Wellcome Trust - Research Career Re-entry Fellowships, 2021

Application deadline: 22 Apr 2021

Career stage: Postdoctoral research, leading a research programme, returning to research

Where your host organisation is based: UK, Republic of Ireland

Type of researcher: Basic, clincial, public health

Level of funding: Salary and research expenses covered

Duration of funding: Up to 4 years

Who can apply

You can apply for a Research Career Re-entry Fellowship if you’ve had a continuous career break of at least two years and you want to re-establish your research career.

We accept career breaks taken because of family commitments, ill health and work outside of research.

You must have a PhD and postdoctoral research experience.

You should have started to make important contributions to your area of research before your career break, eg publications, patents, software development or an impact on policy.

You must have an eligible sponsoring organisation in the UK or Republic of Ireland that will administer the fellowship for the full duration of the award.

What we're looking for

You should identify an important question that’s within our scientific remit.

We will review:

• your research contributions before your career break
• the quality and importance of your research question(s)
• your knowledge of the scientific area
• the feasibility of your proposal
• the suitability of your choice of research sponsor(s) and environments
• your vision of how this fellowship will contribute to your career development
• the suitability of your proposed retraining.

For more details, or to apply, visit the call webpage.