Early Career Opportunities

We are happy to provide advice and support to applicants for independent research fellowships, including:

• 1851 Research Fellowships
• BBSRC Discovery Fellowships (refer to current year's call link if/when available)
• British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Human Frontier Science Program Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships
• Marie Curie Individual Fellowships
• Newton International Fellowships
• NERC Independent Research Fellowships (refer to the current year's call link if/when available)
• Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship
• Royal Society University Research Fellowships
• Wellcome Trust Fellowships

Expression of Interest

If you are interested in applying for funding to work at the Museum and becoming part of the research team here, please contact us informally at research@oum.ox.ac.uk. We ask that potential applicants send us a one-page summary of their planned research, including details of how they will undertake specimen-focused research and make use of Museum facilities, together with a CV with up to five best publications highlighted. 

Expressions of interest to be received by 30 June annually.