Hi
if you are an early-career researcher, with a PhD awarded after October 2006, and you are planning to apply for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (closing date 26 November) then we will be prepared to support one candidate in this competition (i.e. to support their resarch to be conducted at Leeds, and to provide the required opportunities for limited teaching experience in disability studies etc).
Competition is very considerable and it is essential to have a strong track record, excellent potential, and to link your application with the best institution to host your field of research.
If this is the right scheme for you, and you have an outstanding contirbution to make to disability studies, then send me a brief outline by 23 October at the latest.
Please read the guidance and regulations very carefully before you do anything else.
You may wish to register on the British Academy's EGAP application system to access more guidance and information. https://e-gap.britac.ac.uk
Best wishes
Mark Priestley
Professor of Disability Policy
Centre for Disability Studies
University of Leeds
LEEDS
LS2 9JT
UK
www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies<http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies>
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
Aim of the scheme
The British Academy's aim in making these awards is to offer opportunities for 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. The primary emphasis is on completion of a significant piece of publishable research, which will be assisted by full membership of an academic community of established scholars working in similar fields. The Fellowships will be tenable for three years from autumn 2010 in a United Kingdom university or other higher education institution, and are not renewable.
Number of awards and strength of competition
It is expected that up to 45 Postdoctoral Fellowships in the humanities and social sciences will be available in this year's competition. In recent years the strength of competition for the available awards has been intense. The success rate last year was around 6%, when more than 700 applications were received and 43 awards were made. It is anticipated that the success rate is unlikely to be significantly higher in 2010.
Suitable subjects for award
Suitable subjects for the Fellowship include any field of study within the humanities or social sciences.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants will be expected to have some association with the UK academic community, and to be at an early career stage, (in possession of a doctoral degree by 1 April 2010), not already holding, nor having held, a permanent university post. Further information about these requirements is given below but anyone in doubt about their eligibility or any other aspect of their proposed application is advised to consult the British Academy before completing their application.
a) Association with the UK academic community
There are three particular groups of people who are directly eligible: British citizens; anyone of whatever nationality who has obtained (or expects to have obtained by 1 April 2010) a doctorate from a UK university; and EEA (European Economic Area) nationals (regardless of whether or not they have a UK doctorate). It is unlikely that anyone who does not fall into one of these categories will be accepted as eligible, but an applicant not otherwise meeting these conditions who can, nevertheless, demonstrate a strong prior association with the UK academic community, may be considered.
b) Early Career Status
The British Academy has no age criterion for these awards. No account will be taken by the selectors of an applicant's physical age. Instead, eligible applicants are expected to be at an early stage of their career. Early career is defined as being within a three year period from the formal award of a doctorate (for this round of competition, on or after 1 October 2006), but with the possibility of exemption where there are good reasons, provided the applicant can demonstrate that they have a reasonable period in an academic career ahead of them.
It is an absolute requirement of eligibility that an applicant must already be of postdoctoral status at the time when the Committee of Final Award meets, as no conditional awards will be made. Applicants who expect to have had their viva by 1 April, but have not yet had the date formally confirmed at the time of making an application will be eligible for consideration, but will have to withdraw their application if the examination is not completed on time.
No applicant who has been appointed to a permanent academic post in an institution of higher education at any time in his or her career will be eligible.
Proposed Institution
These awards are made to individual scholars for their merit and not as an award to the host institution in order to supply a gap in that institution's research profile. However, applicants are advised to give serious consideration to their choice of institution to ensure that they will be entering a suitable environment for their field of research. The British Academy's e-GAP system requires that the relevant approver on behalf of the institution approves the application to confirm that the institution is aware of the application, and agrees, in the event of the Academy inviting a second-stage submission, to provide further information, including the Full Economic Costing of the application. It may be necessary for institutions to have plenty of notice of the intention to submit an application, and they may well have internal deadlines ahead of the Academy's deadline for submission. Contact with the proposed institution at the earliest possible opportunity is very strongly recommended.
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