Opportunities for early career researchers at Imperial
To submit a notice, please email: ecri@imperial.ac.uk
Career Opportunities, Internships & Volunteering
- Apply now: STEP UP Digital Research Technical Career and Bridging Placements
- Volunteer at the Great Exhibition Road Festival (apply by 15 May)
- Imperial College London Outreach Fellow 2026 – 2028 (closing date: 17 March)
- Springer Nature Opening Doors Internship Programme (apply by 20 March)
- Seeking new members to join Imperial’s Athena Swan SAT – an opportunity for you to help shape Imperial’s gender equality work
- Funding Call: MATcelerate HEALTH 2 – Early-Stage Healthcare Technologies (TRL 2–4)
- Royal Society Fellowships 2026 Full List
- Secondment Opportunities in No10 Downing Street for Research Staff
- JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for STEM subjects (Apply by 18 March 2026)
- New Work and Professional Experiences Webpage
- Imperial CREST Academy – Mentor Year 12 Students
- Become a Scientist Founder with Wilbe (BSF) – Now Live!
- GTA Opportunity – Paid LaTeX development opportunity
- Opportunities for PhDs/Postdocs (Quant research roles)
- Wilbe Sandbox – Looking for Scientific Career Options? Here’s Your Launchpad
- The Amos Bursary – Call for Mentors
- Volunteer as a Tutor with The Access Project
- Volunteer as a Mentor (Clement James Centre)
College Events
- Doctoral Student Spring Welcome – 26 March 2026
- Transitioning to Independence: Panel Event – 23 April 2026
- Good Science Project Conference: ‘Failure in Science’ (16 April 2026)
- Imperial Latin America STEMB Network Launch & Reception | 25 March 2026 | 15.30-19.30 | City & Guilds Building, SK
- Imperial Fungal Science Network Seminar (26 March 2026)
- Sir Ernst Chain Annual Lecture (25 March 2026)
- Black @ Imperial Careers Events – March 2026
- Research Computing Showcase Day 2026 (21 April)
- Upcoming Enterprise Lab Events (11 Feb, 23 Feb & 18 March 2026)
- Launch of New Interdisciplinary Research Community
- Climate Literacy Training (Oct 2025 to July 2026 dates available)
- Black @ Imperial
- Join the 3Rs-Hub Advisory Group – Let’s Make a Difference Together!
College News & Updates
- Applications open: Imperial As One Media Academy 2026 (deadline: 24 March)
- WHEN Equality Initiative for Black Women at Imperial (sign up by 31 March)
- Parents and Carers network and The Benefits Corner Teams Channels
- Estranged Students Support Group (25 Feb, 25 Mar, 29 Apr, 20 May)
- Access to Food Banks – Advice Service & Working-Class Network
- New Doctoral Theses: access and alerts
- Introducing dAIsy – Imperial’s New GenAI workspace
- Help to shape the Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service
- Establishing the Imperial IBD Research Community – Join Us!
- Join the new Viva Engage channel: Measuring Visibility and Impact
- Postgraduate Climate-Conscious Travel Fund
- International Family Network
- New Trusted Research Training e-learning module
- Access the New York Times to discover quality journalism
- Imperial staff and students have full access to Overton
- Societal Engagement Reading Group
- Upload your research seminar through Cassyni, for free
- Advice, support and funding for publishing open access books
Competitions, Programmes & Projects
- EarthScale: apply now for Cohort 2 (deadline: 13 April)
- The Greenhouse: apply now for Cohort 10 (deadline: 10 April)
Courses & Workshops
- Quality Management Systems (QMS) for Medical Devices Online Course
- Grantham PhD Network Thesis Writing Retreat (13-15 July 2026)
- Grantham PhD Network Training (19 March 2026)
- NEW **5-days Comprehensive course in R** from Statistical Advisory Service (11th – 15th May 2026)
- 1:1 Research Communication Coaching
- Virtual ‘Introductory Medical Statistics’ course – 21 & 22 May 2026
- AI-Enhanced Storytelling for Impactful Presentations (05, 12, 19, 26 March & 9 April 2026)
- CfAE Guided Activity Sessions on Speaking Skills (Spring Term 2026)
- Imperial after:hours – day and evening classes for Imperial students and staff
- Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Your Research (online)
- Get Ready to participate in Horizon Europe in 2025 – opportunities, info and webinars
- The London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) – Training & Networking Opportunities
ECR Networks
- Able network for disabled staff, research postgrads and allies
- Seeking new members to join Imperial’s Athena Swan SAT – an opportunity for you to help shape Imperial’s gender equality work
- Join a new PhD Participatory Research Network!
- Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial!
- Launch of New Interdisciplinary Research Community
- Imperial Women’s PhD Network – Join the network now!
External Conferences & Events
- Call for STEM Principal Investigators: Improving Postdoc Recruitment – Residential Session
- British Federation of Women Graduates Research Presentations Day (apply by 28 Match)
- NetDRIVE Summer Schools
Funding, Studentships & Awards
- Funding Call: MATcelerate HEALTH 2 – Early-Stage Healthcare Technologies (TRL 2–4)
- Royal Society Fellowships 2026 Full List
- Become a Scientist Founder with Wilbe (BSF) – Now Live!
- Postgraduate Climate-Conscious Travel Fund
- Merck Research Grants
- Advanced Research Opportunities Program (AROP)
Graduate Teaching Opportunities
Miscellaneous
- Cancer Support Group – Open to All Imperial Staff
- Access to Food Banks – Advice Service & Working-Class Network
- Supporting Disabled and Neurodivergent Researchers at the Library Survey
- Call for Participants: PhD research on intersectionality of neurodivergence and gender in teamworking environments
- Help shape Imperial’s Research Commercialisation Services
- Help Shape the Future of Research – Volunteer with In2research
- Staff and student volunteers wanted for Artificial intelligence ECG research!
- Call out: Students from underrepresented backgrounds – Do you feel like you belong here?
- Exploring precarity in research careers survey
- The Petri Dish: Making Science Social
- Borrow recreational audiobooks and e-books with Libby