Postdoctoral Fellowships

This scheme is designed to enable outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment, which will develop their curriculum vitae and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent lecturing posts by the end of the Fellowship. Applicants are expected to be at an early stage of their academic career.

The selection process is conducted over two stages, in order to reduce the burden on HEIs. 

• Level of award: Awards are offered under the Full Economic Costing regime. Directly incurred salary costs on host institution’s local pay scale, commensurate with equivalent appointments offering similar duties and responsibilities within the host institution’s own internal pay framework; plus limited research expenses; directly allocated costs, including mentor’s time, and estates, and indirect costs.
• Period of award: Awards are tenable for three years (not renewable) from a starting date normally in September or October 2010, and certainly no later than 1 January 2011.
• Number of awards: It is anticipated that up to 45 awards may be available to be taken up in the autumn of 2010.
• Annual competition (two-stage process)
• Applications available now

• Deadline for submission of outline proposals: 26 November 2009
• Results of outline stage expected: January 2010
• Research beginning on or after: 1 September 2010
• A smaller group of the most outstanding applicants will then be invited to submit second-stage applications for a deadline in March 2010, final decisions in May.
• Method of application:  Applications must be submitted via e-GAP2, the Academy's electronic grant application system.
  
• See past awards made under this scheme