DAMTP hosts a dynamic and diverse community of Research Fellows. New fellowship opportunities will be posted here as they become available.

Fellows may be supported through a variety of external funding schemes and employed by the Department—such as Royal Society University Research Fellowships or Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships—or may be hosted as visitors if funded directly by their sponsor. Junior Research Fellows at Cambridge Colleges are also welcome to apply for affiliated membership of the Department for the duration of their fellowship.

This page is regularly updated with information on upcoming application deadlines for the schemes we support. Please note that some programmes may require internal applications to be submitted well in advance of the official funder deadlines.

STFC Ernest Rutherford Research Fellowships 2025 - Closed to new applications. Anticipated internal deadline for 2026: early July 2026. 

Royal Society University Research Fellowships - Closed to new applications. Anticipated deadline for internal selection for 2026 call: mid-July 2026

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships - Closed to new applications. Anticipated deadline for internal selection for 2026 call: mid-July 2026

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2026 - internal deadline: Monday 27th October 2025

Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - anticipated internal deadline late November 2025

Blavatnik Cambridge Postdoctoral Fellowships - funder deadline Monday 15th December 2025, internal deadline - Wednesday 15th October

Royal Commission 1851 Research Fellowships - anticipated internal deadline early December 2025

Ernest Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowships - we anticipate the next round will close early January 2026

Royal Society Newton International Fellowships - anticipated internal deadline early February 2026