Mobility Fellowships
The Quantum Biomedical Sensing (Q-BIOMED) Research Hub is the UK’s first and only National Quantum Technologies Research Hub dedicated to health. We bring together 6 universities (UCL, Cambridge, Warwick, Oxford, Cardiff, and Heriot-Watt) alongside 35 partners from industry, clinical practice, charities, national and international organisations, NHS trusts, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centres.
Our mission is to accelerate the development and application of new quantum sensors for medical imaging, ultra-sensitive quantum-enhanced in-vitro diagnostics, novel surgical treatment interventions, and quantum sensing technologies for basic biomedical research.
About this funding call
As part of our Future Leaders in Quantum Biomedicine programme, this Mobility Fellowship funding call supports researchers to spend time in a new environment that will enhance their skills, benefit their career, and contribute to quantum biomedical sensing research.
Call opens: 1 April 2026
Application deadline: 13 May 2026
Decision notification: May 2026
Funding available from: June 2026
Eligibility: The scheme is open to Master’s students, PhD researchers and postdoctoral fellows. Applicants must not hold a Principal Investigator or group leader position. Applicants must be from a Q-BIOMED partner institution (UCL, Cambridge, Warwick, Oxford, Cardiff, and Heriot-Watt) or seeking to be hosted by one.
How to apply
To apply, please submit the completed application form (in Word format) to Dr Adam Callan-Sidat: a.callan-sidat@ucl.ac.uk.
If you have questions about the scheme, please contact Dr Helena Knowles: hsk35@cam.ac.uk.
Conditions
Open to Master’s students, PhD researchers, and postdoctoral fellows. Applicants must not hold a Principal Investigator or group leader position.
Applicants must be from a Q-BIOMED partner institution (UCL, Cambridge, Warwick, Oxford, Cardiff, and Heriot-Watt) or seeking to be hosted by one.
Funding covers travel and accommodation costs (at 100%) while working away from your home institution.
Salary, consumables, and equipment are not eligible.
Fellows will be classified as visitors, not employees.
Typical duration: 1–4 weeks (longer visits may be considered with justification).
Matched funding is encouraged, not required, and will be viewed favourably in selection.
Fellows must submit a written report summarising the activities and outcomes after the placement.
Outputs (e.g. publications) must acknowledge the fellowship with "This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council through the UK Quantum Biomedical Sensing (Q-BIOMED) Research Hub [grant number: EP/Z533191/1]".