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CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY VOLT-AGE DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

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LOCATION: Canada

The Volt-Age Doctoral Fellowship offers $35,000 per year for four years to support research that advances sustainable electrification. Whether you’re designing better batteries, smarter buildings, or more inclusive mobility, you’ll join interdisciplinary teams working through:

Impact projects that push innovation

Living Labs that connect research with communities

ELIGIBILITY:

You must be admitted to a PhD program at Concordia University to pursue research within Volt-Age themes.

Get in touch with the Volt-Age team for more information.

As a prospective student seeking to benefit from the Volt-Age Doctoral Fellowship, you are advised to submit your admission application early, as the fellowship application is integrated into the admission process.

Once you have applied to the PhD program, please complete this form to confirm your application to pursue research with Volt-Age.

The selection of recipients for the Volt-Age Doctoral Fellowship is the responsibility of the respective programs and researchers involved in Volt-Age.

Learn more about the Volt-Age cohort.

Please note that by accepting the Volt-Age Fellowship, you are agreeing to decline all other awards, research bursaries, and research assistantships previously offered to you for the same funding period

BENEFIT:

Valued at $35,000 per year for four years, resulting in a total award value of $140,000.

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THE ROYAL SOCIETY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (URF) 

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Application Deadline: 10 September, 2025

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The University Research Fellowship (URF) programme aims to support the next generation of research leaders to undertake cutting-edge research.

ELIGIBILITY:

This scheme is for you if:

You have between three and eight years of research experience, excluding career breaks, since the award of your PhD by the closing date of the round; please refer to the scheme notes for further detail about the review of career breaks

You do not hold a permanent post (including proleptic appointment) in a university or not-for-profit research organization.

You do not hold, or have not previously held, an equivalent fellowship that provides an opportunity to establish an independent research group and therefore independent researcher status

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.

Applicants can be of any nationality, and those requiring a visa are eligible to apply for a Global Talent Visa under the fast-track process of endorsement.

Read the scheme notes or FAQs (PDF) for further information on eligibility. Those applying from Ireland (ROI) are funded by Science Foundation Ireland and will need to read the eligibility requirements in the SFI-specific scheme notes.

Please ensure that you meet all eligibility requirements before applying.

BENEFIT:

Applicants can apply for up to a maximum of £1.87 million over eight years. 

Funds can cover:

Contribution to the award holder’s salary

Indirect and estate costs 

Equipment costs and research expenses, including consumables, travel, etc. 

Contribution towards research assistance salary and associated indirect and estate costs 

Support for a new four-year PhD studentship(s)

Relocation and visa costs for the applicants and their dependents (partner and children). The total grant cap may be exceeded in order to cover relocation/visa costs if this is well justified in the application.

Full funding details can be found in the scheme notes and in the Royal Society Funding Guidance.

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