Career Acceleration Fellowships provide support for talented researchers at an early stage of their career. Up to five years funding is available, and there is an annual call for proposals. Career Acceleration Fellowships are offered across the whole of the EPSRC remit.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a Career Acceleration Fellowship you should not hold or have held a permanent academic post, or have received, before the start date of the award, the promise of a permanent academic post.

You should have between 3 and 10 years postdoctoral research and/or relevant industrial experience by the start date of the fellowship. This period is calculated from the date of your PhD viva to the start date of the fellowship.

Further details about eligibility are provided in the outline call.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to re-establish themselves after a career break or other period of absence from active research.

The Career Acceleration Fellowship call for 2009/2010 is now closed.

Further information

• Last Career Acceleration Fellowships Outline Call
  Details of the scheme, assessment criteria, how to apply and eligibility - Closed 29 September 2009 
  
  
• EPSRC Funding Guide
  Terms and conditions of a Fellowship award and information on managing your research fellowship
  
  
• Information for Fellowship Holders
  Role of your research organisation, moving during the fellowship, applying for other EPSRC funding and interrupting your fellowship.