ECR Visiting Fellowships Grant

ECR Visiting Fellowships Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Company of Biologists
Amount: Up to £3,000
Last Updated: October 18, 2025

Summary

The ECR Visiting Fellowships, offered by the Company of Biologists, provide up to £3,000 for early-career researchers to collaborate with junior faculty in experimental biology. Applicants must be within five years of their first faculty appointment and focused on animal comparative physiology or biomechanics. Each grant supports travel and accommodation for a research project lasting one to three months. These fellowships foster significant intellectual contributions, enhancing the research capabilities of both the visiting ECR and the host lab.

Overview

NOTE: Please submit your application in plenty of time as it can take up to four weeks from the deadline date to reach a decision.6 June 2025 (for travel after 7 July 2025)28 November 2025 (for travel after 5 January 2026) Company of Biologists The Company of Biologists is a not-for-profit publishing organisation dedicated to supporting and inspiring the biological community. ECR Visiting Fellowships The Company of Biologists and Journal of Experimental Biology are offering ECR Visiting Fellowships to junior faculty staff (e.g. Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Group Leader, Principal Research Investigator) to attract an early-career researcher (ECR; e.g. graduate students and post- doctoral researchers, up to five years post-PhD conferral) to undertake a defined research project in their lab. Each grant is a maximum of £3,000 (or currency equivalent) and is to be used to support the travel and accommodation of the visiting ECR for a period of one to three months. The ECR should have significant intellectual input into the project and play a fundamental role in data acquisition, analyses and manuscript preparation.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Who Can Apply?Junior faculty staff (e.g. Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Group Leader, Principal Research Investigator) within five years (excluding any career breaks) of their first appointment to a faculty position.Applicants must be working in the field of experimental biology relating to animal comparative physiology or biomechanics.ECR Visiting Fellowships can be awarded only once to an applicant.The date of travel must occur within six months of funding being awarded.If for any reason your visit is delayed beyond six months of the award, you must seek permission to extend the funding.

Ineligibility

The grant does not cover research costs, and you must already have secured full funding for your research project.If an application is unsuccessful, the applicant cannot apply again within 12 months.ECR Visiting Fellowships will not be awarded to applicants with an existing collaboration with the ECR to be invited.Grants do not support attendance at scientific meetings, conferences or training courses, nor are they to be used to fund the research project.Although there is no restriction on nationality, we are unable to pay awards to recipients in jurisdictions, countries, or regions of the world subject to sanctions, embargoes or other political trade restrictions put in place by the United Nations, the EU, or the UK.