Ernest Rutherford Fellowship 2025

Apply for an STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship (ERF) to work on an independent research project. Projects must be within the remit of STFC’s core science programme.

You must:

  • be an early career researcher
  • hold a PhD qualification or have relevant experience and clear leadership potential
  • be hosted by an eligible UK research organisation with a STFC ERF quota

You must not hold a tenured academic post or academic position at lecturer level.

We will fund your application at 80% of its full economic cost. The host research organisation must agree to find the rest.

The fellowship will last up to five years.

Closing date: