Vacancies
We welcome applications from excellent students and postdocs to join the Scherman Group!
We are looking for talented, enthusiastic and creative individuals with a range of skills spanning from synthetic, physical and organic chemistry to biophysical and polymer chemistry.
There are opportunities to work in a wide range of multidisciplinary projects as part of a multicultural team in the Scherman Group. Vacancies become available periodically and will be advertised on this page, as well as the Cambridge University job page: http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/jobs.
Update for Marie Curie applications 2021: Please contact us before the end of July 2021 if you are interested in applying for this fellowship.
How to Apply
Applicants are invited to send an email enclosing both CV and a short research proposal describing the scientific area of interest.
If you are planning to spend the next step of your career in the Scherman Group, we also recommend you to look into independent research fellowships. If you are eligible to apply for one or more of the fellowships listed below and would like a letter of support and help with the application, please send an email enclosing your CV.
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Fellowships accepting applicants from all countries:
- Axa Research Fund, Future Research Leader Fellowships
- BBSRC, David Phillipps Fellowship
- BBSRC, Returning to Research
- BBSRC, New Investigator Scheme
- British Academy, Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Cambridge Philosophical Society, Henslow Fellowship
- EMBO
- Human Frontier Science Program
- Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship
- Leverhulme Trust
- L'Oreal UNESCO Award for Women in Science
- Marie Curie
- Medical Research Council Career Development Award
- Natural Environment Research Council Career Development Award
- Newton International Fellowships
- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
- Royal Society Funding Schemes (including Dorothy Hodgkin, Sir Henry Dale and University Research fellowships)
- Sanger Institute, Janet Thornton Fellowship
- Schlumberger Foundation, Faculty for the Future (Female citizens of developing countries or emerging economies)
- Schmidt Science Fellows
- Science and Technologies Facilities Council, Ernest Rutherford Fellowship
- Society in Science, Branco Weiss Fellowship
- Templeton Foundation Research Grant
- UKRI, Future Leader Fellowship
- Wellcome Trust
Fellowships accepting applicants from European Countries only:
- Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Leopoldina Postdoc Stipendium (Researchers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland)
- Estonian Research Council (Researchers who obtained doctoral degree from Estonian university)
- Fundación Alfonso Martín Escudero Research Grant (Spanish nationals)
- Rubicon Program Postdoc Fellowship (Researchers at Dutch universities and institutes)
- Säätiöiden post doc-pooli Research Abroad (Researchers who received a doctoral degree in Finland)
- Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship (Researchers who are UK or EU nationals, or PhD obtained from UK or Republic of Ireland University). Please note this scheme closes permanently after 2021.
- Swiss National Research Foundation, Early Postdoc Mobility (Swiss nationals or resident in Switzerland and completed >2 years research in a Swiss Research Institution)
- Vetenskapsrådet International Postdoc (Researchers with a degree from a Swedish HEI)
Fellowships accepting applicants from China & Hong Kong only:
- Croucher Foundation Fellowship (Permanent residents of Hong Kong)
Fellowships accepting applicants from North America only:
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship (Canadian citizens or permamnent residents of Canada)
- Fulbright Scholar program (Applicants from U.S.)
- Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoc Fellowship (U.S. citizens)
- The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation (U.S. citizens)
College Junior Research Fellowships
JRFs are fixed term awards of college membership, given to early stage academics, often before final submission of their PhD or shortly afterwards. They are awarded on the basis of research excellence, are prestigious and highly competitive. Click here for more information on the application process.
Postgraduate Funding
If you are eligible and wish to apply for any of the schemes listed below and would like a letter of support and help with the application, please send an email enclosing your CV.
Cambridge Funding:
- Cambridge Home and EU Scholarship Scheme (CHESS)
- Cambridge International Scholarship Scheme (CISS)
- Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust
Other Funding:
- British Chevening Scholarships
- China Scholarship Council (CSC) (Applicants should have a degree from a recognised university in the People's Republic of China)
- Commonwealth Scholarships (Citizens from low and middle income Commonwealth countries)
- Croucher Foundation (Permanent residents of Hong Kong)
- Fulbright Awards (US Citizens only)
- Gates Cambridge Trust (Non-UK applicants)
- Marshall Scholarship (US citizens only)
- Schlumberger Foundation, Faculty for the Future (Applicants must be female and a citizen of a developing country or emerging economy)
For general information on applications for Postgraduate study in the Department of Chemistry, please visit the following page:
Undergraduate Summer Research Bursaries
If you are eligible and wish to apply for one of the schemes listed below and would like a letter of support and help with the application, please send an email enclosing your CV.