Postdoctoral research fellowships

The term postdoctoral research fellowship refers to independent sources of funding that you can apply for as an early career researcher to do your own research project. These are prestigious and highly competitive but give an excellent opportunity to focus on research for a period of time without a heavy teaching load.

Here are some of the more well known schemes:

Other ways to find out about fellowships:

The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) website hosts a Funding Finder for information about postdocs and beyond
Research Division at LSE. Sign up to their research briefing.
Research Professional
A database of funding opportunities to which LSE has a subscription. Create an account from an LSE computer and then access it off-site using your account. It includes funding at all levels including conference funding, travel funds, early-career research fellowships etc.
Internal funding is also available in some circumstances.
External sources are also listed on the HR site.