Future Leaders Fellowship Round 10

Establish your first independent research group at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC) with the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF).

*The IGC internal process for FLF Round 10 has now closed*

About the Fellowship

The Future Leaders Fellowship offers funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. At IGC, we welcome applications from early career researchers and innovators who are seeking to establish an independent research group across a range of disciplines and approaches aligning with our research strengths in the study of genetics and cancer.  

The support will enable each Fellow to tackle ambitious and challenging research and innovation and develop their own careers.

Fellows will benefit from:

  • A scheme that is committed to supporting excellent researchers and innovators regardless of their background. Fellowships can be held on a part-time basis for personal commitments and/or as part of a job share. 
  • Networking across their cohort of some of the UK’s most talented researchers and innovators from different disciplines and sectors, putting them at the forefront of modern, interdisciplinary research.
  • A career boost, including time and investment for training and professional development, providing a route to an open-ended contract.

External applicants

If you are an external applicant interested in seeking support from IGC, please contact Neil Carragher (N.Carragher@ed.ac.uk) and Helen Nickerson (helen.nickerson@ed.ac.uk) by Friday 7 February 2025.

All applicants must obtain the backing of a host Institute or School to be eligible for the University’s internal selection process. To be hosted at IGC, you will need to complete the following steps:

1) Applicants need to complete the CMVM notification of intent form by Friday 7 February at 12 noon.

2)Applicants should submit a submit a 1-page research vision and a narrative CV (in R4R1 format – see guidance below) to Daniel Toddie-Moore (D.Toddie-Moore@ed.ac.uk), by Friday 7 February 12 noon.

The academic panel will confirm by 14th February whether candidates should prepare a full outline.

3) If selected prepare your submission following the format required for the College submission (you do not need to provide a host organisation support statement at this stage) and your mentor by Monday 3 March at 5pm. 

Your mentor(s) will review and feedback to improve submission to College by 12th March.

4) Candidates with formal nomination from School/Centre/Institute to submit for internal selection by 11am on 25 March 2025 to cmvm.cro@ed.ac.uk.

Outcomes from the College processes will be shared by 4 April 2025 to all candidates.

Local procedures and support for developing application documents in conjunction with ERO will apply.

Narrative CV Guidance - Please complete this in the Resume for Research and Innovation (R4R1) format as is required for the ‘Applicant capability to deliver’ section of the full application. Further guidance on this is available at the link above and the ‘Applicant capability to deliver’ section of the UKRI guidance for this call (located in the ‘How to apply’ drop down menu). Any queries can be directed to Daniel Toddie-Moore (D.Toddie-Moore@ed.ac.uk).


 

Applying via another host

If you are considering applying to the scheme via another host, you should contact them now to find out about their demand management process and timeline. If applying via another Institute/School within the University, please be aware that their initial deadline may be different from ours. All UoE deadlines from the College Panel submission onwards are the same.

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