DAMTP Internal Deadline: midday (BST) Monday 14th July 2025

Prospective Starting Date: 1st October 2026

Tenure: Initially five years with a possible further extension of three years (see Royal Society Scheme for further details).

The scheme will open on 15th July 2025. Closing date for applications - 10th September 2025.

Due to the numbers of candidates applying to this scheme, applications will be subject to an internal review and selection by DAMTP Directors Committee (DDC). 

Potential applicants should first contact a member of DAMTP academic staff in an appropriate area to discuss the possibility of submitting a pre-application to the DDC.

Once applicants have identified a member of DAMTP academic staff to sponsor their application, a pre-application may be made by submitting:

• CV
• Publication list
• Draft of the application to the scheme (not necessarily a final version)
• Two letters of reference, at least one of which must be from outside Cambridge. If possible, one reference should be from the person candidate intends to use as the 'nominated referee' in their final application; whether or not this is done, candidate should indicate who the nominated referee will be.

Pre-applications should be sent to grants@damtp.cam.ac.uk with attachments as pdf or Word document format files.

Applicants must also ask their referees to submit their reference letters to the above email address. In addition, they must arrange for the DAMTP academic staff member to send a statement of support.

In order to be considered, pre-applications and reference letters must be received no later than midday (BST) on Monday, 14th July 2025. We expect to inform all applicants of the outcome in the week commencing 21st July.

Successful pre-application candidates will be provided with support and advice to develop their application before submission to the Royal Society.

Timeline:

• Deadline for selection by the DDC - midday (BST) Monday 14th July 
• One week turnaround for review and selection
• Selected candidates informed in w/c 21st July
• Applicants liaise with DAMTP Grants team (minimum four weeks before call close date - by 11th August)
• Requests for Head of Department support statement/invitation to contribute on FlexiGrant - by no later than close of play Tuesday, 26th August
• Financial aspects finalised by close of play Monday 1st September
• Submission on FlexiGrant - Wednesday, 3rd September (to allow time for checking, approval and ultimate submission by Cambridge University Research Operations Office)
• Final submission to the funder - Wednesday, 10th September.