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AMELIA EARHART FELLOWSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN

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Application Deadline: The next application will open in August 2026.

LOCATION: The Netherlands

Globally, women make up around 25 percent of the workforce in the aerospace industry. In an effort to carry out its mission that women have access to all resources and are represented in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men, Zonta International offers the Amelia Earhart Fellowship.

ELIGIBILITY:

Women of any nationality pursuing a Ph.D./doctoral degree who demonstrate a superior academic record conducting research applied to aerospace engineering or space sciences are eligible.

It is imperative that students be registered in a full-time Ph.D./doctoral program and have completed at least one year of that program or have received a master’s degree in an aerospace-applied field at the time the application is submitted.

Applicants must not graduate from their Ph.D. or doctoral program before April after the year of the awarded fellowship.

Classified members (club members and individuals with direct membership with Zonta International) and employees of Zonta International and the Zonta Foundation for Women and their family members (ancestors, descendants, adoptees, siblings, nieces or cousins, and those of their spouse or cohabiting partner) are not eligible to apply for the Fellowship.

Note that previous Amelia Earhart Fellows are not eligible to apply to renew the Fellowship for a second year.

Countries of origin: women of any nationality

Purposes: for female PhD students

The Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship Committee reviews the applications and recommends recipients to the Zonta International Board. All applicants are evaluated on the criteria stated in the requirements section of the application. All details of the evaluations are kept confidential; evaluations are not disclosed to applicants. All applicants will be notified of their status by the end of April of the coming year.

BENEFIT:

The USD 10,000 Fellowship may be used at any university or college offering accredited postgraduate courses and degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences. Since the program’s inception in 1938, Zonta has awarded 1,638 Amelia Earhart Fellowships, totaling more than US$10.6 million, to 1,209 women representing 73 countries.

Available positions: up to 35 annually

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UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (MRC) FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

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Application Deadline: 7 October 2026, 4:00pm

LOCATION: England

Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression, and treatment of human disease.

Your project must:

Focus on a mechanistic hypothesis

Include an experimental intervention or challenge in humans

This is an ongoing funding opportunity. Application rounds close every April and October.

ELIGIBILITY:

This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible.

To be eligible to apply for this funding opportunity, you must

Show that you will direct the project and be actively engaged in the work

Be looking to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease

If you do not have a contract of employment for the duration of the proposed project, by submitting an application, the research organisation is confirming that, if it is successful:

Contracts will be extended beyond the end date of the project

All necessary support for the project and the applicants will be provided, including mentorship and career development for early-career researchers

They welcome applications from early-career researchers. The new investigator award is aimed at researchers who are capable of becoming independent researchers and who are now ready to take the next step towards that goal.

If you are applying for this opportunity as a ‘new investigator,’ you must also:

Have your research organisation support

Be able to demonstrate that your skills and experience at the time of your application match those of the ‘transition to independence’ career stage, as set out in the MRC skills and experience table

Use this grant to support your long-term career goals and chosen career route

Be able to demonstrate you are the sole intellectual leader of the application and the proposed work

International Researchers:

As MRC is the lead funder for this funding opportunity, international researchers can apply as ‘project co-lead (international).’

Project co-leads (international) make a major intellectual contribution to the design or conduct of the project. Their contribution and added value to the research collaboration should be clearly explained and justified in the application, using the appropriate application sections, such as ‘Applicant and team capability to deliver.’

Read UKRI project co-lead (international) eligibility for more details. Please contact us if you are uncertain about eligibility.

You should include all other international collaborators (or UK partners not based at approved organisations) as project partners.

BENEFIT:

There is no limit to the amount of funding you can apply for or the length of your project. They will fund 80% of your project’s full economic cost.

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