Centre for Postdoctoral Development in Infrastructure, Cities and Energy (C-DICE) Fellowship
Applications are open for the 2024 Centre for Postdoctoral Development in Infrastructure, Cities and Energy (C-DICE) Fellowship.

Applications closed on 13 November 2022.
POST and the Nuffield Foundation are offering a 13-week fellowship to PhD students who are undertaking or have recently completed their PhD study (‘recently completed’ applies to anyone whose university registration ended within the 12 months prior to the publication of this call for applications. The scheme is not open to those in the first year of their PhD). There are up to three funded fellowships available.
Successful applicants will be based in UK Parliament, supporting its use of research evidence. Most fellows assist POST in providing briefing material for parliamentarians on emerging science topics. Work may include:
PhD Fellows are encouraged to interact closely with people and activities in the two Houses of Parliament, including Select Committees, MPs and Peers, their support services, ‘All-Party Parliamentary Group’ meetings and the very wide range of other activities at the Palace of Westminster.
The fellowship can be carried out full-time for three months or a part-time option can be arranged if required. Successful applicants will complete their fellowship during 2023 with the start date to be agreed between the applicant, POST, Nuffield Foundation and the applicant’s supervisor.
The Nuffield Foundation POST Fellowship is open to any PhD student working in a natural, scientific or social science field. They may be undertaking or have recently completed their PhD study. ‘Recently completed’ applies to anyone whose university registration ended within the 12 months prior to the publication of this call for applications. The scheme is not open to those in the first year of their PhD. The full person specification can be found in the application guidance.
Successful candidates will be required to complete pre-employment checks. This includes security vetting to Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) level. All successful candidates are required to pass these checks before an offer can be confirmed.
It is important that you download and read the application pack before applying, as it contains more details on the role, application process, and assessment criteria.
Applicants should submit:
Download the two-page briefing template
Please email your two-page briefing and completed approval form to postfellowships@parliament.uk.
Applications will undergo an initial sift on the basis of two-page briefing.
The deadline for applications is 23:59, 13 November 2022. Interviews will be held in late November or early December 2022.
The Nuffield Foundation will provide funding at the same rate as the Fellow’s PhD stipend maintenance grant, and they will be offered a travel, relocation and care grant, up to a total of £7,000. Self-funded PhD students will receive funding equivalent to the stipend maintenance grant rate set by the Economic, Social and Research Council. More details can be found in the application guidance (download the application guidance)
What is a POST fellowship? Who can apply for it? Who pays for it? We have put together a page with answers to some of the most frequently asked questions we get about POST fellowships.
If you have a question that is not answered in the application pack or our frequently asked questions page, please contact Alan Walker, at walkera@parliament.uk or Ben Brown, at bbrown@nuffieldfoundation.org.
Applications are open for the 2024 Centre for Postdoctoral Development in Infrastructure, Cities and Energy (C-DICE) Fellowship.
Applications are open until 2 October 2023.
Applications closed 25th June 2023.