Imogen Gingell
"As a partner of the Alan Turing Institute the University provides a great vehicle for building skill and collaborations in machine learning."
Join us at Southampton
Are you an independent researcher looking to tackle some of society’s biggest challenges? We are on the lookout for the next generation of rising stars to join us at Southampton and make big career strides.
Southampton has an excellent track record in hosting and supporting externally funded research fellowships at all levels, nurturing fellows to the next stage in their academic and research careers. This includes, but is not limited to, schemes such as:
- UKRI Research Council Fellowships, including (but not limited to):
- Royal Society University Research Fellowship
- Newton International Fellowship
- BA Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships
- MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Fellowships and individual research grants - European Commission (europa.eu)
A fellowship at Southampton can provide you with the opportunity to have focused time to conduct independent research and enable you to establish your academic career in a vibrant, inclusive, research-intensive environment with mentoring from world leaders.
Why Southampton?
It is important to think carefully about your choice of host institution and where you will have the best opportunity to develop your career. You will need to justify your choice of host institution to the funder on your application.
Externally-funded research fellows at the University of Southampton will benefit from:
- a world-leading research environment
- first class facilities and infrastructure
- support from both academic staff and professional service staff through the application process, including guidance on how to write your PI response as well as practice interviews
- once you start your fellowship, mentorship and training through your sponsor, host school and faculty events
- access to our Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP), which offers information and workshops for Education, Research and Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise activities
- access to support from Research & Innovation Services for research funding development, industry, IP, integrity, ethics, impact, public engagement and policy
In addition:
- We have a strong track record of offering a permanent academic position at the University upon completion of externally-funded fellowships
- Subject to discussion with the relevant School or Faculty, long-term externally-funded fellows are supported by, for example, a PhD student, equipment and pump priming funding
We welcome enquiries from fellowship applicants at any career stage, or academics wishing to transfer their existing fellowship to Southampton. Applying for an externally-funded fellowship requires the support of an academic sponsor. Browse our faculty pages to find the appropriate staff member.
For support from our Research Funding Development team please email fellowships@soton.ac.uk.