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Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

 

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024-25

The Faculty welcomes applications for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship, a three-year fellowship for outstanding early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences. The scheme aims to help develop the award holder’s curriculum vitae and boost their prospects of obtaining a permanent university post. The primary emphasis is on the completion of a significant piece of publishable research, and the integration of the award holder into the community of established scholars within their field. Fellowships are tenable in all fields within the humanities and social sciences. This is a highly competitive scheme and success rates are typically no more than 10%. 

 

Potential applicants should identify a suitable mentor and discuss the project with their mentor, after which they should contact the Research Administrator (researchadmin@mmll.cam.ac.uk) so that the Faculty can notify Research Operations Office (ROO) of an intention to submit grant applications with a minimum of four weeks' noticeFunder deadline: 2 October 2024 

 

Applicants should submit a letter of support from the mentor and a short paragraph explaining the project to the Research Administrator, so that the Faculty can then provide the Departmental statements and the Worktribe costings. Even though the Outline Stage does not require detailed costings, we still need to submit an outline Worktribe costing to the ROO as confirmation of Faculty approval. 

 

Please note that the AHSS School Research Facilitators will provide feedback on the first 15 complete applications that they receive before 2 September. Applicants requesting feedback need to have confirmed support from the Faculty. If interested in receiving such feedback on your draft, please email ahss-srf-administrator@admin.cam.ac.uk. The School Research Facilitators will also run an online information session for applicants on 25 July at 2pm. Please register via this link.  

 

More information on the call for applications, including full eligibility criteria, can be found on the British Academy website

 

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Research Administrator.

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