Sector transition: UKRI policy fellowships 2026

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Sector transition: UKRI policy fellowships 2026 – UKRI Funding opportunity: Sector transition: UKRI policy fellowships 2026 UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) , Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) , Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) , Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) , Medical Research Council (MRC) , Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) , Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Award range: £180,000 - £280,000 9 June 2026 9:00am UK time 10 September 2026 4:00pm UK time Last updated: 9 June 2026 - see all updates Apply for this sector transition fellowship to transfer knowledge and skills across academic and policy sectors and increase sector porosity.

You will spend 18 months as a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) core policy fellow, a Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellow or a What Works Innovation fellow to inform policy to address pressing national and global challenges.

The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to: £180,000 for Core Policy fellowships £220,000 for What Works Innovation fellowships £280,000 for Natural Hazards and Resilience fellowships UKRI will fund 80% of the FEC. This funding opportunity enables applicants to apply to one of 50 specific fellowship positions with a select group of host partners.

Specifications for each of the fellowship positions offered by host partners can be found in the ‘What are we looking for’ section of this guidance.

While eligibility and assessment criteria apply at a funding opportunity level, as detailed within this guidance, you must also ensure that you can meet any additional eligibility and assessment criteria within the specifications for the fellowship position you are applying to, before submitting an application. This may include criteria relevant to security clearance requirements or nationality requirements.

This opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible . This funding opportunity is open to academics who hold a doctorate or who can evidence equivalent research experience, can demonstrate relevant subject matter or methodological expertise, and are aiming to transfer knowledge and skills across academic and policy sectors to enable new approaches.

The requirement for applicants to demonstrate that they hold a doctorate or equivalent experience is to extend eligibility to individuals who have been in a research focused role for a substantial period but have not obtained a doctorate. Being enrolled in a doctorate programme or close to finalising one is not sufficient on its own to demonstrate equivalence.

Applicants who wish to make a case for equivalency will need to demonstrate that they have achieved a postdoctoral level of research expertise and experience while working in a professional research role, whether they are also engaged in a doctorate programme or not.

Policy fellowship positions with a UK or devolved government host are aimed at early to mid-career academics with an interest in learning more about connecting academic research with policymaking. Fellowships with a What Works Network host are open to applicants of all career stages.

We recognise that career stages are not linear and we support people from a diversity of career paths and trajectories; there are no time-bound eligibility criteria, for example years of postdoctoral experience.

For appropriate assessment of this funding opportunity, you should determine your suitability to the scheme as either an early or mid-career researcher (unless applying for a What Works innovation fellowship which is open to all career stages), using the following guidelines: an early career researcher is somebody who has yet to establish or transition to independence (where an independent researcher has submitted their own proposal and taken on the role of project lead); there are no eligibility rules based on years since doctorate qualification or whether you currently hold a permanent or open-ended job role a mid-career researcher is somebody who has established independence, having, for example, taken on the role of project lead, published works of intellectual distinction, or established a significant track record as a ‘champion’ within their field.

This would not ordinarily include professors but may include assistant or associate professors, where the applicant can make the justification that they meet the mid-career descriptor Applicants to these fellowships must: be based at an eligible UKRI research organisation hold a doctorate or equivalent research experience be a researcher in the remits relevant to the specific fellowship position with the host partner applied for or be able to demonstrate how you could generate interdisciplinary insights through combining these disciplines with other recognised academic disciplines.

have subject matter and analytical expertise and skills relevant to the specific fellowship position applied for meet any additional eligibility and person specification criteria for the specific fellowship position applied for be able to work effectively at pace to deliver expected outcomes, including working as part of a team on shared goals have the ability to communicate complex information and analysis have the ability to demonstrate the use of expertise in a non-academic context have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into meaningful narrative that is accessible to a non-academic audience possess excellent stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills be interested in working in a governmental context have the ability to design and lead on knowledge exchange activity between research, policy and funder communities Your employing organisation must provide mentorship support for early career researchers and can provide mentorship for researchers at more senior career stages where this is clearly justified.

