Call for The Royal Society Short Industry Fellowship 2026 in the United Kingdom is open now!!!
This scheme, part of the Royal Society’s Industry programme, enables scientists employed in industry or academia and/or their postdoctoral researchers to have shorter, more dynamic engagements between academia and industry, working on a mutually beneficial and collaborative project.
The Short Industry Fellowships scheme is open to talented researchers, especially early career researchers, in academia or industry in the UK.
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The aims of the scheme are to:
- Support mobility of excellent academic or industry researchers (and/or their postdoctoral researcher) between the two sectors in the UK, across the natural sciences
- Enable the fellow to initiate and develop collaborative links between the academic and industry organisations, which may lead to longer-term collaborations (and can seek further funding through the Industry Fellowship)
- Support the career development of the fellow and/or their postdoctoral researcher gained through the working in the other sector
- Enhance knowledge exchange in science and technology between industry and academia. Awards must involve mobility between sectors i.e. UK-based private industry and a UK university or a not-for-profit research organisation.
Collaborations between academia and early-stage companies are particularly encouraged. It is anticipated that the personal and corporate links established by the researcher between the two sectors in the UK will seed longer-term collaborations and contribute to their long-term future development.
For longer term collaborative projects between industry and academia, see the Industry Fellowship.
The Royal Society recognises that diversity is essential for delivering excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The Society wants to encourage applications from the widest range of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to maximise innovation and creativity in science for the benefit of humanity. They regularly review and revise policies and processes to embed equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) principles in all aspects of the grant-making process and ensure all talented applicants have an equitable chance to succeed as per assessment criteria.
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Awards can be held full time for three to six months. Alternatively, they can be held at 50% part-time for up to 12 months, enabling fellows to maintain links with their employing institution more easily.
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Location:
United KingdomBenefits
- The applicant’s and/or their postdoctoral researcher’s basic salary while on secondment. The employing organisation continues to pay national insurance and pension contributions
- Research expenses which may be claimed up to a value of £1,000
- They provide flexibility to accommodate personal circumstances including part-time working, sabbaticals and secondments. There is provision for maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoptive or extended sick leave, as well as financial support for childcare costs that arise from attending conferences and research visits.
Eligibilities
- You hold a PhD or are of equivalent standing in your profession
- You hold a post in either a UK university, a not-for-profit research organisation or UK industry, which is either a permanent or fixed-term position with an end date after the expected end of the Short Industry Fellowship
- Your research is within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to biological research and biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. For a full list, please see the breakdown of subject groups and areas supported by the Royal Society.
Application Process
- Find a scheme
- Check your eligibility
- Check your host organisation’s eligibility
- Read the scheme notes in full
- Discuss your intention to apply with the host institution
- Highlight any potential collaborations to your research office
- Consult our policy pages to inform your application
- Apply through Flexi-Grant®
- Request approval from host organisatio
Application Deadline: June 26, 2026 (71 Days Remaining)
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