Application form

Applications are now closed for all Fellowships for 2024-25, with the exception of the British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowship. The next deadline for mid-career and senior applicants will close in February 2025, and for postdoctoral applicants in April 2025.

All applicants are requested to read the following information carefully before completing their applications.
1) IASH does not support research in the sciences. If your work is in chemistry, biology, mathematics, medicine, engineering, etc. please DO NOT complete this application. Interdisciplinary topics such as history of science, medical humanities and veterinary humanities can be supported, and we welcome research in those areas.
2) You must have contacted staff at the University of Edinburgh before making your application. Your main collaborator / mentor should be named in the form below. If you list a member of staff at another university as your mentor / collaborator, your application will be rejected. It is the applicant's responsibility to make contact with staff at the University of Edinburgh and to gain their agreement to act as mentor, but they do not need to provide a letter of support or reference.
3) You must ensure that your referees submit their references to iash@ed.ac.uk by the deadline. Applications without references will not be considered.

Which Fellowship Programme are you applying to? *

Surname *

Forename *

Academic Title (e.g. Prof, Dr...) (optional)

Highest educational qualification (including year of award) *

Current job title *

Organisation/Affiliation *

Address to which correspondence should be sent

Street Address

Apt, Suite, Bldg. (optional)

City

State / Province / Region

Postal / Zip Code

Country

Email *

Where did you hear about IASH Fellowships? *

Title of proposed research project *

Summary of project (50 words) *

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

University of Edinburgh contact/mentor with whom you have discussed your proposed research *

You must name a current or emeritus/emerita member of staff at the University of Edinburgh in order for your application to be eligible. Applications which do not have support from at least one member of staff at Edinburgh will not be considered. Full details of all staff research interests are available on the university website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/

Proposed length of Fellowship in number of months (maximum 10 months) *

(for guidelines, please consult the web page for the Fellowship Programme to which you are applying)

Proposed fellowship period first choice (e.g. September - December)

Proposed fellowship period second choice (e.g. November - February)

Will you be on paid leave from your home institution, or in receipt of other research funding during your fellowship? *

Yes

If 'Yes', please give details.

Please give the details of any other research funding during your fellowship

If not successful, would you be able to accept an unfunded Visiting Research Fellowship?

Yes

If you are applying for one of our funded Fellowship programmes and are not successful, would you like your application to also be considered for the current round of unfunded Visiting Research Fellowships? This assumes you have access to departmental / grant / sabbatical funding to support your visit. NOTE: VRFs are also selected on merit via competitive application.

Date of birth *

Day

Month

Year

Place of birth *

Citizenship *

Signature of applicant

Please enter your name *

Please enter your name

Today's date: 7:59am May 18, 2024

Supporting documents

Please upload your CV, Research Proposal and Cover Letter as separate documents in .doc, .docx or .pdf format. Please use an easy-to-read font, such as Arial or Times in 11pt or 12pt. Your files should be named 'LASTNAME,Firstname-CV' and 'LASTNAME,Firstname-ResearchProposal' and 'LASTNAME,Firstname-CoverLetter' respectively. Research Proposals that exceed the specified word limit (details below) will not be considered. Additional supporting documents (articles, etc) may be emailed to IASH@ed.ac.uk

Cover letter *

Please upload your cover letter (maximum 2 pages), which must outline how your Fellowship will support the British Council’s objectives for this programme.
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Files must be less than 2 MB.
Allowed file types: rtf pdf doc docx odt.

CV *

Please upload your academic CV (maximum 4 pages).
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Files must be less than 2 MB.
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Research proposal *

OUTLINE OF RESEARCH (500-750 Words) Describe the research you would like to undertake during an IASH Fellowship, including a brief overview of the background, methodologies and potential outputs. Research which is innovative and/or interdisciplinary is particularly encouraged. IMPORTANCE & TIMELINESS (Max. 250 Words) Describe why your proposed research is important and how it will make a contribution to your chosen field at this point in time. RELEVANCE TO EDINBURGH & COLLABORATIVE OUTCOMES (Max. 250 Words) Describe the relevance of your research to the priorities of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh, and/or the importance to your work of research resources specific to the Edinburgh context. Include details of any further contacts you have made with academic staff at the University of Edinburgh, as well as any planned collaborative outcomes. References and footnotes are not included in the word count.
More information

Files must be less than 5 MB.
Allowed file types: rtf pdf doc docx.

Notes on funding:

IASH-SSPS Visiting Research Fellowship applicants: If you would like to be considered for travel and funding support, please include a concise budget in your Research Proposal document.

Environmental Humanities Visiting Research Fellowship applicants: all VRF applications with research interests relevant to to the environmental humanities will be considered for this small grant.

Visiting Research Fellowship applicants: please be aware these Fellowships are unfunded.

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