INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN THE HUMANITIES

APPLICATION FOR NEWBY TRUST POSTDOCTORAL BURSARY

• This form can be copied and pasted into a Word document. The completed form can then be sent as an email attachment to iash@ed.ac.uk
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1. Surname: ........................................ Forenames: ....................................................... Title: ..............

Date of Birth: .......................

Educational qualifications, with dates (N.B. It is a condition of Newby Trust Ltd. that the recipient of the Bursary must have a proven educational record in the United Kingdom):

Career Details:





Address to which correspondence should be sent:

2.  Title of proposed research project in Edinburgh

3. Summary of Project (not more than 50 words in terms which will be understood by a non-specialist in the subject):

4. Name and address of the academic institution to which you are now attached, or previous institution (as appropriate):

Tel.No.:................................................... ..............(office) ......................................................... (home)

Fax No.:................................................................ E-Mail:........................................................

Position held:

5. Date of any previous application made for a Fellowship of the Institute:

6. If your application for the Newby Trust Bursary is unsuccessful, would you wish to be considered for one of the Institute's Postdoctoral Bursaries? YES / NO (delete as appropriate)

7. How did you hear of the Fellowships?

8. Major publications. (Please distinguish between books, articles and reviews, giving full references and page-numbers.)

9. Describe (in 300-500 words, on a separate sheet) your research project, and the significance of its interdisciplinary nature as a contribution to knowledge.

10. Give details of any contacts you have made with University of Edinburgh researchers in relation to your research project, and (where appropriate) collaboration(s) you would hope to undertake while at the Institute.

11. Names and addresses of two or more referees: (Candidates must ask that their referees write IN CONFIDENCE directly to the Institute: The Institute will not itself communicate with referees).

Signature of applicant:..........................................................  Date:..............................................

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