Deadline: 16-Mar-22
The British Academy is seeking applications for the 2022 Newton International Fellowships to enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of fostering long-term international collaborations.
The scheme aims to attract the most promising early career postdoctoral researchers from overseas in the fields of natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities. The Newton International Fellowships scheme is delivered by the British Academy and the Royal Society.
Aims
The aims for the Newton International Fellowships scheme are to:
- Support the development and training of postdoctoral researchers at an early stage of their career from any country outside the UK, by providing an opportunity to work at a UK research institution for two years.
- Ensure the best postdoctoral researchers across all relevant disciplines from around the world are supported in the UK.
- Foster long-term relations between Newton International Fellows and the UK research base through the establishment of an alumni programme for former Fellows of this scheme.
Subjects Covered
Research must be within the British Academy’s remit of Humanities and Social sciences, for a full list.
- Classical Antiquity
- Theology and Religious Studies
- Africa, Asia and the Middle East
- Linguistics and Philology
- Early Modern Languages and Literatures to 1830
- Modern Languages, Literatures and Other Media from 1830
- Archaeology
- Medieval Studies
- Early Modern History to 1850
- Modern History from 1850
- History of Art and Music
- Philosophy
- Law
- Economics and Economic History
- Anthropology and Geography
- Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics
- Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations
- Psychology
- Culture, Media and Performance
- Education
- Management and Business Studies
Award Information
- Newton International Fellowships last for two years. Funding consists of £30,000 per annum for subsistence costs, and up to £8,000 per annum research expenses, as well as a one-off payment of up to £3,500 for relocation expenses.
- Fellowships are expected to commence by the 31st March 2023.
- Awards cannot start before 1 October 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have a PhD or be in the final stage of their PhD provided that it will be completed (including viva) before the start date of the fellowship. Confirmation of award of the PhD will be required before any fellowship award is confirmed.
- Applicants should have no more than seven years active full-time postdoctoral experience at the time of application, including teaching experience, time spent in industry on research, honorary positions and/or visiting researcher positions. Career breaks must be clearly detailed and explained in the application, for example “Start and end dates – career break – maternity/paternity leave”.
- Applicants should be working outside the UK and should not hold UK citizenship at the time of application.
- Applicants who are not currently employed are still eligible but will need to provide details of their previous supervisor.
- Individuals already living, working or undertaking research in the UK are not eligible to apply.
- Individuals who have lived, worked or undertaken research in the UK in the 12 months prior to the application deadline are not eligible to apply.
- Individuals working outside the UK but employed by a UK organisation are also not eligible to apply.
- Applications from individuals who have not studied or worked in the UK previously are encouraged as the scheme aims to establish new links between the applicant and the UK.
- Applicants who completed their PhD at a UK organisation must have been working and based outside the UK for at least one year at the deadline for the application.
- Applicants proposing to return to their UK-based PhD organisation and/or PhD supervisor or to their Post-doctoral supervisor will normally be considered to be ineligible and so applicants must have exceptional reasons for proposing to do so.
- Proposed Fellowships must be carried out in the UK at the UK host organisation for the duration of the Fellowship.
- Applicants must be competent in oral and written English. The applicant must confirm their competency on the application form and the UK Co-applicant needs to include the applicant’s competency in their supporting statement.
- Individuals who have previously been in receipt of a Newton International Fellowship are not permitted to apply again.
- Applicants who have been unsuccessful in a previous round of the competition may make another application in this round.
For more information, visit https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/newton-international-fellowships/