Supporting that talent through UK-based professorships, fellowships and grants for high quality researchers is central to the work of the Royal Society. The Royal Society runs a scheme of research appointments within the UK and a series of programmes encouraging exchanges of information, dialogue and visits overseas. UK International Fellowships UK-based funding for up to ten years for talented postdoctoral scientists .
Fellowships enable talented scientists to build independent research careers.
In addition to funding salaries for up to ten years, fellowships assist with research expenses and provide a range of non-financial support. Grants are available for a wide variety of purposes, ranging from 'seed- corn' funding for equipment and consumables associated with promising research projects, to support for laboratory refurbishment. The schemes offer support for short-term study visits to or from the UK of up to six months, for fellowships to or from the UK from six months to four years, or for joint projects of up to three years between research centers in the UK and overseas. Conference grants provide for travel and subsistence costs to enable UK scientists to participate in conferences overseas and the Society also funds a number of international environmental research programmes.