UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 10

UKRI has published the pre-announcement for Round 10 of the FLF, with the deadline on 18 June 2025. College research offices will be able to share an advance copy of the application form we will use for Round 10.

FLF at the University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow has a strong track record of success in previous rounds of the FLF. You can read about our four recent Round 6 FLF awardees here, our two awardees in Round 7 here and our most recent success in Round 8 here. The University is also a partner in the FLF Development Network.

Prof Ana Basiri

Professor Ana Basiri, who holds a Chair in Geospatial Data Science, talks about how the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship enables her research at the University of Glasgow.

Dr Jo Birch

Dr Joanna Birch from the School of Cancer Sciences talks about how the prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship scheme enables her research in therapeutic sciences at the University of Glasgow.

Dr David Bryant

Dr David Bryant, Reader in Therapeutic Science Research based in the School of Cancer Sciences, talks about how the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship enables his research at the University of Glasgow.

Dr Colin Steele

Dr Colin Steele, Clincal Senior Lecturer in the School of Cancer Sciences, talks about how the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship enables his research at the University of Glasgow.

Expressions of Interest

While Round 10 has not yet been officially announced by UKRI, we are anticipating this to have a summer 2025 deadline on the same lines of Round 9. In anticipating of the call opening, the University of Glasgow welcomes interested candidates, both internal and external, to get in touch with their respective four Colleges to let us know of their interest in submitting an application with the University. 

The College research offices will be able to provide a copy of the internal application form that we will be using for Round 10 of this call. Please also let us know if you require this in any other accessible format other than a Microsoft word document.

If you have already identified an academic sponsor

Please work with your College research support office and your academic sponsor to start working on the internal application form. The deadlines for submission will vary according to College and the internal deadlines will be updated on this website shortly. General contact details can be found below.

If you have not identified an academic sponsor

Please e-mail the relevant College research support office with the following details and the subject line “FLF Round 10 – Academic Sponsor Enquiry” at the very earliest. In this e-mail, please include your most up-to-date curriculum vitae and the following information:

  • Full name
  • Current institutional affiliation, if any
  • Research area (200-500 words)

Contact details for College Research Support Offices

 College of Arts and Humanities

arts-researchoffice@glasgow.ac.uk

College of Science and Engineering

scieng-submit@glasgow.ac.uk

College of Social Sciences

socsci-research-office@glasgow.ac.uk

College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences

mvls-research-office@glasgow.ac.uk

The internal timeline for the selection process at the University of Glasgow will be roughly as follows:

Actions

Timelines

Publicising Round 10 pre-announcement and inviting expressions of interest 

w/c 21 October 2024 -

Colleges to complete internal selection process, identifying their top selected applicants and send associated materials to the SRI team 

 

Monday, 24 Feb 2025

Institutional selection panel completed

- Internal panel meet to select 6 applications and 2 reserves, all applicants informed of outcome 

w/c 10 March 2025

Bid development workshops for applicants / Ignite Lite

17 March – June 2025

Submission of full applications 

18 June 2025

Additional support

This funding call is supportive of applicants from diverse career paths, including those returning from a career break or following time in other roles. Furthermore, UKRI encourages applications from those wishing to work part-time or in job shares to combine the fellowship with personal responsibilities. Please feel free to mention any such circumstances that you feel might be relevant to assessing your expression of interest and please let the College Research office know if you require additional support with the preparation of an application.

EDI commitment at the University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow is committed to promoting equality in all its activities and aims to provide a work, learning, research and teaching environment free from discrimination and unfair treatment.

To comply with UKRI's pilot diversity monitoring template and the host inclusive selection statement, the University of Glasgow will be collecting anonymised EDI data from applicants. 

General Queries

For any general queries about the demand management of this call at the University of Glasgow, please contact researchinitiatives@glasgow.ac.uk. Please note that the internal timelines are still in development and will be updated on this website shortly.

All other queries should be directed to the College research office relevant to your area of research.