Seven early-career physicists have been awarded Ernest Rutherford Fellowship’s, supporting research from the search for dark matter to the physics of black holes.
Backed by an investment of £6 million the new fellows will each lead their own research programme at a UK university over the course of the fellowship. AIRTO member The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has awarded this year’s cohort of seven researchers the 2025 Ernest Rutherford Fellowship.
The fellowship is one of the main routes by which early-career physicists in the UK are supported to lead independent research in particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics, and to develop their careers.
The 2025 cohort’s work spans:
- planetary defence
- the search for dark matter at the Large Hadron Collider
- new X-ray technology
- the hidden oceans of icy moons
- high-frequency gravitational waves
- the earliest moments of the Universe
- the internal structure of black holes
Image Credit: Science and Technology Facilities Council
