The opportunities for postdoctoral funding at Oxford and in the UK are somewhat more diverse than what I encountered as a postdoc in the United States. As I would like to encourage people currently working in the United States to consider coming to Oxford as postdocs, I have collected information here that might be of particular use to prospective postdocs, especially those coming from outside the UK. I will do my best to keep this page relatively up to date, but if I am missing anything do please let me know by e-mail.
For the winter 2021-2022 application round (for positions beginning in the 2022-2023 academic year) there are several positions in my group and in the mathematical physics group more broadly.
I will be hiring several postdocs to positions associated with my ERC project Algebraic Foundations of Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories. You can find information about these positions here. The application deadline is 24 November 2021.
The group will be hiring a dedicated Titchmarsh fellow. Titchmarsh fellowships are traditionally open to all subdisciplines of pure mathematics. By contrast, the position advertised here is specific to mathematical physics. The application deadline for this position is 30 November 2021.
My affiliated college in Oxford, St. John's, is hiring a so-called Junior Research Fellow in Mathematics on a similar timeline. For those outside of the Oxford microcosm, you should know this is a very nice position but the competition is across multiple disciplines (not just mathematics). The contract is primarily with St. John's, but you would have an affiliation with the Mathematical Institute (math department) at the university as well. There are many perks associated with the connection to St. John's. You can read more about the position here. The deadline for applications is 12 November 2021.
There are also several postdoctoral fellowships that are awarded through open nation-wide competition:
The Royal Society University Research Fellowship is a highly competitive five-year fellowship (renewable to eight years). If you want to be sponsored by the Oxford mathematical physics group, you should contact one of the members of our group well in advance of the early September deadline.
The Ernest Rutherford Fellowship is a highly competitive five-year fellowship. Currently the mathematical physics group can't serve as a sponsor for this fellowship, you need to contact a member of the Department of Physics. You should do so well in advance of the mid-September deadline.
The Newton International Fellowship is an option if you are not from the UK and are not currently working in the UK. The timing of this application is unfortunate, with deadlines often around March and results announced around September. If you want to be sponsored for this fellowship, you should contact one of the members of our group well in advance of the deadline.
Of course, you should also monitor the INSPIRE jobs page for announcements, including for openings within our group that are not connected to external funding sources.