Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology
Our research themes include society, psychological therapy, neuroscience, health and wellbeing, and children and development.
Experimental Psychology
We investigate the psychological and biological basis of behaviour, from a cellular level through brain systems, cognition, computational and social levels.
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
We undertake world-leading research in the human mind and brain, uniting researchers from different disciplines such as psychology, neurology and anatomy.
Language and Cognition
Our multidisciplinary research focuses on human speech, language and communication, as well as the interrelationship of language with other cognitive systems.
Linguistics
Our research investigates the nature and origin of language, its acquisition by children and its use in communication, integrating theoretical and experimental work.
Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences
Our research focus looks at the perception and production of speech, as well as problems caused by hearing impairment or by atypical perceptual and cognitive development.
UCL Interaction Centre
We are a world-leading centre for human-computer interaction teaching and research, investigating interactions between people and technology.
Postgraduate research degrees
We offer cutting-edge resources such as extensive laboratories for research in speech and language, perception and cognition, a centre for brain imaging and a behavioural neuroscience laboratory.
Our facilities
We offer a range of cutting-edge research facilities and laboratories for research into the fields of mind, behaviour and language.
Associated Centres
- Anna Freud
- Birkbeck-UCL Centre for Neuroimaging (BUCNI)
- Centre for Behaviour Change
- Centre for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
- Centre for Health Service Research in Intellectual Disabil…
- UCL Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness
- Centre for Speech and Language Intervention Research
- Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL)
- Development Risk and Resilience Unit
- Evidence Based Practice Unit
- Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience
Research Fellowships
We support a number of strong candidates in applying for Research Fellowships. If your profile and interests match our activities, we would be very interested to hear from you.
When to apply
To allow time both for preparation and proper costing of the proposal, you must apply at least 20 working days before the deadline. All Fellowship proposals will be reviewed by a member of our academic staff as part of the submission process. Each Fellowship has a different deadline, and these dates will be published on the relevant websites (see links below).
How to apply
Before applying, you must initially contact either the Head of Division or the Head of the Research Department where your interest lies.
List of Fellowships
| Council | Call | Who can apply | Tenure |
| BBSRC | Discovery Fellowships | Researchers carrying out independent research within a host laboratory and looking to gain leadership skills | Dependent on the grant |
| EPSRC | Open Fellowship | Researchers with at least four years’ experience in a relevant field by the start of your fellowship. | Up to 5 years |
| ERC | Grants | Multiple grants available | Up to 5 years |
| ESRC | Research grants and new investigator grants | Grants available to fund individuals or research teams based at research organisations eligible for UKRI funding. | Dependent on the grant |
| Leverhulme | Early Career Fellowships | Researchers at a relatively early stage of their academic careers but with a proven record of research | 2 – 3 years |
| Leverhulme | Major Research Fellowships | Well-established and distinguished researchers able to demonstrate scholarship at the highest level | 2 – 3 years |
| MRC | Career Development Award | Researchers with three to six years postdoctoral experience | Up to five years |
| MRC | Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship | Researchers with at least six years postdoctoral experience | Up to five years |
| NIHR | Grants | Multiple grants available | 3 - 5 years |
| Royal Society | Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship | Researchers at an early stage of their career, designed to help to progress to a permanent position | Up to 4 years |
| Royal Society | University Research Fellowship | Researchers at an early to mid-stage of their career | Initially for 5 years |
| Wellcome | Discovery Awards | 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. | Up to 8 years |
| Wellcome | Early Career Awards | This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. | 5 years |
| Wellcome | Career Development Awards | This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. | Up to 8 years |
Join a study
Take part in one of our studies examining topics such as decision making, attention, memory, emotion perception, and cognitive processes.
How to apply