Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships in History, Classics and Archaeology
We are very pleased to announce that Birkbeck will be supporting a number of applications for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships in the coming year. Our staff could serve as mentors for a wide range of projects on history, classics or archaeology, with departmental research expertise ranging from prehistory to the present.
Early Career Fellowships at Birkbeck aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers, but who have a proven record of research.
How to apply
Eligible applicants will need to complete a short proforma (available below) describing their research and submit it to us at rescomp@bbk.ac.uk to allow for the selection of the best candidates as assessed on the basis of research excellence (ie the scholarly importance of their project, the ability of the applicant to carry out the research successfully, the feasibility of the proposed research programme, especially the proposed methodology and timescale, and the applicant’s publication record to date).
All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are eligible to apply for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship.
Before writing their applications, applicants are asked to carefully check the guidance to applicants on the Leverhulme website.
All applicants will need to identify a mentor prior to submitting their application. Applicants should discuss their applications with the mentor, ideally by 1 December 2017. Applications submitted without the support of a mentor will not be considered.
All applicants must complete a proforma and submit it, along with a CV, by email by 6 January 2018.
All applicants will receive feedback from the Research Strategy Group by by 30 January 2018.
Selected applicants will be supported by a mentor, who will work with them on their application and will guide them as they go through Birkbeck’s approval process for applicants.