Fellows will be required to: sign a fellowship agreement between the government or What Works Network host (the partner) and the relevant employing research organisation (the employer) meet the security and nationality checks and other clearance and declaration of interest processes required by the host (see specific fellowship positions for details), ensuring right to work in the UK by the expected start date of the award (1 May 2027).

To note, your choice of employing organisation can affect visa sponsorship options and you are directed to your employing organisation for support. Information relating to the Global Talent Visa can be found in the ‘Related content’ section.

observe the provisions of the Civil Service code and the Official Secrets Act 1989 when hosted by a government department or other public body It is a condition of the funding opportunity that host partners, fellows and their employers will need to have a fellowship agreement in place for the start of the fellowship. This will be provided by the host partners in line with their specific policies and procedures.

A model agreement developed by UKRI is provided to potential applicants for information only and can be found in the ‘Additional information’ section. Attendance and location requirements are set out in the work arrangement section of each of the specific fellowship positions. By applying for the fellowship, you are acknowledging and agreeing to the attendance and location requirements.

In addition, fellows will be expected to undertake, and travel for, knowledge exchange activities and will be asked to attend events with the wider UKRI policy fellow cohort. Not all these activities can be planned in advance of starting the fellowship. By applying for the fellowship, you are acknowledging and agreeing to this possibility of additional travel.

Who is not eligible to apply You are not eligible to apply to this fellowship if you have: already undertaken or are currently undertaking a UKRI policy fellowship part of the fellowship project under consideration as a grant application with any organisation Equality, diversity and inclusion We are committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all funding applicants. We encourage applications from a diverse range of researchers.

We support people to work in a way that suits their personal circumstances. This includes: support for people with caring responsibilities alternative working patterns UKRI can offer disability and accessibility support for UKRI applicants and grant holders during the application and assessment process. Demand management is not currently being applied to this funding opportunity.

However, should the level of interest exceed what can be managed within the assessment process, UKRI may introduce limits on the number of applications that can be submitted. Further details will be clearly communicated where this is the case. UKRI encourages organisations to support applicants in preparing well-planned, high-quality applications that are competitive for funding relative to the funding opportunity.

This is a Sector Transition fellowship, as described in the UKRI Fellowship Investment Framework , to support temporary, fixed-term mobility of individuals to enable the transfer of knowledge and skills between academic and policy sectors and enable new approaches and increase sector porosity.

This fellowship enables you to apply for funding for 18 months as a UKRI policy fellow to: be embedded in a UK or devolved government host partner, an arm’s length body or What Works Network member collaborate on research activity to address pressing national and global challenges Addressing the challenges and opportunities facing citizens, society and the economy requires an integrated, thriving and inclusive research-policy system that can act as a catalyst for innovation, social and institutional change.

Central to this is enabling researchers and policymakers to collaborate and build relationships that are rich, deep and can be sustained. Opportunities that help people move between research and policy communities to share and develop their knowledge and capabilities are a key mechanism to help develop this collaborative, connected system. UKRI fund a cohort of policy fellows.

Fellows will provide research and expert advice on the host’s policy priority areas and support wider knowledge exchange between government, policy, and academia.

This high-profile initiative provides a route for you to bring your expertise to bear on critical policy challenges facing governments across the UK, as well as to generate new insights into how to best support effective collaboration and knowledge exchange that will shape your career as well as support wider change.

These fellowships are demanding and intellectually stimulating roles, providing an exciting opportunity to combine your specialist knowledge and research expertise with the opportunity to inform decision-makers at the heart of policymaking.

Fellows will be uniquely positioned to: provide research and expert advice on the host’s policy priority areas, including co-designing and delivering research projects and activities engage in knowledge exchange (KE) activities across government and academia join a cohort of fellows to build longer-term networks across research and policy build lasting connections between the policymaking and research communities generate and share new knowledge and insights on effective policy collaboration with the wider research community and with funders of this funding opportunity The fellowship cohort will be organised around the key policy priority areas including, where applicable, the UK Modern Industrial Strategy sectors (IS-8) and government missions.

