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Internal funding opportunities

Research and Collaborative Activities

Creating Impact

Personal Support

Fellowships

RAEng Research Fellowships

The Royal Academy of Engineering offers Research Fellowships each year to outstanding early-career researchers to support them to become future research leaders in engineering. The College is permitted to submit up to 4 applicants to RAEng, but 2 of those must be from an under-represented group.

Applicants should include the following papers:

Completed RAEng Research Fellowship application form and any permitted supplements (figures and/or Gantt chart, see form for details)
Up to 3 letters of support from collaborators
Letter of support from HoD

For the internal selection process Departments submit selected candidates to the central College process. Interested applicants should first contact their chosen host Department to enquire further.

Imperial College Research Fellowships

Imperial's prestigious Imperial College Research Fellowship (ICRF) scheme is designed for outstanding early career researchers looking for an opportunity to focus on research and establish scientific independence, making the leap from a post-doctoral researcher to permanent lecturer. More information can be found on the Imperial College Research Fellowships webpage

Doctoral Training

President's PhD Scholarship Scheme

Imperial College's President's PhD Scholarship Scheme is an exciting opportunity that supports up to 50 outstanding students from anywhere in the world to study for a PhD in any of the College’s Faculties and Business School. More information can be found on the President's PhD Scholarship Scheme webpage

EPSRC Doctoral Support

EPSRC DTP

Support for studentships is available via the EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership training grant. More information can be found on the EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership webpage.

EPSRC iCASE

Support for studentships is available via the EPSRC Industrial Cooperative Awards in Science and Technology (iCASE) training grant. More information can be found on the EPSRC Cooperative Awards in Science and Technology (iCASE) webpage.

EPSRC NPIF

Support for studentships is available via the EPSRC National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) training grant. More information can be found on the EPSRC National Productivity Investment Fund webpage.

EPSRC CDT 2023 call

Information on the EPSRC CDT 2023 call can be found on the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) webpage

UKRI Policy internship scheme

The UKRI Policy Internships Scheme for 2023/24 now open. The scheme provides the opportunity for doctoral students funded by the Research Councils of UKRI to undertake a three-month placement at one of a selected group of highly influential policy organisations

For students funded under the below training grants held by Professor Mary Ryan, the Internship Funding and Permissions Form should be sent to researchoffice.fundingstrategy@imperial.ac.uk, in order to obtain the necessary signature from the training grant holder, by 12pm on Wednesday 20^th of September 2023. This form should be sent once it is already signed by the applicant and the lead supervisor and should include the training grant reference number.