{"id":625,"date":"2022-07-20T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/?page_id=625"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:49:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:49:30","slug":"open-positions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/?page_id=625","title":{"rendered":"Open positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We always welcome inquiries from those seeking Ph.D. and post-doctoral positions. Aside from our advertised posts, we are supportive of people applying for Ph.D. scholarships, post-doctoral fellowships or to arrange a shorter visit or placement. Here are some potential opportunities:<\/p>\n<h3>DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS<\/h3>\n<p>Opportunities to apply for Ph.D. funding in OPTIMlab:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/pgstudy\/funding\/funding-search.aspx?level=research\">Searchable database of Ph.D. funding opportunities <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/pgstudy\/funding\/china-scholarship-council-research-excellence-scholarship\">UoN China Scholarship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk\/scholarships\/commonwealth-phd-scholarships-for-least-developed-countries-and-fragile-states\/\">Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships<\/a> &#8211; targeted at\u00a0talented and motivated individuals with the opportunity to enhance knowledge and skills in their given sector, in order to contribute to sustainable development in their home countries.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/education\/he-science\/newton-fund\/phd-programme\">Newton Ph.D. Programme<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshallscholarship.org\/apply\">Marshall Scholarships<\/a> &#8211; 20,000 scholarship available to US nationals.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/pgstudy\/funding\/mexico-conacyt-scholarship\">CONACYT<\/a> &#8211; Scheme open to Mexican nationals.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/pgstudy\/funding\/colombia-colfuturo-scholarship\">COLFUTURO<\/a> &#8211; Scheme open to Colombian nationals.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/pgstudy\/funding\/chile-conicyt-scholarship\">CONICYT<\/a> &#8211; Scheme open to Chilean nationals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS<\/h3>\n<p>Opportunities to apply for post-doctoral funding in OPTIMlab:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecrcentral.org\/fundings\">Searchable database of early career researcher funding opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raeng.org.uk\/programmes-and-prizes\/programmes\/uk-grants-and-prizes\/support-for-research\/research-fellowships\">Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships<\/a> &#8211; For researchers &lt; 4 years post-Ph.D.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/what-we-offer\/developing-people-and-skills\/future-leaders-fellowships\/\">UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/opportunity\/epsrc-open-fellowship\/\">EPSRC Open Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royalsociety.org\/grants-schemes-awards\/grants\/newton-international\/\">Newton International Fellowships<\/a> &#8211; Royal Society scheme allowing researchers with &lt;7 years of post-doctoral experience to conduct research in the UK.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu\/actions\/postdoctoral-fellowships\">Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships<\/a> &#8211; Funding for UK and International candidates to conduct research in the UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leverhulme.ac.uk\/early-career-fellowships\">Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships<\/a> &#8211; For early career researchers, with a research record but who have not yet held a full-time permanent academic post<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wellcome.org\/grant-funding\/schemes\/early-career-awards\">Wellcome Early Career Awards<\/a> &#8211; For\u00a0early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axa-research.org\/en\/page\/AXA-Fellowships\">AXA Fellowship<\/a> &#8211; Candidates should be maximum PhD+ 5 years with proven scientific excellence and high potential for innovation, transformation and dissemination.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalcommission1851.org\/awards\/\">1851 Research Fellowships<\/a> &#8211; For early career scientists or engineers of exceptional promise the opportunity to conduct a research project of their own instigation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/opportunity\/daphne-jackson-fellowship\/\">Daphne Jackson Fellowship<\/a> &#8211; For those looking to return to a research career after a break of two or more years for family, health or caring reasons.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humboldt-foundation.de\/en\/apply\/sponsorship-programmes\/feodor-lynen-research-fellowship\">Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship<\/a> &#8211; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables researchers with good qualifications from Germany at all career levels to conduct research with members of the Humboldt Network around the world.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snf.ch\/en\/XIZpfY3iVS5KRRoD\/funding\/careers\/postdoc-mobility#Details\">Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF<\/a> &#8211; Early career mobility for applicants who have recently received their doctoral degree from ETH Zurich and Post-Doc mobility for applicants who are Swiss nationals or hold a valid Swiss permanent residence, residence or cross-border commuter permit<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk\/scholarships-filter-search\/\">Commonwealth Post-Doctoral Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nawa.gov.pl\/en\/scientists\/the-bekker-programme\">Bekker Fellowship<\/a> &#8211; NAWA fellowship for Post-Docs and PhD students from Polish Universities and science centres to spend up to 36 months at a foreign Institution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We always welcome inquiries from those seeking Ph.D. and post-doctoral positions. Aside from our advertised posts, we are supportive of people applying for Ph.D. scholarships, post-doctoral fellowships or to arrange a shorter visit or placement. Here are some potential opportunities: DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Opportunities to apply for Ph.D. funding in OPTIMlab: Searchable database of Ph.D. funding &#8230; <a title=\"Open positions\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/?page_id=625\" aria-label=\"Read more about Open positions\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-625","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":835,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625\/revisions\/835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgesdgordon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}