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UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship

Expressions of interest are currently being accepted for Round 10 of the UKRI Future Leadership (FLF) Fellowships Scheme.

We encourage candidates to review our Research Team pages to identify potential overlaps with their research area of interest and recommend they have an initial discussion with identified individuals prior to applying about their proposal.  Alternatively, you can contact the DERI Director to discuss your research more if you would prefer.

Candidates who are interested in applying for Round 10 of the FLF with DERI as their host should submit an expression of interest consisting of the following:

The form has been designed to ask targeted questions about your proposed project, experience to-date, fit to scheme, and alignment with the proposed host Institution.

Expressions of interest should be submitted to deri@qmul.ac.uk by April 4th 2025.

Selection Process

Expressions of interest will be reviewed by a DERI review panel, and candidates will be informed of the outcome. We encourage candidates not to start working on an application until they have received confirmation that we are able to support their application. Supported candidates will be helped with the application process, including preparing of the costings, support with writing, and submitting the application.

For Round 10 of the FLF Scheme, there is a multi-step process prior to submitting to UKRI, and the timeline has been included below. Candidates successful at the initial expression of interest stage and selected by the DERI panel to go forward will be supported to develop their proposal further to be submitted to the Queen Mary Demand Management process. Each Institution is capped on the number of submissions it can make for Round 9 of the scheme. Candidates who are also successful at the internal demand management stage will be provided support to finalise and submit their application in time for the June 2025 deadline.

Timelines

Submission of EOI to DERI: April 4th 2025

Outcome of DERI EOI: by April 14th 2025

For the Successful candidate at the DERI EOI Stage:

Submission of Paperwork to Queen Mary Internal Selection: April 22nd 2025

Outcome of Queen Mary Selection: by May 5th 2025

Submission to UKRI: June 18th 2025 by 4pm.

Further Details

Queries can be directed to deri@qmul.ac.uk 

To find out further details on the Future Leaders Scheme, please see the UKRI web pages for the scheme guidance and FAQs: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/future-leaders-fellowships-round-10/ 

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