Why GEE and UCL for your fellowship?

We support fellows through our fellowship mentoring scheme and networking events, to help you to successfully develop your career.
We provide a stimulating environment for research, with several of our institutes and research centres focused on broad topics in ecology, genetics and evolution.
We support you through the application process, providing feedback in developing your project, refining your application and preparing you for your interview.
Our staff include current fellows and many established researchers who started their careers on fellowships, all of whom will be able to share their experience in the development of applications.

Is an independent fellowship right for me?

Independent fellowships are suitable for researchers who are ready to start up their own independent research programme. Typically, successful fellows have some postdoctoral experience, several significant lead-author papers and a clear idea of their research programme.

UCL has a policy to provide successful senior fellowship holders with permanent positions.

How GEE supports candidates

We are committed to supporting potential independent fellows from the start. We will make every effort to assist you in the early stages of your funding application, providing feedback in developing your project, refining your application and preparing for your interview.

GEE staff include current fellows and many established researchers who started their careers on fellowships, all of whom will be able to share their experience in the development of applications.

The career development of our GEE fellows is supported via our mentorship programme and networking opportunities. Senior fellows have full academic status.

Pre-application selection

We’d like to support all potential senior fellows, but because our policy is to provide successful senior fellowship holders with permanent positions, there is a pre-application selection step run within the Department. For this reason, we recommend you get in touch with us well in advance (minimum of three months) of the relevant application deadlines.

As the first point of contact, email Hernan Burbano or David Murrell.