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The YESI Fellows scheme welcomes applications from all University of York (UoY) staff with a PhD - including postdoctoral researchers, lecturers, senior academics, and professional services staff involved in research.

🗓️ The application window for the 2025–2026 YESI Fellows scheme closed on 24 October 2025.  Thank you to everyone who applied - we’ll be in touch with outcomes in late November 2025.

If you’re thinking about applying in the next round (2026–2027), you can find out more about eligibility and how to apply in the call guidelines linked below.  These documents will be refreshed ahead of the next call, which is expected to open in September 2026.

📬 Stay in touch
If you’d like to pre-register your interest, we’ll send you the updated call guidelines as soon as they’re available.  In the meantime you can also sign up for the YESI weekly newsletter to stay connected with the latest funding opportunities, events, news, and inspiring stories from across the YESI community.

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