Newby Trust Postdoctoral Bursary 2011-12 |
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As a result of a generous donation from Newby Trust Ltd. the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh is able to offer a Newby Trust Postdoctoral Bursary for interdisciplinary work in any area of the Humanities and Social Science in the academic year 2011-12. The value of the bursary is £10,000, and the successful candidate will be Newby Trust Fellow at IASH. The Fellow will have a private office in the Institute with full research support and facilities. The Fellowship will be for nine months from September 2011; some flexibility of dates may be possible. The recipient will be expected to be resident in Edinburgh during the tenure of the Fellowship. No teaching is required, but the successful applicant may be able to supplement the bursary by contributing, by arrangement with the appropriate Head of subject area, to undergraduate teaching programmes. All Fellows of the Institute are expected to take part in the Institute's research programme and to offer a paper in one of the research seminars during their Fellowship. There are opportunities to participate in and to design seminars, workshops, colloquia etc at the Institute, and to collaborate with colleagues working in similar areas of research. The Institute's arrangements particularly encourage interdisciplinary collaboration. The Newby Trust has stipulated that the Bursary shall be awarded at the discretion of the Institute on the basis of merit, including need, and that the recipient must have a proven educational record in the United Kingdom. Applicants must have been awarded a doctorate, normally within the last three years, and should not have held a permanent position at a university, or a previous Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies. Those who have held temporary and / or short term appointments are eligible to apply. Application Details The closing date for the receipt of applications is 8 July 2011. Applications received after that date will not be considered. Decisions will be communicated in early August. Please ensure that you supply a valid email address so that you can be contacted quickly after decisions are made. The completed application form can be sent as an email attachment to iash@ed.ac.uk or by post (by airmail from outside the UK) to: The Institute for Advanced
Studies in the Humanities References Applicants should ask two or more referees to write, in confidence, directly to the Institute Director at the address above or by email to iash@ed.ac.uk by 8 July 2011. Referees should comment on the nature and quality of the research proposal, as well as on the qualifications of the applicant. One referee should certify the successful completion and viva (defence) of the candidate's PhD thesis. Notes: 1. Applicants must have a proven educational record in the United Kingdom. 2. Consideration will be given to the academic record and the publications of all applicants and their capacity to disseminate their views among a community of like-minded people. Candidates should give evidence of any contact they have made with researchers at the University of Edinburgh, and are encouraged to make such contact before submitting their applications. 3. Applicants should be able to provide, or ask their referees to provide, evidence of a successful outcome to a PhD viva at the time of applying. 4. Only fully completed formal applications will be considered. It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure that all documentation is complete, and that referees submit their reports to Edinburgh by the closing date. Candidates may like to submit a copy of any one article or publication that is thought to be specially relevant to the research proposal and Fellowship submission. It must be emphasised, however, that no such submitted publication will be returned to the candidate. 5. The Institute was established in 1970 by the Faculty of Arts to promote enquiry of the highest standards in the Humanities, broadly conceived to include Social Sciences. Inter-departmental and inter-disciplinary study is particularly encouraged. 6. Fellows hold one or two seminars during their tenure, and submit a report on their research at the end of their Fellowship. No regular teaching is required, although opportunities may be available, by agreement with Heads of subject. It is expected that Fellows will be in residence throughout the tenure of their Fellowship and will contribute fully to the life of the Institute during that time. The Institute will be pleased to help with finding suitable accommodation in Edinburgh. 7. The Institute is near the University Library and within easy reach of the National Library of Scotland, the Central City Library, the National Galleries and Museums, the Library of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland, the library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the National Archives of Scotland. 8. The dates of the University of Edinburgh semesters for 2011-12 are as follows: Semester 1: 19 September - 21 December 2011; Semester 2: 16 January - 16 April 2012. 9. Applicants for the Newby Trust Postdoctoral Bursary who are not successful in that competition, and who are eligible, will automatically be considered for one of the Institute's Postdoctoral Bursaries. Applicants should indicate if they do not wish to be considered.
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