Three types of fellowship are offered: Core policy fellows are open to early and mid-career researchers and will be based within UK or devolved government, or an arm’s length body focusing on key public policy priority areas.

For Whitehall departments and arm’s length body hosts, fellowships will align with one of the IS-8 sectors supporting objectives to drive productivity, innovation and long‑term economic growth, or one of the government’s core missions.

Modern Industrial Strategy (IS-8) sectors: professional and business services break down barriers to opportunity Gambling policy fellowships are also offered within the core policy fellowships, focusing on delivery of the government’s statutory levy on gambling operators.

The fellowships will enable early and mid-career researchers to work closely with levy commissioners on key public policy areas for the prevention and treatment of gambling related harms. Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellows Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellowships are open to early and mid-career researchers and will be based within UK or devolved government, or an arm’s length body.

The Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellowships will enable early and mid-career researchers to work closely with policymakers to focus on natural hazards and pandemic preparedness to help solve critical national and global challenges and work to guarantee the UK’s future resilience to situations that could cause or threaten serious harm to human welfare or the environment.

This would include a spectrum of potential natural hazards with a clear focus on human impact such as: health risks (including infectious disease) loss of essential services like power, food, water, and telecoms These fellowships are funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as part of the COVID-19 Commemoration programme.

What Works Innovation fellowships What Works Innovation fellowships are open to researchers at all career stages and fellows will be based within the What Works Network to increase the supply of and demand for evidence to address priorities in the hosts’ policy areas of: In total this funding opportunity offers 50 fellowships across the three fellowship sub cohorts.

Please click the links below for the full details of each fellowship position. We ask that you do not contact the host to discuss or endorse your application.

Cabinet Office government skills evidence and impact fellowship (PDF, 118KB) An opportunity to develop the evidence base on ‘learning in the flow of work’, a currently under-researched area, directly helping the Cabinet Office develop interventions, and influence the work of the rest of Government in this area.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are social research methods, economics, behavioural science and organisation studies. Cabinet Office (CO) impact economy evidence and evaluation fellowship (PDF, 162KB) An opportunity to support the government’s ambition to build more effective impact economy partnerships, to deliver economic growth and tackle priority problems.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are social research methods, specialist evaluation skills, impact evaluation, behavioural science and knowledge translation.

Cabinet Office (CO) local government evaluation capability building fellowship (PDF, 117KB) An opportunity to support the Evaluation Task Force to deliver on our strategic aim of building capability and capacity in local government; ensuring local areas can understand, generate and use evidence and evaluation to inform spending and commissioning decisions.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are social research methods, specialist evaluation skills, impact evaluation, behavioural science and knowledge translation.

Department for Business and Trade (DBT) Industrial Strategy monitoring fellowship (PDF, 104KB) An opportunity to directly build the capability, data and evidence to effectively monitor and evaluate the UK’s Industrial Strategy, including identifying impacts across the IS-8 growth-driving sector(s), in order to shape the direction and development of the UK’s 10-year plan to create a world leading British industrial landscape.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are economics, data science, social research, statistics and applied mathematics.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) freelance careers in the creative industries fellowship (PDF, 117KB) An opportunity to complement the work of the DCMS’s Freelance Champion to provide research, analysis and expertise, aligned with the UK Industrial Strategy Creative Industries Sector Plan commitments to support freelancers and similar workers.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are creative industries, economics, business and management, cultural and media studies, and cultural policy.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) youth engagement and participation in culture fellowship (PDF, 108KB) An opportunity to build the evidence base to enhance the understanding of the drivers of youth engagement in culture, identifying barriers and enablers to young people engaging in culture, as part of the government’s ambition to break down barriers to opportunity.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are economics, cultural studies, data science, sociology and behavioural science-youth studies.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) gambling behaviour and harm fellowship (PDF, 104KB) An opportunity to investigate how the normalisation of gambling and peer-driven behaviours impact children and young people, specifically within the DCMS remit of gambling, advertising and digital engagement. The academic disciplines for this fellowship are economics, sociology, behavioural science, psychology.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) circular economy fellowship (PDF, 120KB) Research opportunity to advance Defra’s understanding of how to support the social and cultural transition towards a Circular Economy. The academic disciplines for this fellowship are social research, humanities, economics and behavioural science.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) innovations in policy evaluation fellowship (PDF, 133KB) An opportunity to support evidence-informed decision-making to support the Government’s Make Energy a Clean Energy Superpower by testing and integrating the use of AI-assisted tools into the delivery of energy security and climate policy evaluations.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are social science, evaluation methods, artificial intelligence (expertise or interest or aptitude in developing further skills), statistics and quantitative research methods.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) supply chain and industrial strategy fellowship (PDF, 110KB) An opportunity to build a robust evidence base to address policy critical evidence gaps to support supply chain and industrial policymaking. The academic disciplines for this fellowship are industrial strategy, supply chains, energy, economics and trade.

