Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) Round 11
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Quick Facts
A word from Eli, founder of Rise Africa Scholars
MSc Information Security — Unicaf Scholar
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About This Scholarship
The Future Leaders Fellowships programme supports ambitious researchers and innovators who are establishing or transitioning to independence, enabling them to develop original research and innovation plans. The scheme provides long-term support across diverse career paths and disciplines to foster the next wave of world-class research and innovation leaders in academia and business.
What This Scholarship Covers
- 80% of full economic cost (FEC) funding
Who Can Apply
- 1 Must be a researcher or innovator establishing or transitioning to independence
- 2 Must be based at and have support from a UK organisation eligible for UKRI funding
- 3 Must not have already achieved research or innovation independence through securing career stage funding or managing significant programmes of work
- 4 Must not be a senior academic or innovator
- 5 Fellowship must be held at a UK-based organisation meeting UKRI eligibility criteria
- 6 For academic-hosted applicants, subject to institutional caps on number of applicants
- 7 Researchers from abroad are eligible and can apply for Global Talent visa under exceptional promise category