UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11 — Non-Academic Stream
Supports United Kingdom researchers in non-academic organisations through UKRI Future Leaders non-academic fellowships to build independent innovation programmes.
The non-academic stream of UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11 is aimed at early-career innovators and researchers hosted at UK businesses, charities, or public-sector organisations rather than universities. It forms part of the same £110 million Round 11 envelope administered across all eight UKRI councils — AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, Innovate UK, MRC, NERC, and STFC — but follows a separate …
Early-career innovator fellowships across all UKRI research domains hosted at UK businesses, charities, or public-sector organisations rather than universities.
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