Apply for early-career external grants and fellowships hosted at DCAL

DCAL is looking for outstanding early career researchers working in the research fields of linguistics, psychology and neuroscience with deaf people, who would like to apply for fellowships to be hosted at our research centre.

DCAL will provide tailored support to applicants, assisting in the preparation and submission of competitive applications for UK and international fellowship calls. Interested researchers should submit a one-page expression of interest and CV to dcal@ucl.ac.uk. Please note that expressions of interest should be submitted at least 3 months prior to the application scheme deadline. However, we encourage applicants to initiate contact with potential hosts as early as possible in the process.

We strongly encourage applications from deaf and hard-of-hearing researchers, as well as those from minority ethnic groups, who are currently under-represented at UCL and DCAL.

These are examples of potential eligible schemes, but applications to all suitable calls will be considered:

Wellcome Early Career Awards

https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/early-career-awards
Subject areas: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/guidance/discovery-research-schemes-r...
For applicants in the UK or low-middle income countries
Next Deadline 21st May 2024

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral...
Any subject area
For non-UK applicants
Next deadline 11th September 2024

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) responsive mode: new investigator grants

Subject areas: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/esrc/what-is-social-science/social-scien...
For applicants from anywhere
https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-responsive-mode-new-investigator-g...
Open call with regular decision points throughout the year.

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) responsive mode: secondary data analysis

Subject areas: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/esrc/what-is-social-science/social-scien...
For applicants from anywhere (ECRs encouraged) https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-responsive-mode-secondary-data-ana...
Open call with regular decision points throughout the year.

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) responsive mode: catalyst award

Subject areas: https://www.ukri.org/publications/research-overlapping-social-sciences-a...
For applicants from anywhere https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/ahrc-responsive-mode-catalyst-award-rou...
2025 deadline likely to be announced later in 2024

Royal Society/British Academy International Fellowships

https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/international-fellowships/ (humanities & social science)
https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-international/ (STEM subjects)
For non-UK applicants
2025 deadline will be announced later in 2024

Daphne Jackson Fellowship

https://daphnejackson.org/about-fellowships/are-you-eligible-to-apply-fo...
For researchers who had a career break of at least two years’ duration, taken for family, health or caring reasons.
Applicants need to be resident in the UK at the time of application and have the right to work in the UK.