Mid-career / consolidator

For researchers who obtained their PhD within the 8 years preceding 1 October 2026, to establish or expand a research group. Application must be written in English and requires a signed embedding guarantee from the Dutch host institution; part-time research possible.

For researchers 5-15 years post-PhD with an excellent research proposal; project must be hosted at a public or private research organisation in an EU Member State or Associated Country. Applications accepted in any field of research on a bottom-up basis.

EPSRC national research facility (NRF) scheme funding for providing a national material science beamline research facility; applicants must detail governance, user access, equipment and management arrangements. Includes an interview assessment stage and mandatory justification of resources document.

Doctoral training programme for UK higher education institutions, research council institutes, eligible independent research organisations, Catapult centres and PSREs to train cohorts of at least 10 doctoral students in chip design, verification and advanced compute. Requires industry partners providing minimum 20% cash contribution and access to EDA tools/infrastructure.

Individual-led programme providing opportunities for independent investigators to conduct highly innovative, collaborative research with potential impact, including high-risk, high-reward projects.

DFG Emmy Noether funds outstanding early-career researchers (≈up to 4y post-PhD with international experience) to lead an independent junior research group at a German institution. The German equivalent of NWO Vidi / ERC Starting tier.

Supports outstanding researchers who have built a career outside Flanders, providing start-up funding to develop a research group or research line at a Flemish university.

Aimed at outstanding professors from the humanities and social sciences, providing funding for a substitute professorship to free up time for a major scholarly work.