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Fellowships at University of London
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The University of London offers a wealth of opportunities for researchers from around the world to join our supportive and enriching research community through our wide-ranging fellowship programme.
The University of London offers an exceptional programme of fellowships in the arts, humanities, social sciences and human rights, with opportunities to be based in London and our Institute in Paris.
Beyond merely receiving funding, researchers at all stages of their career can benefit from the world-leading resources of our research libraries and the highly supportive, interdisciplinary research communities fostered in our specialist centres and institutes.
The School of Advanced Study runs over 30 fellowship schemes, outlined below, which attract researchers from around the globe. It also welcomes around 140 visiting research fellows each year who benefit from the School’s unique research resources and multidisciplinary scholarly community.
School of Advanced Study Fellowships
The School of Advanced Study hosts fellows who are funded by external bodies, charities and institutions, including the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Academy and the Royal Society.
Visiting fellowships in Human Rights are offered to researchers who are committed to helping develop the activities of the Human Rights Consortium as well as pursuing their own research.
The Institute of English Studies offers two fellowships aimed at researchers with interests in the English language and its literatures (including other national and international literatures in English), the History of the Book, and in cognate fields of study.
- Early Career Research Fellowship: researchers who are within five years of the award of their doctorate, non-stipendiary, up to a year.
- Research Fellowship: non-stipendiary, six months to three years.
Find out more about IES fellowships.
Inclusion, Participation and Engagement Fellowships, supported by Research England Research Culture Funding, are part of a range of activities embedding inclusion, participation and engagement in research in the humanities.
As part of this, the Institutes of Classical Studies, Commonwealth Studies, English Studies and Languages, Cultures and Societies are able to offer five Early Career Fellowships in the field of languages, literatures, human rights and cultures. In addition to pursuing a research programme, Fellows will contribute to activities promoting inclusion, participation and engagement in research.
These might include making recommendations for training the School should develop for postgraduate research students and early career researchers and other activities that will help advance, promote and support research in the humanities nationally.
Find out more about Inclusion, Participation and Engagement Fellowships.
The Institute of Advanced Legal Study offers four fellowships and welcomes researchers in any area of legal scholarship who can benefit from its strengths in UK and foreign law.
- Visiting Fellowships: by application each year; see the Institute's website for details on how to apply.
- Inns of Court Fellowship: one Fellowship awarded per annum. Nominations must be made by the Chief Justice of the jurisdiction. Tenure: normally three months. Non-stipendiary, but accommodation will be provided.
- Visiting Fellowship in Law Librarianship: by application each year; see the Institute's website for details on how to apply. Tenure: between three and 12 months. Non-stipendiary.
- Associate Research Fellowships: by appointment of the Institute's Advisory Council. Conferred on persons participating in Institute research activities and/or assisting with MPhil/PhD research supervision, thereby enabling them to benefit from library and other facilities equivalent to those enjoyed by other members of staff.
The Institute of Classical Studies offers five main fellowships as well as non-stipendiary research fellowships for scholars working in the fields of Ancient Greek and Latin languages and literature, Ancient History, Mycenaean Studies, Classical Archaeology and Ancient Philosophy.
- Early Career Research Associate: non-stipendiary, up to three years.
- Visiting Fellowship: non-stipendiary, between three months and 12 months.
- T B L Webster Fellowship: awarded to scholars from universities outside the UK, minimum six weeks, allowance towards cost of travel and accommodation.
- A. D. Trendall Fellowship: appointed every other year, awarded to scholars from universities outside the UK, minimum six weeks, allowance towards cost of travel and accommodation.
- Dorothy Tarrant Fellowship: awarded to scholars from universities outside the UK, minimum six weeks, allowance towards cost of travel and accommodation.
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies offers a number of fellowships each year that aim to further its ambition to promote inter-disciplinary and inter-regional research on the Commonwealth and its member nations.
- Visiting Research Fellowship: non-stipendiary, three months to 1 year.
- Senior Research Fellowship: non-stipendiary, up to three years.
- Associate Fellowship: UK-based researchers.
- Henry Charles Chapman Visiting Fellowship: one Fellowship awarded biennially. Tenure: between three and 12 months, funded (not more than £4,000).
The Institute of Historical Research administers seven fellowships which aim to help postgraduate, postdoctoral and other research.
- IHR Doctoral Fellowships in History: 6 month fellowship open to candidates registered for a PhD at the University of London.
- Economic History Society Fellowships: One-year postdoctoral fellowships in economic and/or social history.
- Past and Present Fellowships: Stipendiary awards for post-doctoral researchers, available for two years.
- Pearsall Fellowship in Modern Naval History: One-year post-doctoral fellowship in naval and maritime history.
- Doctoral Fellowship in Black British History: An award to help students in the final stage of their graduate studies to complete their doctoral project.
- Senior Fellowship: non-stipendiary, up to three years.
- Associate Fellowship: fellowships intended to enable wider collaboration on issues relevant to the study of history and its importance in society.
The Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies offers opportunities for visiting scholars, with or without funding, to conduct research into any field relevant to the work of the Institute.
- Non-Stipendiary Visiting Fellowships and Scholarships
- Funded Fellowships and Scholarships in Germanic Studies
- Funded Fellowship in German Studies
- Funded Fellowships in German-Speaking Exile Studies
- CLACS Early Career Fellowship in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
The Institute of Philosophy welcomes fellowship applications from philosophers who wish to visit London and benefit from the many other philosophical activities offered within the Institute and nearby.
- Collaborative Visiting Fellowship: open to applicants from non-UK institutions, stipend towards travel and accommodation for up to two months.
- Non-stipendiary Fellowship: three to six months, applications open all year round.
The Warburg Institute offers five fellowships to researchers engaged in the interdisciplinary study of the classical tradition, bringing together the elements of European thought, literature, art and institutions which derive from the ancient world.
- Frances A Yates Long Term Fellowships: post-doctoral Fellowships to support research on projects on any aspect of cultural, intellectual or art history. The awards provide financial support towards living and subsistence costs in London for nine to twelve months.
- Ouseley Short-Term Research Fellowship: three months stipendiary fellowship to support research on Arabic, Persian, Hindustani and other Oriental languages in this country.
- Associate Fellowship: Academic researchers who are not affiliated to a university or similar centre of Higher Education, up to three years.
- Visiting Fellowship
- Senior Research Fellowship
Institute in Paris fellowships
The University of London Institute in Paris, in collaboration with the Institute of Historical Research, the London Policy and Research partnership, the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), offers the Banister Fletcher Global Fellowship. The Fellowship aims to foster interdisciplinary research that reflects and informs the ways urban environments are responding to deepening inequalities and environmental crisis, as well as the effects of rising nationalism. It encourages candidates to consider how their work will benefit the Paris-London framework, while also contributing to the development of it.
Find out more about the Banister Fletcher Global Fellowship.
Centre for Online and Distance Education fellowships
The Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) offers a number of fellowships that aim to bring together an inclusive representation of thought leaders in research, academic practice and leadership in online and distance education. The Fellows include diverse roles, from teachers and course leaders to researchers, educational technologists, learning designers and policy advisors.
Find out about fellowships at CODE.
