Emeritus Fellowships
Emeritus Fellowships assist senior established researchers to complete a research project that has already been begun and to prepare the results for publication.
Applicants
- Must be resident in the UK at the time of application.
- Should hold or have held a teaching and/or research post in a university or comparable institution in the UK at the time of retirement.
- Should have retired by the time of taking up the Fellowship and no longer have a normal contract of employment.
Value
The maximum value of a Fellowship is £22,000. Eligible costs include: travel and subsistence costs for periods away from home; the employment of a research, clerical or secretarial assistant to support (rather than conduct) the work of the applicant; photocopies; photographic expenses; office or laboratory consumables.
Please note that there is no provision for a personal maintenance allowance or remuneration for the applicant under this scheme.
Please ensure that applications do not include any of the ineligible costs listed
here.
Duration
Fellowships are tenable for between 3 and 24 months. The current round of awards must commence between 1 August 2010 and 1 July 2011.
Application Procedure
Please note that the 2010 round has now closed. The Trust will report results, by letter, by the end of May 2010.
Details of the next round will be available next year. In the meantime please download a copy of the 2010 Scheme Leaflet for further information.
Scheme Leaflet and Help Notes
Please download and read these before starting an application or contacting the Trust with a query.
Contact
If your query is not answered in the information above, please contact
Jean Cater (020 7042 9861) or
Victor Abah (020 7042 9863).
