Fellowship Opportunities - Science And Engineering

As we celebrate our 200th year of Manchester Met, we are delighted to be launching our ‘Third Century Fellowship Scheme’.

The Fellowship Scheme is aimed at exceptional researchers, in the early stages of their post-doctoral career, who aim to make their mark in the field of independent research. You will have extensive experience and a notable track record of research outputs in your area of research. 

What are we offering as part of the Third Century Fellowship Scheme?

By joining our Fellowship Scheme, you’ll play a leading part in our global research offering and join our community, working collaboratively across multidisciplinary and diverse teams with state-of-the-art facilities and work environment. 

Successful applicants will benefit from:

• An exceptional research environment and facilities to support YOUR ambitions and research interest

• A competitive salary, excellent pension and holiday entitlement, enhanced family leave and more

• A three-year development programme, underpinned by the Leadership Lens on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework, a well-established sector-wide tool for the career and professional development of research leaders. 

• Mentorship throughout the programme and access to coaching sessions

• Diverse teams, colleagues and staff networks 

During the term of the fellowship, you will be publishing internationally excellent and world-leading outputs and will be pursuing external funding opportunities to realise your future research ambitions. You will also have the opportunity, when relevant, to prepare and deliver short courses.

The Scheme begins with an initial appointment to a fixed-term post with the expectation to transition to a permanent Senior Lecturer or as a Reader, after three years, dependant on your performance and potential as assessed through the scheme.

These Fellowship Opportunities are being offered across our four faculties: Science & Engineering, Arts & Humanities, Business & Law and Health & Education. We will be making up to 15 appointments onto the cohort, based on application and assessment performance, and best fit to our preferred areas of research, across our four faculties. 

Further details about the fellowship and research areas can be found here

You can explore our Science and Engineering research areas here:

We are particularly keen to hear from you if your areas of research are:

• Musculoskeletal Health

• Neurodegeneration 

• Surface Engineering

• Additive Manufacturing & Sustainable Materials

• AI, Digital and Cyber-physical Systems 

• Nature Based Solutions

Find our Frequently Asked Questions here 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on researchfellowships@mmu.ac.uk  

We look forward to hearing from you.