equipment costing more than £138,000 as we may ask for these at post-panel stage before releasing funds. For details of how to include equipment in your application see Equipment on research grants .
What we will not fund
We will not fund:
costs for PhD studentships
publication costs
funding to use as a ‘bridge’ between grants
costs for mentors
costs for senior staff included under any role
Supporting skills and talent
We encourage you to follow the principles of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers and the Technician Commitment .
Trusted Research and Innovation (TR&I)
UKRI is committed in ensuring that effective international collaboration in research and innovation takes place with integrity and within strong ethical frameworks. Trusted Research and Innovation (TR&I) is a UKRI work programme designed to help protect all those working in our thriving and collaborative international sector by enabling partnerships to be as open as possible, and as secure as necessary. Our TR&I Principles set out UKRI’s expectations of organisations funded by UKRI in relation to due diligence for international collaboration.
As such, applicants for UKRI funding may be asked to demonstrate how their proposed projects will comply with our approach and expectation towards TR&I, identifying potential risks and the relevant controls you will put in place to help proportionately reduce these risks.
See further guidance and information about TR&I , including where you can find additional support.
Quy trình nộp hồ sơ
We are running this funding opportunity on the new UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Funding Service, so please ensure that your organisation is registered. You cannot apply on the Joint Electronic Submissions (Je-S) system.
The fellow is responsible for completing the application process on the Funding Service, but we expect all team members and project partners to contribute to the application.
Only the lead research organisation can submit an application to UKRI.
To apply
Select ‘Start application’ near the beginning of this Funding finder page:
Confirm you are the fellow.
Sign in or create a Funding Service account. To create an account, select your organisation, verify your email address, and set a password.
Answer questions directly in the text boxes. You can save your answers and come back to complete them or work offline and return to copy and paste your answers. If we need you to upload a document, follow the upload instructions in the Funding Service. All questions and assessment criteria are listed in the How to apply section on this Funding finder page.
Allow enough time to check your application in ‘read-only’ view before sending to your research office.
Send the completed application to your research office for checking. They will return it to you if it needs editing.
Your research office will submit the completed and checked application to UKRI.
Please be aware that research office and finance teams undertake checks on hosting arrangements and financial eligibility. The ultimate responsibility for ensuring compliance with all opportunity requirements lies with the applicant.
Where indicated, you can also demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant.
When including images, you must:
provide a descriptive caption or legend for each image immediately underneath it (this must be outside the image and counts towards your word limit)
insert each new image onto a new line
use files smaller than 5MB and in JPEG, JPG, JPE, JFI, JIF, JFIF, PNG, GIF, BMP or WEBP format
Images should only be used to convey important visual information that cannot easily be put into words. The following are not permitted, and your application will be rejected if you include:
sentences or paragraphs of text
tables
excessive quantities of images
A few words are permitted where the image would lack clarity without the contextual words, such as a diagram, where text labels are required for an axis or graph column.
For more guidance on the Funding Service, see:
how applicants use the Funding Service
how research offices use the Funding Service
how reviewers use the Funding Service
Deadline
This funding opportunity is always open, with no closing date, so there is no specific deadline for applications.
Due to system limitations, a closing date will appear on the Funding Service. Please disregard this date while preparing your application and submit it when you are ready.
We intend to batch applications for assessment twice a year. To ensure you are included within a particular batch, you should submit your application by 4pm on 30 September or 30 April. We aim to get the outcome to you within 9 months of these dates. While we make efforts to achieve this, timings will be subject to the peer review process.
Following the submission of your application to the funding opportunity, your application cannot be changed, and submitted applications will not be amended. If your application does not follow the guidance, it may be rejected.
If your application is rejected and invited for resubmission, you will be assessed in the batch your resubmission is received in, rather than from the date of your original application.
If an application is withdrawn prior to peer review or office rejected due to substantive errors in the application, then you will need to submit a new application.
Applicant capability to deliver
Word limit: 1,650
Why are you the right individual to successfully deliver the proposed work?
Career development
Word limit: 1,000
Why is this fellowship the right way to develop your career, and how will you use it to benefit others?
Host organisation support
Word limit: 1,000
How will the host organisation support your fellowship?
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