Research Fellowships

Research Fellowships are open to experienced researchers, particularly those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research. There are no restrictions on academic discipline, and awards are not limited to those holding appointments in higher education.

Value

The maximum value of a Fellowship is £45,000. The awards provide research expenses over and above normal living costs and/or provide a contribution towards reasonable replacement costs or loss of earnings.

Please ensure that applications do not include any of the ineligible costs listed here.

Duration

Fellowships are tenable for between 3 and 24 months, and the current round of awards must commence between 1 June 2013 and 1 May 2014.

Please read the following before submitting an application.

• Eligibility
• Application procedure

Contact

If your query has not been answered in these pages please contact Anna Grundy (020 7042 9861), Bridget Kerr (020 7042 9862) or Andreas Heiner (020 7042 9863).

Professor Sarah Dromgoole, University of Nottingham, was awarded a Research Fellowship in 2009; Underwater Cultural Heritage and International Law, (Diving helmet and umbilical image © Wessex Archaeology).

"Voices from the Cuban Revolution". Professor Elizabeth Dore, University of Southampton, was supported by a 3 month Research Fellowship in 2008.