STFC - Specific Requirements

All attachments (including any references provided) should be written in one of the following fonts:

• standard Arial 11pt (please note that this is the preferred font for STFC)

• Helvetica Regular 11pt or

• an equivalent regular 11pt sans serif universal font e.g. FreeSans  

with a minimum of 2 cm margins around each page. You do not need to number attachment pages as this will be done automatically on import to the STFC Back Office. Please ensure that file names do not exceed 140 characters as this will cause problems on import into the STFC Back Office.  The required attachments for each fellowship are listed below.  Please note that anything uploaded as an “Other” attachment or “Proposal Cover Letter” will not be made available to reviewers.

Ernest Rutherford Fellowship

Applicants should read the competency framework in Annex 1 to the ERF Guidance to determine if they have the skills, knowledge and experience to apply for an Ernest Rutherford Fellowship. Please refer to the ERF Guidance document for further information on what to include in the attachments.

Please check all documents comply with page limits, font size (standard Arial 11 pt is the preferred font) and margin sizes. STFC will reject a proposal if any of the documents submitted breaches the rules on page limits, font size, font type or margins.  Proposals that are in breach of the rules in this way will not be returned for amendment.  The only exception would be where a breach occurred because of issues in downloading the proposal into the Research Council systems.

IPS Fellowship

For an IPS Fellowship 'Other' includes a Financial Resources Statement and Job Specification.

Leadership Fellow in Public Engagement

Webb Fellowship

Applicants should read the competency profile in Annex 1 to the Webb Fellowship Guidance to determine if they have the skills, knowledge and experience to apply for a Webb Fellowship.

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