Develop your academic career
Make the most of our resources to develop your academic career. Enter our best manuscript competitions, find out which Royal Society grants are available to you and discover opportunities to get involved in the publishing process, great experience for anyone thinking about becoming a journal editor in the future.
Biology Letters ECR Competition
Highlighting the best research papers by early career researchers.
Notes and Records Essay Award
Open to early career researchers in the history of science.
STEM Research career roadmap
The STEM Research career roadmap website is a free, essential tool to help users navigate a…
Résumé for Researchers
Aiming to support the evaluation of individuals’ varied contributions to research.
Shalene Singh-Shepherd
In Publishing
5 min read
The power of peer networking for improving STEM faculty job applications
Publishing Editorial Team
In Publishing
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Who’s who in scientific publishing?
Subject Editors, Publishing Editors, Editorial Board Members – there are so many different roles…
Dr Kate Hendry
In Publishing
5 min read
My Guest Editor experience: Q&A with Dr Kate Hendry
Dr Kate Hendry, Guest Editor of the Philosophical Transactions A theme issue ‘The marine system of…
Scientific and policy meetings
Explore the range of scientific meetings and conferences held by ºìÌÒÊÓƵ, with…
University Research Fellowship
This scheme is for outstanding scientists who are in the early stages of their research career and…
Newton International Fellowships
This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and…
Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship
This scheme offers a recognised first step into an independent research career for outstanding…
Career Development Fellowship
This scheme provides the most talented early career scientists from underrepresented groups in…
Royal Society Rising Star Africa Prize
Rising Star Africa Prize: to recognise early-career research scientists based in Africa who are…
The UK Young Academy
ºìÌÒÊÓƵ is a partner academy of the first UK-wide national Young Academy - a network of…