Department for Education (DfE) understanding pupil-level factors and the rate of suspensions in primary and secondary schools in England fellowship (PDF, 272KB) An opportunity to build robust evidence base on the factors associated with pupils being suspended and excluded from schools in England, helping to inform strategies and policies at local and national levels to improve pupil educational engagement and encourage educational success.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are behavioural science, psychology, economics, education and statistics. Department for Education (DfE) understanding special educational needs fellowship (PDF, 98KB) An opportunity to further develop the evidence base on understanding areas, levels, and complexity of special educational needs to inform government policy development and interventions.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are social science, research methods, social policy, education and statistics.

Department for Transport (DfT) transport poverty fellowship (PDF, 99KB) This fellowship opportunity aims to build the quantitative evidence base around how improving transport affordability and connectivity transport barriers may enable people, particularly for those in deprivation, to better access employment, education and healthcare, which is key to supporting the government’s missions.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are economics, statistics or other quantitative social science. Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) leveraging the power of language capability fellowship (PDF, 128KB) An opportunity to advise on how language capability in all its forms can be used to build an NHS Fit for the Future in line with the three strategic shifts as set in the 10-Year Plan.

This will help the DHSC Languages Champion and senior leaders across DHSC, NHS England and DHSC’s Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) to develop a new strategic approach for language capability for in-government and national-facing health priorities. The academic disciplines for this fellowship are public health, health inequalities, humanities and social sciences.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) tackling alcohol related harms fellowship (PDF, 128KB) An opportunity to generate high impact evidence on alcohol consumption and shape population level alcohol policy that reduces harm and support the government’s priority of shifting the focus for the NHS from treatment to prevention.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are behavioural science, psychology, economics, statistics and social sciences. Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) causal analysis of consequences of poverty fellowship (PDF, 113KB) The aim of the fellowship is to develop robust evidence of the causal links between experience of poverty and subsequent outcomes.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are econometrics, statistics and causal analysis. Department for Work and pensions (DWP) patterns of extra costs and need experienced by disabled people fellowship (PDF, 123KB) An opportunity to build novel evidence on the patterns of extra costs and need experienced by disabled people, utilising a range of data sources including some newly available, or available only within DWP.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are econometrics, statistics, geospatial analysis.

Environment Agency (EA) place-based impacts of the net zero transition fellowship (PDF, 130KB) An opportunity to advise on how the net zero transition affects places and communities, applying multidisciplinary evidence and novel methods to track how communities perceive and experience environmental changes in the net zero transition, informing evidence-based policy decisions.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are social sciences, behavioural science, geography and environmental science. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office (FCDO) energy systems fellowship (PDF, 139KB) An opportunity to help steer FCDO sponsored activities on electricity grid infrastructure research and financing, with the aim of supporting an accelerated and equitable clean energy transition globally.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are energy systems, engineering, energy economics and policy analysis.

