UBEL ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in UK

UBEL ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now available. Scholars from all over the world are welcome to apply. All applicants must have completed their PhD within 12 months at the time of application. Three winners will be selected to receive the awards.

Award Value
The total cost for each fellowship can include the following:

  • Fellow’s salary costs
  • Indirect costs
  • Estate Costs
  • Up to £10,000 of other costs (to include costs such as mentoring costs, travel and subsistence, conference attendance, training, and fieldwork, for example).

Level and Area of Studies
Postdoctoral program in any of the fields offered.

Place of Study
In the United Kingdom.

Eligibility and Criteria

  • The call is open to applicants who have completed their PhD at a research organization that is part of a DTP or CDT and who are within 12 months* of having completed their Ph.D. At the submission deadline, the applicant must either have been awarded a PhD or have submitted their thesis and passed their viva voce with minor corrections, with the expectation that the PhD will be awarded by the fellowship start date.
  • This opportunity is open to applicants who have completed their PhD at a research organization (RO) that is part of a DTP or CDT and must be held at an RO that is part of a DTP or CDT eligible to participate in this initiative and aligned to an accredited pathway: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding/funding-opportunities/postdoctoral-fellowships/
  • Applicants are eligible for funding whether or not they are established members of the RO at which they are applying. Applicants who are not established members must be accommodated by the RO and provided with appropriate facilities to carry out the fellowship. Further details about the eligibility of applicants can be found in the Research Funding Guide. The call is not open to applicants who are established, permanent members of staff in an academic position with a research component.
  • Applicants do not have to have had an ESRC-funded studentship in order to be eligible to apply.

Applicants’ Nationality
International citizens may apply this program.

Application Instruction
All applicants must submit proposals on the provided submission form along with required attachments by the deadline to the DTP or CDT they are applying to (http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding/funding-opportunities/postdoctoral-fellowships/).

Submission Deadline
March 23, 2020.

Website and Application Link