The British Academy Visiting Fellowships for International Students 2025 (Up to £40,000)

The British Academy’s Visiting Fellowships programme provides outstanding academics based in any country overseas with the opportunity to be based at a UK higher education or other research institution. The programme is open to academics at any career stage, and in any discipline within the humanities and social sciences.

Visiting Fellowships illustrate the British Academy’s profound and on-going commitment to international engagement. The aim of this programme is to ensure that the UK remains an attractive, welcoming, and productive research environment for academics globally. Through this programme, the Academy aims to:

• Enhance and build new links between scholars from around the globe and in the UK;
• Foster opportunities and encourage the development of new and future partnerships for collaborative research into the humanities and social sciences
• To enable academics from across the globe to undertake research and/or professional development with UK colleagues;
• And strengthen the UK’s research bases in the humanities and the social sciences.

 

• Table of Content
• About The British Academy
• The British Academy Visiting Fellowships
• Aim and Benefits of The British Academy Visiting Fellowships
• Requirements for The British Academy Visiting Fellowships Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for The British Academy Visiting Fellowships
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About The British Academy

The British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. We mobilise these disciplines to understand the world and shape a brighter future.

The British Academy Visiting Fellowships

Application Deadline	23 Oct 2024
Value	£40,000
Country to study	United Kingdom
School to study	The British Academy
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	The British Academy
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of The British Academy Visiting Fellowships

Fellowship maximum funding available is £40,000.

Requirements for The British Academy Visiting Fellowships Qualification

• Visiting Fellows must be of postdoctoral level or above, or have equivalent research experience at the time of application.
• Candidates should be based outside of the UK at the time of application.
• Applicants may be on permanent or fixed-term contracts.
• Fixed-term contracts must not end before the end date of the Visiting Fellowship.
• Independent scholars are also welcome to apply.

Applicants must demonstrate that they have been in contact with their UK host institution prior to applying. Please note that the British Academy is not able to assist with locating of facilitating contact with a UK host institution.

The British Academy welcomes applications from a diverse range of UK host institutions, and would particularly encourage applications from historically and/or structurally disadvantaged groups, low-income countries, and female researchers.

 

Interview date, Process and Venue for The British Academy Visiting Fellowships

Visiting Fellowships are available for a period of between 3 to 6 months. Applicants will be asked to provide their preferred start date for their Fellowship over the spring and summer (March-August 2025).

Application Deadline

October 23, 2024

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to The British Academy on britishacademy.flexigrant.com to apply

Applications must be submitted online using the British Academy’s Grant Management System (GMS), Flexi-Grant®.

Deadline

The deadline for applications is 17:00 (GMT) on Wednesday, 23rd October 2024. 

For more details visit: The British Academy website.