Food Standards Agency understanding of the risks associated with ultra processed foods fellowship (PDF, 141KB) An opportunity to build a robust evidence base on the potential risks associated with ultra processed foods (UPFs) and policy responses at an international level, including the impact of those policies, to inform future policy development and any required risk management actions.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are food science, toxicology, epidemiology, dietary science and public health. Gambling Commission illegal gambling data innovation fellowship (PDF, 192KB) An opportunity to develop the evidence base on illegal gambling, particularly in relation to use of data to understand trends, scale and characteristics of this market.

Findings will inform policy development and operational disruption work to achieve consumer protection outcomes. The academic disciplines for this fellowship are data science, statistics, data modelling or related fields. Home Office (HO) economic crime interventions fellowship (PDF, 103KB) An opportunity to evaluate the impact of interventions aimed at tackling economic crime.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are psychology, criminology, sociology, economics and social sciences. Home Office (HO) knife crime research fellowship (PDF, 94KB) An opportunity to contribute to the evidence base on knife crime, a key priority within the Government’s Safer Streets mission. The academic disciplines for this fellowship are criminology, sociology, psychology and social sciences.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) local economic growth and devolution fellowship (PDF, 116KB) An opportunity to build the evidence on what drives local economic growth and the contributions of English Devolution towards this key government priority using a mix of statistical, economic, human geography and political analyses and use this to influence policy.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are statistics, economics, human geography and political analysis.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) local government oversight and improvement fellowship (PDF, 108KB) An opportunity to work at the centre of government on one of the most significant and under-examined challenges in UK public administration; how the state oversees, supports and intervenes in local government, while providing expert advice that informs strategic thinking and policy development on strengthening local government oversight, improvement and system resilience.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are government and political science, public policy and management, public administration, finance and accounting and human geography. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) AI evidence fellowship (PDF, 102KB) An opportunity to design and develop AI-based solutions that will advance evidence use and synthesis in MoJ policy and practice decision-making.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematical sciences and information systems.

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) justice delivery fellowship (PDF, 103KB) An opportunity to apply innovative research methods to inform MoJ policy and practice decision-making in support of justice delivery The academic disciplines for this fellowship are social science, economics, data science, law and health sciences.

Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) land use and net zero fellowship (PDF, 118KB) An opportunity to build robust evidence base on Land Use and Net Zero in Northern Ireland to inform policies and strategies, including climate action plans, LULUCF Forward Plan and a future Land Use Framework, to deliver reduced emissions and increased sequestration achieve NI’s net zero climate target.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are behaviour science, climate science, environmental and ecology science, environmental economics and soil and agricultural science.

Northern Ireland Department for the Economy (DfE) enhanced investment zone productivity impacts fellowship (PDF, 131KB) An opportunity to research on the productivity impacts arising from the photonics sector related interventions incorporating the respective skills, capital and clustering interventions supported by the Enhanced Investment Zone in Northern Ireland to help inform evidenced based decision-making on future multi-faceted interventions.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are economics, data science, data methods, social research and innovation studies. Northern Ireland Strategic Investment Board NI AI adoption and net zero fellowship (PDF, 128KB) An opportunity to advise on policy and governance design to ensure AI adoption and associated data centre and load growth accelerates, rather than undermines, Net Zero.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are artificial intelligence, digital economy, green economics and complex systems. Public Health Wales policy modelling and population health inequalities fellowship (PDF, 149KB) An opportunity to embed and adapt the SimPaths microsimulation framework within Public Health Wales to inform policy on economic inactivity, labour markets and health inequalities in Wales and the UK.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are computational modelling, data science, economic sciences, population health sciences and demography.

Public Health Wales preventing gambling‑related harms in grassroots sports fellowship (PDF, 123KB) An opportunity to generate the first United Kingdom‑wide evidence base on gambling sponsorship in grassroots sport, informing safer funding models, ethical standards and evidence‑led gambling harm prevention policy.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are social science, behavioural science, public policy, economics and data science. Public Health Scotland and Scottish Government gambling harm prevention fellowship (PDF, 128KB) This fellowship will play a key role in gambling harm prevention in Scotland. Fellows will be hosted in Public Health Scotland (PHS) but will also be integrated into the Healthy Living Unit in Scottish Government.

