ESRC postdoctoral fellowships

Opportunity status: Open Funders: Funding type: Fellowship Publication date: 21 February 2024 Opening date: 19 February 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 16 May 2024 4:00pm UK time

Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship to develop:

• publications
• networks
• research skills
• professional skills

You must:

• have completed your PhD at a UK research organisation
• have less than 12 months’ active postdoctoral experience (at full-time rate) measured from passing your viva voce to the competition closing date

Fellowships must be held at a research organisation that is part of a Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) and aligned to an accredited subject area.

Your application can be from a single discipline or a combination of disciplines, but social sciences must make up at least 50% of your fellowship activities.

You can apply for this funding opportunity if you have:

• completed your PhD at a UK research organisation
• less than 12 months of active postdoctoral experience from passing your viva voce to the competition closing date

At the closing date, you must either have been awarded a PhD or have submitted your thesis and passed your viva voce with minor corrections. It is expected that the PhD will be awarded by the fellowship start date.

If major corrections are required to your thesis, you will not be eligible for this year’s funding opportunity.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all funding applicants. We encourage applications from a diverse range of researchers.

We support people to work in a way that suits their personal circumstances. This includes:

• career breaks
• support for people with caring responsibilities
• flexible working
• alternative working patterns

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