Research Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology Postdoctoral Researchers

Postdoctoral Research

The Research Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology (NPP) is committed to supporting the training and development of our postdoctoral researchers. Below you will find resources for developing research skills, career development, and funding for current and prospective postdocs.

A warm welcome to prospective, new and current postdocs in NPP.听香港六合彩中特网 is home to听the largest community of neuroscience researchers in Europe and one of the largest in the world.听

When you join NPP you join a department supported by a rich history听of delivering fundamental insights into physiology, pharmacology and neuroscience. You gain access to the vast 香港六合彩中特网 Neuroscience community听and access to world-leading facilities. Why not take a look at our research themes听and potential supervisors and see where you would fit in?

Our postdoctoral students are an integral part of this department. They represent the future听of neuroscience research and we pride ourselves on the nurturing and exploratory environment we have created for them. We are proud to say that many of our postdoctoral students have gone on to join our community permanently.听

I look forward to meeting all of you!

Stephanie Schorge
Department Head

If you have just started as a postdoc at NPP, or want to get a better sense of what it could be like to be a postdoc at NPP, these resources will help you with settling into our department.

Check List

Welcome Pack

Meet the NPP Postdoctoral Community

See a full listing of all our current Postdoctoral Fellows

Your Postdoctoral Representatives

The 香港六合彩中特网 Division of Biosciences has a postdoc committee that is formed by postdocs from its four research departments. The purpose of the committee is to work to improve postdoctoral life.听We encourage the postdoc community to reach to us with your inquiries, questions, complaints, or with any idea or issue that affects you as a postdoc. We can work together to make the postdoc experience at the Division better.

NPP has two postdoctoral representatives:

Josef Kittler Lab

"I am an early career neurobiologist. I am interested in all aspects of mitochondrial biology and am currently investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms that control mitochondrial homeostasis in neurons and how these mechanisms fail in pathology."听

Trevor Smart Lab

"I am an early career neurophysiologist. My fascination for neuroscience is broad and I am currently working in the molecular, cellular and behavioural basis of stress and anxiety, particularly on the endogenous neurosteroid modulation of GABA receptors and their role in mental health."

We welcome you to contact the Biosciences Postdoc Committee to let us know what you think.听There are three ways to contact us:

Development and Training Opportunities

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The Neuroscience Careers Network: Neuroscience Careers Network (NCN) aims to promote the professional development of 香港六合彩中特网's Neuroscientists. The Network encourages interaction and mentoring by organising career-advice seminars, workshops and talks covering a variety of topics relevant to early and mid-career neuroscientists. It also provides a platform for careers advice and the dissemination of information regarding jobs, training, and funding opportunities.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Short courses designed to enhance your skills and knowledge in the workplace and help you meet mandatory training requirements in your profession

Early Career/Independent Fellowship

鈥€� see also Excellence Fellowship鈥�. The 香港六合彩中特网 Excellence Fellowship scheme is run by the School of Life and Medical Sciences and is open to the full range of disciplines in basic and applied life sciences.听

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鈥�- The SNCF supports researchers with a track record of effectively leading their own independent research to make the transition to research leadership and become an internationally recognized leader in their field. An SNCF provides funding for a challenging research programme,鈥痑nd鈥痑n ambitious programme of research training that offers accelerated personal and career development.鈥� Applicants wanting to retain an existing position and combine this with research funding, should consider funding options under one of the鈥�.听

听鈥� for early-career researchers who are ready to develop their research identity. Through innovative projects, they will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the award, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme.

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鈥€� 3 rounds/year early November, April and August. This scheme is for outstanding post-doctoral scientists wishing to build their own UK-based, independent research career addressing an important biomedical question. The award covers the fellow鈥檚 salary and research costs (including technical assistance) for five years. There may be a further 3 years of funding. The awardee can apply for this on condition he/she passes the interview by a Division of Biosciences Director/HoD lead panel. This is because, during the second stage of the Sir Henry Dale Fellowship 香港六合彩中特网 must support the candidate by 50% salary and after the 8th and final year the awardee becomes a tenured 香港六合彩中特网 Staff member.听

This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.听

鈥€� The scheme targets promising researchers who have the proven potential of becoming independent research leaders. The five-year award has a flexible budget that can be used to cover the fellow鈥檚 salary, PhD and postdoc posts, consumables, travel and equipment.听

鈥€揟his scheme is equivalent to the University Research Fellowships, but specifically targeted at individuals who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances such as parenting or caring responsibilities or health issues.听

鈥€揟he scheme provides support for researchers with high academic and leadership potential wishing to establish their first independent research group. The award includes the fellow鈥檚 salary and a significant research support grant for five years.听

鈥�(various schemes)鈥疨lease simply read up on these schemes, for instance鈥� one is a scheme aimed at applicants with a Ph.D. in a biological discipline, who will broaden their expertise by proposing a project in the life sciences which is significantly different from their previous Ph.D. or postdoctoral work. HFSP postdoctoral fellowships encourage early career scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country. There is also a Career Development Award but this is only for those who have held a HFSP Fellowship.听

鈥�- see鈥� Support the development and training of postdoctoral researchers at an early stage of their career from any country outside the UK, by providing an opportunity to work at a UK research institution for two years.听听

鈥�- the goal of Individual Fellowships is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers, wishing to diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisition through advanced training, international and intersectoral mobility.听

鈥疶he URF is for outstanding scientists in the UK who are in the early stages of their research career and have the potential to become leaders in their field. The award covers the fellow鈥檚 salary and a fixed contribution to research expenses for five years.

听These fellowships are for those looking to return to a research career after a break. Fellowships combine a personalised retraining programme with a challenging research project. They are flexible, usually lasting two years at 0.5 full-time equivalent, although some UKRI funders may award longer.

The is an excellent search tool for finding current funding opportunities from across UKRI, Research Councils and Innovate UK.

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