Opportunities

This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.  

This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders.

The Nuffield Foundation expect the research to contribute to understanding, public debate, policy and/or practice on tackling racial inequalities, discrimination and disadvantage in the UK.

Research Project Grants for innovative and original research projects with a maximum grant value of £500,000. 

This is one of the most "classic" and flexible grant opportunities. There are no constraints in terms of topic.

Internal Oxford applicants only. Applications can be for a wide range of activities such as surveys, travel, or staff costs.

The Nuffield Foundation is an independent charitable trust with a mission to support research that can improve lives.

Are you a talented early-career researcher (two-seven years post PhD) who has already produced excellent supervised work, is ready to work independently and shows potential to be a research leader?

Are you 7-12 years post PhD, looking to establish a research team and continue developing a successful career. The ERC Consolidator Grant could be for you. You can also apply if you have recently created an independent, excellent research team and want to strengthen it.

This Fellowship provides a 1-year (or 2-year part-time) career development opportunity for those in the immediately postdoctoral stage of their career. The aim is to support Fellows in consolidating their PhD (for example through producing publications, building networks or developing funding proposals.) Fellows should not undertake major new research during the grant. However, limited additional research (up to 25% of the programme of work) directly linked to the PhD can be undertaken.

These Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to excellent researchers of any nationality.