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Rosalind Franklin Instrument Science Preparation Support

Category: Postdocs and fellowships

Location: UK

Duration: 3 years

Application deadline: 2026-06-26

Start date: No earlier than April 1, 2027

Official announcement:

Posted: 2026-06-19

Posted by: 0000-0001-7007-4222

Job Description

The UK Space Agency is looking to support postdoctoral research on critical science and technical preparation for the 3 UK instrument contributions on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Mars rover mission: Enfys, PanCam and RLS.

Details

Total funding available: £1,800,000.

Funding type: Research, innovation, and development

Who can apply: Academics working at UK Research Organisations to fund Postdoctoral Research Assistants (PDRAs)

Closing dates:

  1. Outline Proposal: Friday 26 June 2026, 4pm
  2. Full proposal deadline: Friday 21 August 2026, 4pm

Please note that the call includes a 2-stage review process. You must be invited to submit a full proposal after passing your outline proposal. See ‘How to Apply’ for more information.

We expect to run a further call to support science operations for the 3 instruments in 2027 and 2028, subject to approvals.