This is a unique opportunity to work between the Scottish Government, the Commissioner for the gambling levy in Scotland, and PHS, the national agency for population health and reducing inequalities in Scotland. It will support the work programmes of both.

Fellows will work with senior leaders in PHS and Scottish Government, and with a wide range of relevant stakeholders, to help support the implementation of the new GB-wide gambling levy system in Scotland with a specific focus on prevention, ensuring effective and impactful use of resources. Fellows will also work with colleagues across the three nations on gambling harms to support the UK wide levy system.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are behavioural science, social and economic sciences and public health.

Scottish Government energy and economy fellowship (PDF, 115KB) An opportunity to provide robust evidence on the interface between energy policy and growing the economy at a time of critical change in the energy system The academic disciplines for this fellowship are economics, statistics, engineering and behavioural science.

Scottish Government health and social care transitions fellowship (PDF, 122KB) An opportunity to contribute to the delivery of the Health and Social Care Service Renewal Framework and to develop research on strengthening health and social care integration, by analysing how care works across the boundaries between social care and health.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are social policy, economics, social statistics and applied health research. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) cybersecurity fellowship (PDF, 135KB) An opportunity to strengthen the UK’s Health Security by protecting vital data and insights from advanced AI cyber threats, building an evidence-based foundation for coordinated national policy.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are computer science, artificial intelligence, data science, cybersecurity and data analytics. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) social and behavioural science for health security fellowship (PDF, 109KB) An opportunity to work with UKHSA’s Behavioural Science and Insights Unit to integrate social and behavioural science evidence into health protection policy and incident response.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are behavioural science, psychology, social science, public health and health protection.

Welsh Government agriculture, land use and food system innovation fellowship (PDF, 114KB) An opportunity to advise how Wales can accelerate the adoption of innovative practices and technologies across its agriculture, land use and food sectors to drive sustainability, productivity and food system resilience.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are agricultural science, environmental science, food systems, economics and behavioural science. Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellowships Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) pandemic preparedness framework fellowship (PDF, 121KB) An opportunity to develop a framework for tackling pandemic priority pathogens in the animal health and environmental health sectors.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are epidemiology, veterinary science and one health. Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) quantifying compound and cascading hazards to support climate resilience fellowship (PDF, 109KB) An opportunity to develop and apply scientific expertise to enhance the evidence base and inform policymaking for a climate-resilient transition to net zero.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are climate science, climate resilience, climate modelling, atmospheric science. Department for Education (DfE) pandemic preparedness fellowship (PDF, 97KB) An opportunity to develop the evidence base on age-related impacts of restricted school attendance, helping inform future pandemic preparedness policy.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are public health, data science, social science, behavioural science and economics.

Environment Agency (EA) societal resilience to compound climate extremes fellowship (PDF, 108KB) An opportunity to combine physical and social science evidence to understand and advise on compound extreme risks in a changing climate (for example, prolonged droughts followed by intense rainfall and floods), their implications on societal resilience and the management of water resources and infrastructure.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are climate science, hydrology, behavioural science and social science.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) climate resilience and anticipatory action fellowship (PDF, 131KB) An opportunity to support evidence‑informed UK policy development at the interface of humanitarian response and climate resilience, with a focus on early warning, early and anticipatory action in fragile and conflict affected contexts and particularly focus linking anticipatory action to long term resilience.

The academic disciplines for this fellowship are climate resilience, early warning systems, anticipatory action, development studies and humanitarian studies.

Government Office for Science (GO-Science) misinformation in emergencies fellowship (PDF, 107KB) An opportunity to advise on societal and behavioural evidence to strengthen crisis response in government, focusing on the role of misinformation (false and misleading information) within the context of emergencies. The academic disciplines for this fellowship are sociology, psychology, anthropology, media studies and history.

HM Treasury (HMT) epidemiological-economic modelling for pandemic preparedness fellowship (PDF, 112KB) An opportunity to develop and embed an epidemiological–economic model for HMT and wider UK government to strengthen preparedness, decision-making and macroeconomic analysis during future public health shocks, building on lessons from