Funding Opportunities

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

We are currently inviting expressions of interest from outstanding candidates who wish to apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship through Durham University. These fellowships are open to postdoctoral researchers from all over the world that:

• hold a PhD degree on the closing date for applications. Applicants who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree are also eligible to apply
• have a maximum of eight years of experience in research from the date of the award of the PhD degree – the following experience will not be counted towards this maximum
• years of experience outside research and career breaks
• years of experience in research in third countries, for nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries who wish to reintegrate to Europe
• comply with mobility rules: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary (for European Postdoctoral Fellowships), or the host organisation for the outgoing phase (for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline

We welcome enquiries from eligible candidates particularly those related to the key research themes and clusters in the School, or to relevant Durham research centres and institutes.

Candidates are invited to contact a prospective mentor in the School in the first instance (see our staff list), with an up-to-date CV and summary of their research proposal (1 A4 page max) by 13 June 2025. If the mentor agrees to support your application, candidates will be supported through an internal review process ahead of submission to the external funder by 10 September 2025.

Further information, including details of eligibility criteria, can be found here.

For any informal enquiries, please contact Amaleena Damlé at amaleena.damle@durham.ac.uk

Other fellowship opportunities

The School is very pleased to support applications to postdoctoral and senior visiting fellowship competitions from candidates working on topics relating to any of its wide range of research interests. Relevant schemes include the following:

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships

British Academy International Fellowships

Durham Institute of Advanced Study Fellowships (junior & senior)

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships

Leverhulme Visiting Professorships

Open calls, with details of the application process are posted here. Potential applications are welcome to make informal contact with a potential host/mentor in their field, or to contact the Deputy Director of Research (Grants), Amaleena Damlé, with any enquiries.