Are you an enthusiastic and creative individual with a range of skills spanning from synthetic, physical and organic chemistry to soft matter physics, photonics and polymer chemistry? Are you willing to take part in a multidisciplinary project and join a multicultural team? Then consider joining our group.
If would like to pursue a PhD in our group, please check the requirements here before contacting Prof Vignolini.
If you are interested in joining our research group as a Post-Doc and you are interested in:
- Soft-nanophotonics colloidal assembly for complex photonic structures
- Light propagation in complex photonic materials
- Optics of living systems
- Nano cellulose
We strongly recommend you to look into independent research 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)
- 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)
- 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
JRF’s 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
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)
Undergraduate Summer Research Bursaries