Areas in which fellowships are available
EPSRC's Capability and Challenge Themes have an on-going process to prioritise the areas in which fellowships will be offered.
We will not accept applications in areas outside of those identified below. Applicants should refer to the thematic programme priorities for additional details on the research areas in which we wish to appoint Fellows. Please see the theme links in the table for details on the priority areas.
If in doubt, please check with your theme contact.
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems (ICT and Engineering) |
Robotics and Autonomous Systems (ICT and Engineering) |
Robotics and Autonomous Systems (ICT and Engineering) |
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This area is no longer available for fellowships |
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Applications not invited at this career stage |
Advancing the Understanding and Development of the Internet of Things for the Digital economy Trust, Identity, Privacy and Security Designing and exploiting digital systems for society and the economy |
Advancing the Understanding and Development of the Internet of Things for the Digital economy Trust, Identity, Privacy and Security Designing and exploiting digital systems for society and the economy |
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems (with ICT) |
Water Engineering Complex Fluids and Rheology Software development for novel Engineering research Particle Technology Synthetic biology Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience Microsystems Advanced Materials Engineering Robotics and Autonomous Systems (with ICT) Control Engineering |
Water Engineering Complex Fluids and Rheology Particle Technology Synthetic biology Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience Microsystems Advanced Materials Engineering Robotics and Autonomous Systems (with ICT) Control Engineering |
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Applications not invited at this career stage |
21st Century Products New Industrial Systems Digital Manufacturing Sustainable Industries |
21st Century Products New Industrial Systems Digital Manufacturing Sustainable Industries |
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Applications not invited at this career stage |
New and Novel Approaches to the Design and Discovery of Materials and Molecules Theoretical and Computational Physical Sciences Transforming Understanding of Physical and Chemical Phenomena and Processes New Physical Sciences for Biology and Medicine New Physical Sciences for Energy New Ways of Working in the Physical Sciences |
Materials for Energy Biophysics and Soft Matter Surface Science Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion |
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Intradisciplinary Research New Connections from Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research Continuum Mathematics and Advanced Materials in Mathematical Sciences Statistics and its Interfaces |
Intradisciplinary Research New Connections from Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research Continuum Mathematics and Advanced Materials in the Mathematical Sciences Statistics and its Interfaces |
New Connections from Mathematical Sciences Statistics and its Interfaces |
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Applications are not invited at this career stage. See ‘Across themes’ thematic area for opportunities joint with other themes. |
See ‘Across all themes’ thematic area for opportunities joint with other themes. |
‘People at the Heart of ICT’ with ‘Cross Disciplinarity and Co-Creation’ See ‘Across all themes’ thematic area for opportunities joint with other themes. |
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David Clarke Fellowship Future Electricity generation Energy for transport Energy for heat Energy for industry |
Future Electricity generation Energy for transport Energy for heat Energy for industry |
Future Electricity generation Energy for transport Energy for heat Energy for industry |
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| Healthcare technologies |
This area is no longer available for fellowships. |
This area is no longer available for fellowships. |
This area is no longer available for fellowships. |
On-going refresh of the fellowship priority areas
The Fellowship Framework enables themes to continue to identify and prioritise areas in which they wish to support fellowships.
Where new priority areas are being introduced or notice for removing an area is being given, details will be made available for interested parties on this webpage biannually in spring and autumn each year.
Removal of priority areas – when a theme intends to remove a priority area, EPSRC will give adequate notice of this intention. Aligned to the above process, six months' advance notice will be provided and publicised in either spring or autumn each year. Please note any related applications in process at the time that advance notice is given will continue to be assessed in good faith.
Please also note, EPSRC will not typically be giving notice for adding new fellowship priority areas – these will go live as soon as they are announced on this webpage.
While this biannual process enables fellowship priority areas to be updated on an on-going regular basis, EPSRC reserves the right to introduce new priority areas outside of these defined timescales and at short notice as and when it is deemed necessary.
No changes will be announced for the autumn 2018 refresh
There will be no new priority areas added and no existing priority areas are due to be removed in the next six months.