Research Funding Corner
Talk to Alex Sinton (alexandra.sinton@manchester.ac.uk) if you are thinking of writing a fellowship or a grant application.
Please check Maths Intranet for the contact details of the Academic Research Leads and Research Support.
Also, please come to Maths Researchers' events (see the calendar for more details) or contact Igor.Chernyavsky@manchester.ac.uk.
A (non-exhaustive) list of early-career Fellowships
L'Oréal-UNESCO Fellowship for Women in Science
British Federation of Women Graduates North West (BFWG) Fund (for 3rd/final-year PhD students)
LMS Emmy Noether Fellowship (for caring responsibilities)
LMS Early Career Fellowship (<6-month research visit)
LMS Cecil King Travel Scholarships (a short research visit)
Heilbronn Focused Research Grant and Fellowship (maths research)
ERCIM Alain Bensoussan Fellowship (12-month EU exchange visit)
EPSRC Post-Doctoral and Open Fellowships
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship
UKRI Innovation Scholarship (biomedical industrial secondment)
Royal Society University Research Fellowship
Royal Society APEX Award (interdisciplinary)
*New* Royal Society Career Development Fellowship (STEM)
Leverhulme Fellowship (50% co-funded by the host)
Royal Commission for the Exhibition 1851
EU MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (< 12-month Fellowship)
Lindemann Trust Fellowship (US experience)
BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship (biological / chemical research)
MRC Non-clinical Skills Development Award (biomed. research)
Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship (biomed. research)
Rosetrees Trust Young Enterprise Fellowships (biomed. research)
Biometrika Research Fellowship (all statistics research)
Alan Turing Postdoctoral Enrichment Award (£2k for 6 months; data science-related)
FSE Funding Bulletin
Preparing your First Grant / Fellowship Application
Research Impact Statement Do & Don't [pdf]
*NEW* One-to-one Impact Support Sessions
A List of Funding Schemes (see Funding Planner)
See also Research Professional, the UK and international funders' database
UoM Wellcome Fund: supports interdisciplinary collaborations, professional development and public engagement initiatives
UoM Research Collaboration & Dissemination Funds
(research visits, pilot projects, conference fees, open access charges and more)Completed applications or queries should be sent to
resdev@manchester.ac.uk
*New* COVID Research & Teaching Relief Fund
(aimed at disproportionally affected staff)
*New* SNS Scholarship Activity Fund (up to £1k; for teaching-related conferences, project consumables, etc.)
Departmental Resources for Preparing and Running Research Grants
Grant Costing and General Support: Klaudia Januszewska, Alexander Matthew-John (Applied, Probability & Statistics) and Eun Barratta (Pure)
(Schuster Bldg, Room 1.E/F), researchsupportcsm@manchester.ac.uk, SoNSresearchfinance@manchester.ac.uk, ext. 50775
Allow at least 4 weeks before submission for costing and approval process
Research Costing Tool (self-service)
Recruitment Tools (self-service)
Project Management & Funding Advice: Alex Sinton (Room 1.112), alexandra.sinton@manchester.ac.uk
Preparing an Impact Statement: Natalie Theodoulou (FSE Impact Officer), natalie.theodoulou@manchester.ac.uk
Research Procurement (other than IT): ask Maths-Ops@manchester.ac.uk, or contact researchsupportcsm@manchester.ac.uk
Research Finance Officers: Jade Malkin (Schuster Building, Room 1.F), SoNSresearchfinance@manchester.ac.uk, ext. 51885
Faculty Finance Team (for internal budgets = activity codes, starting with P or A): fsenonresearch@manchester.ac.uk
Finance Helpdesk (guidelines): finance.helpdesk@manchester.ac.uk
Further reading and tips
LMS Early Career Development - Events and Resources
So, You're a Postdoc. What next? :: LMS Newsletter (2018)
Mathematics Interview Tips: Part 1 & Part 2 :: LMS Newsletter (2018)
How to get a tenure-track job by Robert Smith? (more US/Canada-focused)
Rethinking Researcher's CV :: Nature (Apr 2022) [see also UKRI Narrative CV]
*New* Career Advice to a Young Mathematical Biologist :: Journal of Mathematical Biology (2024)
Grant & Fellowship writing
Secrets to writing a winning grant :: Nature (Dec 2019)
How to design a winning fellowship proposal :: Nature (Nov 2018)
What to do when your grant is rejected :: Nature (Feb 2020)
Addressing rigour and reproducibility in grant proposals :: Nature (Aug 2021)
Industry & public sector job tips
What you can do with a PhD :: Jobs.ac.uk
Why scientists need to market themselves :: Nature (Mar 2018)
Exit plan for non-academic posts :: Nature (Jul 2020)
Tips for moving to non-academic roles (based on an FBMH Careers' Event, Sept 2020)
Translate your skills into a business / non-academic role
Highlight relevant transferable skills, such as experience of managing projects, budgets, team-work, etc.
note that writing a business case ~= writing a research proposal
Get relevant training
Researchers into Management course
LEAP for teaching (AFHEA/FHEA) accreditation
Talk to people and volunteer / shadow the role you are interested in
Do not move into a new role unless you like something about it [job security is always relative]