Early Career Fellowships

Funding Opportunities

The Isaac Newton Trust is proud to be able to provide partial salary support for post-doctoral researchers who have secured Early Career Fellowships in a number of prestigious competitions. Foremost among these awards are:

Academic Career Development Fellowship Programme:

  • All Colleges can host an INT Academic Career Development Fellow
  • Available for Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences only

Junior Research Fellowship Programme:

  • Only available for Colleges not liable for contributions to the Colleges’ Fund
  • Stipendiary in Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences subjects
  • Non-stipendiary in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine subjects

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Matched Funding:

Other Fellowship support from INT

For Early Career Researchers who have secured or are applying for fellowship funding, they may also apply under the Fellowship Support scheme if additional funding is needed. This funding call is designed to contribute match or top-up funding towards an externally awarded Early Career Fellowship to be held at the University. 

College Affiliation

Many postdocs value a formal attachment to one of the Colleges at the University of Cambridge.  

All the colleges at Cambridge offer affiliation opportunities for postdoctoral fellows, providing additional academic and social networks beyond the host department. Please note that you do not need to have a College connection, but most researchers find it helpful to have a College where they can network with researchers, fellows, and students across the full spectrum of subjects, nationalities and levels of seniority, and maybe get involved in some teaching if the opportunity arises.

The Postdoc Academy lists many professional neworking opportunities on their website, including current unsalaried opportunities at Colleges. You can also may find others on the University's obs site and the The Reporter.

The Postdoc Academy also discuss what different College affiliations are and what the application process is like in their 'Understanding College Affiliations at Cambridge' podcast

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