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Royal Society grants 2025

Royal Society grant funding opportunities 2025

Názov programuRoyal Society grants
Názov výzvyRoyal Society grant funding opportunities 2025
Opis úlohyUchádzanie sa o štipendiá Britskej Kráľovskej Spoločnosti
Termín (FMFI)4.6.2025
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The UK’s Royal Society will re-open it’s fellowship opportunities later this year. So I just wanted to flag the details – in case Slovak researchers may like to utilise the opportunity or think about it for the future as these rounds open annually.

In addition, this year, new travel grants for UK researchers have been added (already open) which can be used by UK researchers to travel to Slovakia to make new relationships at the invite of a Slovak researcher. This is a great way of building relationships – which can then help Slovak researchers develop the contacts necessary for the requirement of a sponsor for fellowships.

Research areas must fall 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.

Open now:

UK Royal Society International Exchanges: Global rounds (closing soon)

These grants provide support for scientists based in the UK to stimulate new research collaborations with leading scientists overseas, covering travel between the respective countries. It is a great opportunity to invite a UK researcher to spend time building connections in Slovakia.
  • Who can apply? Both the lead and overseas co-applicant must have a PhD/equivalent experience and be based in their respective countries/territories at the time of application, and hold a permanent or fixed term contract there for the duration of the award, in an eligible organisation.
  • Open and closing date: 9 April 2025 – 4 June 2025.

 

Opening in the summer

UK Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship and Wolfson Visiting Fellowship

These schemes offer international research leaders the opportunity to be based at a UK university or research institution for five years or 12 months, respectively. The Wolfson Fellowship offers a £300,000 fellowship award to recruit international researchers to UK institutions and the Visiting Fellowship provides a flexible sabbatical period to foster international collaborative links, with an award of up to £125,000.
  • Who can apply? Established researchers currently based overseas, of any nationality (see page for more details). Applicants must be nominated by representative of the host institution before they are able to apply.
  • Open and closing date: June 2025 – September 2025 (exact dates TBC)

UK Royal Society University Research Fellowship

This scheme is for outstanding scientists who are in the early stages of their research career and have the potential to become leaders in their field. These long-term fellowships provide the opportunity and freedom to build an independent research career in the UK or Republic of Ireland and pursue cutting-edge scientific research. 
  • Who can apply? Early career researchers of any nationality with between three and eight years of research experience post-PhD (excluding career breaks), who do not hold a permanent post in a university or not-for-profit research organisation.
  • Open and closing date: 15 July 2025 – 10 September 2025

UK Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships

These prestigious long-term awards support emerging research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research in the UK. The programme is aimed at outstanding mid-career STEM researchers and provides grants of up to £8m over a ten-year period.
  • Who can apply? Mid-career researchers (see scheme notes for more details on the definition of mid-career). 
  • Open and closing date (for stage one): 5 August 2025 – 23 September 2025