The Institute is pleased to announce a new Fellowship programme for 2025-26, centred on public engagement, research dissemination, outreach and knowledge exchange.
The Public Engagement Fellowship programme is aimed at postdoctoral researchers, typically up to three years post-PhD, who are seeking to develop their public engagement skills. If you are an early-career researcher with ideas for a bold, innovative, ambitious project with community-building at the heart, we would love to hear from you.
The Fellowship comes with a monthly stipend of £2,000, and a separate budget of up to £2,500 as seed funding for events in and around Edinburgh, as well as the option to apply for up to £750 for additional on-campus activity.
Training will be available in a variety of outreach and public engagement skills. We do not expect applicants to already possess all the skills needed. The Fellowship is self-directed, focusing on your own research, which should be within the arts, humanities or social sciences, or an associated interdisciplinary field such as medical humanities or veterinary humanities. Proposals which fit within our 2025-26 theme of Making A Nation will be especially welcomed.
Applications will open in early January, with a final deadline of 25 April 2025. Find out more here.