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The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 invites applications for its research fellowships in science or engineering. These give early-career scientists or engineers the opportunity to conduct an innovative research project of their own instigation.

Research may be carried out in any of the physical or biological sciences, mathematics, applied science or any branch of engineering. Applications from qualified engineering researchers are particularly encouraged.

Applicants must hold a recent PhD degree or equivalent qualification, or be in the final stages of their PhD studies, and have no more than three years of postdoctoral experience. PhDs must be completed before the award is confirmed. Fellowships are normally held at UK institutions approved by the commissioners, and the institution may not be the same where the candidate鈥檚 PhD research was undertaken.

Approximately 10 fellowships are available for up to three years, one of which is designated the Brunel fellowship for a project in an academic engineering environment. Fellows receive funding of 拢144,000 over three years, or 拢156,000 if institutions are based in central London or overseas. An additional allowance of 拢6,000 per year is provided for research associated costs, including equipment, consumables and travel to present at conferences. They may choose to become employed at the institution for the duration of the fellowship or have self-employed visiting researcher status

ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme. Applicant Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal.

Size of ERC Consolidator Grants

Consolidator Grants may be awarded up to a maximum of EUR 2 000 000 for a period of 5 years (The maximum award is reduced pro rata temporis for projects of a shorter duration. This does not apply to ongoing projects).

However, up to an additional EUR 750 000 can be requested in the proposal to cover (a) eligible "start-up" costs for Principal Investigators moving to the EU or an Associated Country from elsewhere as a consequence of receiving the ERC grant and/or (b) the purchase of major equipment and/or (c) access to large facilities (As any additional funding is to cover major one-off costs it is not subject to pro-rata temporis reduction for projects of shorter duration. All funding requested is assessed during evaluation).

Profile of the ERC Consolidator Grant Principal Investigator

The Principal Investigator shall have been awarded their first PhD over 7 and up to 12 years prior to 1 January 2019. The effective elapsed time since the award of the first PhD can be reduced in certain properly documented circumstances (see ERC Work Programme 2019).

A competitive Consolidator Grant Principal Investigator must have already shown research independence and evidence of maturity, for example by having produced several important publications as main author or without the participation of their PhD supervisor. Applicant Principal Investigators should also be able to demonstrate a promising track record of early achievements appropriate to their research field and career stage, including significant publications (as main author) in major international peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journals, or in the leading international peer-reviewed journals of their respective field. They may also demonstrate a record of invited presentations in well-established international conferences, granted patents, awards, prizes etc.

For further information please see the ERC Work Programme 2019