Level: Postdoctoral
Scholarship Description:The Economic History Society, in conjunction with the Institute of Historical Research, offers up to five one-year Research Fellowships in Economic/Social History, tenable at the Institute. Fellows will not be required to be resident in London but should participate in the activities of the Institute by attendance at – and the presentation of a paper to – an appropriate seminar series and by networking with fellow scholars. They must be affiliated to a UK university for the period of their Fellowship.
The Fellowships will be paid at the ESRC level in the session 2011–12. As a guideline, the ESRC level for 2010–11 was £15,590 per annum for students enrolled at institutions within London and £13,590 for those outside. The stipend will be payable in four instalments through the Institute.
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In addition, the Economic History Society will fund travel costs for each Research Fellow for up to four visits to the Institute of Historical Research during the period of their Fellowship, subject to the provision of receipts and the Society’s standard procedures for funding travelling expenses.
The Fellowships are open to candidates with a degree from a UK university.EHS Fellows who are not British nationals may require a visa, and, if so, must ascertain what category of visa is most suitable for them. The University of London is licensed to issue sponsorship certificates for Tier 5 visas. If Fellows need to enter the UK under a Tier 5 visa, they should apply for a sponsorship certificate through the IHR Fellowship Office, which they can then use in their visa application to the Home Office.
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The Fellowships will be awarded either: (a) to postdoctoral candidates who should normally have recently completed a doctoral degree in economic/social history or (b) to graduates who are engaged in the completion of a doctoral degree in economic/social history and who must have completed at least 3 years’ full-time or 6 years’ part-time research.
It is the intention of the Economic History Society to promote work of a kind that might be published in the leading refereed academic journals in economic/social history. Fellows will be expected to pursue research in economic/social history at an advanced level with a view to publication.
These awards cannot be held in conjunction with any other substantial maintenance grant.At the discretion of the Director of the Institute, Fellows may engage in teaching or other paid work for up to 6 hours per week.
Fellows will also be required to submit a brief report to the Director of the Institute, and through him to the Society, on their achievements while holding the Fellowship and also on the subsequent progress of their careers in the academic year following the end of the Fellowship.
Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 April 2011
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