Application Deadline: October 29, 2024
Applications are now open for the Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) Programme. The Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) programme aims to support outstanding early career scientists who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances, such as caring responsibilities and/or health-related conditions. The objectives of the DHF programme are to enable the next generation of research leaders to:
- Build an independent research career at a UK university or research institution
- Gain the freedom, time and long-term flexible support to pursue high quality and innovative lines of scientific research
- Develop as a research leader by offering tailored, high quality professional development, networking and engagement opportunities.
Fellowships are for eight years, with years six to eight being subject to satisfactory progress demonstrated in a mid-fellowship review at year four.
Eligibility Requirements
This scheme is for you if:
- You currently have, or will have by the start of the fellowship, a need for flexible support due to personal circumstances. This can include parental responsibilities, caring responsibilities, and/or clinically diagnosed health conditions that create a need for a flexible working pattern
- You are in the early stages of your research career having up to six years of research experience since your PhD by the closing date of the round; please refer to the scheme notes for further detail about the review of career breaks
- You do not hold a permanent post (including proleptic appointment) in a university or not-for-profit organisation
- You do not hold, or have not previously held, an equivalent fellowship that provides an opportunity to establish an independent research group and therefore independent research status
- Your research is within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to biological research and biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. For a full list, please see the breakdown of subject groups and areas supported by the Royal Society.
Benefits
Applicants can apply for up to a maximum of £1.87 million over eight years.
Funds can cover:
- Contribution to the award holder’s salary
- Indirect and estate costs
- Equipment costs and research expenses including consumables, travel, etc.
- Contribution towards research assistance salary and associated indirect and estate costs
- Support for a new four-year PhD studentship(s)
- Relocation and visa costs for the applicants and their dependants (partner and children). The total grant cap may be exceeded in order to cover relocation/visa costs if this is well justified in the application.
More Info: Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) Programme
