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Senate House Library

Visiting Research Fellowship

Senate House Library (in partnership with the Friends of Senate House Library) invites applications for a Visiting Research Fellowship.

Visiting Research Fellowship Scheme

Senate House Library (in partnership with the Friends of Senate House Library) invites applications for up to two Visiting Research Fellowships to make use of the Library’s world-class collections. 

The following awards are available in 2025-26:

  • Up to TWO awards of £1500 to support a fellowship of up to 2 weeks.

As well as 50 named special collections and over 1,800 collections of archives and manuscripts, from the Middle Ages to present day, Senate House Library provides access to over a million printed items, in addition to a nationally significant collection of print and electronic journals and a growing range of e-resources and e-books, thus making it one of the foremost research libraries for the study of the arts, humanities and social sciences.

The Library is also a prime cultural destination in the heart of London, offering an innovative and exciting programme of exhibitions and events to a wide range of audiences.

Senate House Library’s collections are particularly strong in the areas outlined below. Applicants are strongly encouraged to refer to one or more of these collecting and subject strengths in their application to ensure their project is aligned with the Library’s research priorities.

  • Book Studies
  • Commonwealth Studies
  • Digital Humanities
  • English Literature
  • Environmental Humanities
  • Exile, Migration and Cultural Memory
  • French, Francophone, Spanish, Portuguese, Lusophone, and Italian
    Germanic
  • History
  • Latin American Studies
  • Magic and the Paranormal
  • Manuscript Studies and Palaeography
  • United States Studies

The Fellowship will give applicants from outside of the University of London the opportunity to undertake uninterrupted research on Senate House Library’s collections for a period of up to two weeks.  

Further details and how to apply