Are you an early-career researcher looking to progress your career to the next level? Thankfully there are a wide variety of funding opportunities available for you, including the following. Please email us if you would like to be hosted at the Centre.
Currently open
- CRUK/Prevention and Population Research Project Award Deadline: 4 December 2025
- Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships Deadline: 15 December 2025 (Applicants must either hold a degree (any degree) from a UK higher education institution at the time of taking up the Fellowship or at the time of the application deadline must hold an academic position in the UK (e.g. fixed-term lectureship, fellowship) which commenced no less than 4 months prior to the closing date)
- ERC Public Engagement with Research Award Deadline: 15 January 2026
- Wellcome Early-Career Awards Deadline: 17 February 2026
- Pre-announcement: ADR UK Research Fellowships Deadline: 26 February 2026
- Wellcome: Genomics in Context Awards: collaborative research at the intersection of genomics, humanities, social sciences and bioethics Deadline: 16 March 2026
- Nuffield Foundation (Research, Development and Analysis Fund) Deadline: April 2026
Rolling scheme
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) responsive mode: research grants round two
- ESRC responsive mode: new investigator grants round two
- ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis round two
- Knowledge Transfer Partnership
I decided to join Oxford and the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science with my British Academy Newton International and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships to work with Professor Ridhi Kashyap and an interdisciplinary team of demographers. Dr José Manuel Aburto
University of Oxford College schemes to support short-term Visiting Fellowships
The University welcomes applications from academics who are employed at a university overseas for visits of between one month and one year. These include Visiting Scholars who are research-active academic staff at other institutions and Doctoral Researchers visiting Oxford who are registered as doctoral students at another institution. Find out more here. If you would like to visit the Centre, please email us.
I am looking forward to returning to LCDS’ vibrant intellectual community as a Visiting Fellow this year. I am excited to attend talks and seminars, to exchange ideas with colleagues, to continue ongoing collaborations, and to forge new connections. Dr Ramina Sotoudeh, LCDS alumni