The British Academy's Visiting Fellowships Programme - 2023

Dear faculty,

The applications for the The British Academy's Visiting Fellowships Programme are open until 30 Nov 2022 - 17:00 GMT.

This programme enables academics from any country overseas, in any discipline within the humanities and social sciences, to be based at a UK higher education or other research institution of their choice and develop collaborative projects with UK colleagues. The fellowships are available for a period of between three to six months. Applicants will be asked to provide their preferred start date for their Fellowship over the spring and summer (March-August 2023). The maximum funding available is £33,000.

Applications must be submitted online using the British Academy's Grant Management System (GMS), Flexi-Grant® before Wednesday, 30 Nov 2022 - 17:00 GMT.

Eligibility requirements

• Visiting Fellows must be of postdoctoral level or above, or have equivalent research experience at the time of application.
• Candidates should be based outside of the UK at the time of application.
• Applicants may be on permanent or fixed-term contracts. Fixed-term contracts must not end before the end date of the Visiting Fellowship.
• Independent scholars are also welcomed to apply
• Applicants must demonstrate that they have been in contact with their UK host institution prior to applying. Please note that the British Academy is not able to assist with locating of facilitating contact with a UK host institution.

The British Academy encourage applications from historically and/or structurally disadvantaged groups, low-income countries, and female researchers.

For more details about the Visiting Fellowship programme, including eligibility requirements, please see the attached scheme notes.

Official announcement: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/visiting-fellowships/.