British Academy Visiting Fellowships Programme 2025

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Nonprofit organization

The British Academy

Area

Maghreb

Host Country

Algeria

Deadline

30 Dec 2024

Opportunity type

Scholarships

Opportunity funding

Not funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

British Academy Visiting Fellowships programme provides outstanding academics based in any country overseas with the opportunity to be based at a UK higher education or other research institution. The programme is open to academics at any career stage, and in any discipline within the humanities and social sciences.

Visiting Fellowships illustrate the British Academy’s profound and on-going commitment to international engagement. The aim of this programme is to ensure that the UK remains an attractive, welcoming, and productive research environment for academics globally. Through this programme, the Academy aims to:

Enhance and build new links between scholars from around the globe and in the UK;
Foster opportunities and encourage the development of new and future partnerships for collaborative research into the humanities and social sciences
To enable academics from across the globe to undertake research and/or professional development with UK colleagues;
And strengthen the UK’s research bases in the humanities and the social sciences.

Funding

The maximum funding available is £40,000.

Eligibility for British Academy Visiting Fellowships

Visiting Fellows must be of postdoctoral level or above, or have equivalent research experience at the time of application. Candidates should be based outside of the UK at the time of application. Applicants may be on permanent or fixed-term contracts. Fixed-term contracts must not end before the end date of the Visiting Fellowship. Independent scholars are also welcome to apply.
Applicants must demonstrate that they have been in contact with their UK host institution prior to applying. Note that the British Academy is not able to assist with locating of facilitating contact with a UK host institution.
The British Academy welcomes applications from a diverse range of UK host institutions, and would particularly encourage applications from historically and/or structurally disadvantaged groups, low-income countries, and female researchers.

Application

The deadline for applications is 17:00 (GMT) on Wednesday, 23rd October 2024. Visiting Fellowships are available for a period of between 3 to 6 months. Applicants will be asked to provide their preferred start date for their Fellowship over the spring and summer (March-August 2025)

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