The British Academy Research Readerships and Senior Research Fellowships

The British Academy is pleased to announce the results of the latest competition for Research Readerships and Senior Research Fellowships, for awards which will be taken up in the autumn of 2000. This year, the overall number of applicants for these awards has remained very high: 167 scholars (the same number as last year) entered the competition. There were 127 applications for the 2-year Research Readerships, and this intense competition has been recognised by the Academy’s decision to make 14 awards this year (2 more than were taken up after the last competition). There was, however, a significant drop in the numbers of applications for the Senior Research Fellowships, which are generously funded by the Leverhulme Trust. 78 applications were originally received, and the Academy has decided to offer just the 7 awards covered by the Leverhulme Trust’s grant this year, and not to extend the numbers as was done last year with supplementary public funding. It has also been decided that the Thank-Offering to Britain Fellowship should not be offered this year, since none of the strongest candidates in the competition had a suitable topic for this award.

The following awards have been made:

A full list of awards is available.

NOTES TO EDITORS

Published:

09 August 2000

  1. The British Academy, established by Royal Charter in 1902, is an independent learned society promoting the humanities and social sciences. It is composed of Fellows elected in recognition of their distinction as scholars in the humanities and social sciences.

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