Contact Us

The Whelan lab is located in the Michael Smithg building on the University of Manchester campus in Manchester, UK. We are part of the School of Biological Sciences and Division of Evolution, Infection, and Genomics (EIGEN).

Join us!

Current open positions in our group:

If you are interested in positions within the Lab, email Fiona your CV, and a short statement of interest.

The Whelan lab would be honoured to host applications to The British Academy's Fellowships for Researchers at Risk programme. If you work on anything vaguely related to our Research interests, please get in touch- I would be happy to help guide the submission of an application.

Additionally, we are always interested in individuals who would like to apply for scholarships or fellowships. Some options of funding opportunities follow:

Postdoctoral Fellowships:

• Marie Sklodowska-Cure Individual Fellowship
• BBSRC Discovery Fellowship
• Newton International Fellowship
• Wellcome Trust Early Career Awards
• AXA Fellowships
• Commonwealth Postdoctoral Fellowship
• EMBO Long-term Fellowships
• 1851 Research Fellowships
• HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships
• NIHR Advanced Fellowship
• Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships
• Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships
• Daphne Jackson Fellowships. For those returning after a career break.
• The Royal Society Career Development Fellowship. A scheme with the aim of supporting researchers from underrepresented backgrounds.
• A list of funding opportunities maintained by ECR Central
• A list of funding opportunities maintained by John Hopkins University (may be more US-focussed).

Doctoral/Postgraduate Fellowships:

• The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Studentships
• NIHR Doctoral Fellowship
• Newton PhD Programme
• Commonwealth Scholarships
• Marshall Scholarship
• A list of funding opportunities maintained by John Hopkins University (may be more US-focussed).