These opportunities and resources have been compiled by UK Parliament’s Knowledge Exchange Unit (KEU) to help you understand how to engage with Parliament as a researcher.

Take a look at the KEU’s webhub of information and resources for researchers. 

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Select committees currently accepting written evidence (compiled 25 June 2025)

Please click the title of any inquiry listed below to be taken to a summary of that inquiry and the full call for evidence. Remember that you don’t have to answer every question posed in each call for evidence.

New calls for evidence:

All other inquiries currently accepting written evidence:

Why should I engage? Submitting evidence to a select committee can lead to further engagement, such as an invitation to give oral evidence. Your submission will be published on the Committee webpage. Your insights may inform the Committee’s conclusions or recommendations it makes to the Government. Find out more about why to engage with Parliament here. And find more on engagement for impact here.  

What should I expect? All evidence will be read and taken into consideration, but you may not receive a direct response from us or the Committee. To stay informed, we encourage you to follow the progress on the respective committee / inquiry webpages.

More information: all inquiries currently accepting evidence are found here  
Guidance on submitting evidence to Commons select committees
Guidance on submitting evidence to Lords select committees

Don’t miss your moment – parliamentary opportunity reminders

There is one job opportunity and three different types of PhD fellowships available this week:

* last chance * Engineering Fellowship: The Ashok Kumar fellowship offers engineering masters or doctoral students (or recent completers) the opportunity to apply for a funded fellowship in POST preparing briefing materials for parliamentarians on emerging science topics.

Parliamentary fellowship (chemistry): A funded (3 month*) fellowship is open to Royal Society of Chemistry members** who are undertaking or have recently finished their PhD study. The successful applicant will be based in the UK Parliament, supporting its use of research evidence by preparing briefing material for parliamentarians on emerging science topics.
*The fellowship can be carried out full-time for 13 weeks or part-time over a longer period. The start date will fall within the period between January 2026 and October 2026.
** Potential applicants who are not already a member of the RSC can apply to join prior to submitting their fellowship application.

UKRI policy internships: Funded placements are available to current or recent PhD students to intern at UK Parliament within POST, a select committee, or the House of Commons or House of Lords Libraries. An online information session will be held on Thursday 3 July for prospective applicants. Email post@parliament.uk to book to attend the information session.

These internships are part of the wider UKRI scheme: view the full range of hosts for the Policy Internships scheme – it includes parliamentary teams, government departments and non-governmental bodies, learned societies and other organisations. Look through the detailed information about all the UKRI Policy Internships. Or access more information on the internships based in POST. Information on the funding arrangements is in the applicant guidance (Annex A).

Job opportunity – Senior Researcher (Transport): The House of Commons Library Business and Transport Section is seeking a senior researcher for transport to support their work in providing briefings for MPs and their staff on transport law and policy topics.

There will be a virtual information session on MS Teams for you to find out more about this role and working at Parliament, held on Wednesday 25 June at 16:00 – 17:00. To register to attend, please book via Eventbrite.

Royal galleries – not just for monarchs

Though the Monarch’s role in Parliament is largely ceremonial, it’s hard to forget their significance in parliamentary history when you’re walking around the Palace of Westminster – after all, the Monarch even has their own bedroom. One such place the Monarch’s presence is particularly felt is in the Royal Gallery – a room ‘designed to be imposing’. The Royal Gallery’s walls are lined with portraits of monarchs, the doorways are home to statues of ‘Warrior Kings and Queens’ and even the windows are in on the action with stained-glass displays of the arms of the Kings of England and Scotland.

So what?

We’d love the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster to include an ‘expert gallery’ to showcase all the vital contributions Parliament receives from researchers and other experts. However, until then, we’d encourage you to think about curating your own Royal Gallery online so that when policy officials are seeking expertise in your field, they can’t miss your presence. Don’t be afraid to blow your own trumpet! A good place to start would be making sure your online profile:

  • is up to date,
  • clearly highlights your area(s) of expertise,
  • showcases any crowning achievements such as key projects and publications (with open access links), and
  • is easy to find in search engines or specialist databases.