45 Postdoctoral Fellowships on humanities and social sciences | The British Academy

British Academy is offering postdoctoral fellowships for UK or EEA applicants. 45 awards are expected to be offered for pursuing postdoctoral programme at UK host institutions. Applicants must be a UK or EEA national, or have completed a doctorate at a UK university. Any applicant who does not fall into one of these categories must demonstrate a strong prior association with the UK academic community, for example through already having been employed in a temporary capacity (longer than six months) at a UK university. Application should be submitted till 9 October 2013.

Study Subject(s): Fellowships are provided for all courses offered by the university.

Course Level: The fellowships are available for pursuing Postdoctoral degree level.

Scholarship Provider: British Academy

Scholarship can be taken at: UK

Eligibility

- Applicants must be supported by the UK host institution in which they wish to hold the Fellowship.

- Applicants must be within three years of the award of a doctorate (for the 2013-2014 competition this means either already having been awarded a doctoral degree following a viva voce examination held on or after 1 April 2011; or having a reasonable expectation that they will have submitted and had their thesis examined by 1 April 2014).

- Applicants in the 2013-2014 competition awarded a PhD following a viva voce examination held prior to 1 April 2011 who are unable to offer extenuating circumstances, such as interruption to their academic career for maternity leave or illness, will not be considered

- Applicants must be a UK or EEA national, or have completed a doctorate at a UK university. Any applicant who does not fall into one of these categories must demonstrate a strong prior association with the UK academic community, for example through already having been employed in a temporary capacity (longer than six months) at a UK university.

Scholarship Open for International Students: The students of UK or EEA can apply for the fellowships.

Scholarship Description: The aim of the British Academy in making these awards is to offer opportunities for outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment which will develop their curriculum vitae and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent lecturing posts by the end of the Fellowship. The primary emphasis is on completion of a significant piece of publishable research, which will be assisted by full membership of an academic community of established scholars working in similar fields.

Number of award(s): 45 awards are expected to be offered.

Selection criteria: Applications are assessed initially by subject specialists who will identify the most promising candidates to be invited to submit second stage applications. All applicants will be informed of the result of the outline stage at the same time. Those invited to proceed to the second stage will be expected to provide a submission of written work, which will be considered in conjunction with the other material already submitted by one of two selection panels representing more comparative assessment. There is one panel for the Humanities and one for the Social Sciences. The final decision on all applications is taken by the Research Awards Committee.

Notification: The final decision on all applications is taken by the Research Awards Committee.

How to Apply: Applications must be submitted via e-GAP2, the Academy’s electronic grant application system. Application forms will only be available on the e-GAP system from 28 August 2013.

Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 9 October 2013.

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See past awards made under these schemes.