Snow Fellowships
Key dates for Snow Fellowships 2026 (Exact dates will be updated once round is announced)
- Proposals open with Snow Medical: Early April 2026
- Please submit the Internal Expressions of Interest (EOI) form and CV to your Faculty/Institute: Deadlines are determined locally to support EOI form preparation
- Faculty/Institute Shortlisted EOIs due to UQ Research Office: 16 March 2026
- UQ Shortlisted EOIs due to UQ Research Office: Early May 2026
- UQ Shortlisted EOIs due to Snow Medical: Late May 2026
Overview
The Snow Fellowships target emerging global research leaders who demonstrate the potential to drive, manage and influence the next generation of health and medical innovation. Up to $8 million over eight years is provided to support outstanding mid-career researchers in establishing high-impact, multidisciplinary biomedical research programs. Open to mid-career candidates across medicine, science, and bioengineering, the scheme funds lab setup, salaries, project costs, and leadership development. Applications from researchers relocating or returning to Australia from overseas are encouraged.
How to apply
The 2026 Fellowship round consists of a three-stage process - EOI, invitation to submit a full application and, for successful applicants at the full application stage, an invitation to attend an interview with the Snow Medical Scientific Research and Assessment Committee.
1) Expression of Interest (EOI) process
Step 1: Complete the UQ Expression of Interest form
- Familiarise yourself with the key Snow Medical and UQ documentation.
- Complete the UQ Internal EOI form and append the one-page summary and three-page CV and submit it to your Faculty or Institute.
Step 2: Internal review and ranking
- UQ EOIs will be reviewed and shortlisted by Faculty/Institute panels and submitted to UQ R&I.
- UQ EOIs will be reviewed and shortlisted by UQ R&I central panel.
- Applicants will be advised of internal review outcomes.
Step 3: Complete Snow Medical Expression of Interest form
- Shortlisted applicants will be invited to complete the Snow Medical EOI form.
- UQ R&I will provide review and feedback.
Step 4: Submission of EOI
- Completed Snow Medical EOIs will be submitted to Snow Medical by UQ R&I.
2) Full Application process
Snow Medical will notify applicants of the EOI outcomes and invite successful applicants to submit full applications in early August. Review of full applications are due to UQ R&I by early September 2026. Full applications are due to Snow Medical in early October 2026.
3) Interview process
Snow Medical will notify applicants of full application outcomes and invite successful applicants to interview in early December 2026. Applicants will be interviewed in early February 2027. Fellowships will be publicly announced in late March 2027.
Readership and researcher support
Before applying, we recommend you:
- Familiarise yourself with the framework for Applying for Competitive Research Grants at UQ.
- Contact your faculty or institute research manager for advice on peer readership programs.
- Subscribe to the UQ R&I Mailer to stay up to date with round developments.
- Read the UQ R&I Grant writing advice and strategy website for tips on preparing your application
Key documents
Snow Medical
- Snow Medical Fellowship 2025 Application Documents (Updated guidelines will be released once the 2026 round is open)
- Snow Medical Fellowship Website
UQ
Contact UQ R&I
Scheme queries grants@research.uq.edu.au
Round coordinator
Ben Su
If you are applying through UQ but you are not a current UQ staff member, please contact the round coordinator to be added to the UQ R&I mailing list.