Applications are currently being accepted for the Royal Society Short Industry Fellowships 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Royal Society Short Industry Fellowships
This scheme, part of the Royal Society's Industry programme, enables scientists employed in industry or academia and/or their postdoctoral researcher to have shorter more dynamic engagements between academia and industry, working on a mutually beneficial and collaborative project.
Benefits of Royal Society Short Industry Fellowships
Awards can be held full time for three to six months. Alternatively, they can be held at 50% part-time for up to 12 months, enabling fellows to maintain links with their employing institution more easily.
Funds can cover:
- The applicant’s and/or their postdoctoral researcher's basic salary while on secondment. The employing organisation continues to pay national insurance and pension contributions
- Research expenses which may be claimed up to a value of £1,000
Full funding details can be found in the scheme notes.
Royal Society Short Industry Fellowships Requirements
This scheme is for you if:
- You hold a PhD or are of equivalent standing in your profession
- You hold a post in either a UK university, a not-for-profit research organisation or UK industry, which is either a permanent or fixed-term position with an end date after the expected end of the Short Industry Fellowship
- Your research is within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences, which includes but is not limited to biological research and biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. For a full list, please see the breakdown of subject groups and areas supported by the Royal Society.
Note that Royal Society-funded early career researchers, i.e. holders of a University Research Fellowship or a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship, are not eligible for this scheme as they are encouraged to collaborate with industry partners as per the terms of their fellowships.
- The applicant can request their postdoctoral researcher to work on the collaborative project at the partner organisation. Applicants in this instance must ensure their nominated postdoctoral researcher has sufficient tenure in their post to cover the duration of the fellowship. The applicant will be expected to lead the collaborative project. Postdoctoral researchers/PDRAs are not eligible to apply as the main applicant.
- We encourage applications involving small companies and/or early-stage companies provided they have a well-established research team and facilities. Self-employed consultants are not eligible to apply as the industrial partner.
- Applicants cannot have concurrent applications detailing similar projects submitted to both the Royal Society Industry Fellowship and the Royal Society Short Industry Fellowship rounds at the same time.
- Read the scheme notes for further information on eligibility. Please ensure that you meet all eligibility requirements before applying.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
28 May, 2026
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