Education and careers

We offer four-year Early Career Fellowships to newly qualified postdoctoral researchers with the aim of attracting the most outstanding individuals to develop an early independent research career in medical mycology. Individuals in their final year of PhD or with up to five years postdoctoral research experience are eligible to apply, and final selection of candidates requires additional ratification by the MRC CMM International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB). Appointed individuals develop a scientific research project requiring Management Board approval.

Projects submitted by the Early Career Fellows need to be cutting-edge, cross-disciplinary and involve at least two MRC CMM PIs. One Fellowship is specifically targeted at an individual with expertise in bioinformatics, to help facilitate the establishment of this discipline within the MRC CMM. It is envisaged that these Fellowships will position successful applicants for independent funding applications in the future, such as MRC Career Development Awards. Early Career Fellows will be supported with £20k/p.a. for research expenses, to accelerate the rapid development of their cutting edge research programmes.

Submission of applications for this call is now closed.

We welcome enquiries from excellent researchers who wish to submit a fellowship application to an external funder (for example UKRI, Wellcome Trust, Royal Society or National Government) and be hosted and mentored by the MRC Centre of Medical Mycology.

For more details on available fellowships and to discuss project ideas, first contact the team at mrccmm@exeter.ac.uk. Please include your full academic CV.

» Fellowship opportunities and more information

If you are already a member of CMM – Please refer to our internal guidance document and complete the internal Expression of Interest online FORM.

Please submit documents at least 12 months before the funder’s deadline. Note that some schemes, like UKRI and BBSRC, require additional university-level approval. Recommendation by MRC CMM does not guarantee approval and applicants may need to defer to a later competition round. Successful applications do not automatically result in a proleptic appointment.