About
University Awards enable humanities and social science researchers to gain permanent positions at academicorganisations.
Scheme at a glance
Career stage:Early, Intermediate, Returning to research
Level of funding:Salary and research expenses covered
Duration of funding:Up to 5 years
Eligibility and suitability
Who can apply
You can apply for a University Award if you've been nominated by a head of department at an eligible academic organisation.
Also, the head of the academic organisation (or someone with the same authority) must be able to guarantee that you'll get a permanent academic position at the end of the University Award.
You should have a PhD or the equivalent experience, and have built up a competitive track record in a relevant area of research.
The academic organisation should be in the UK, Republic of Ireland or a low- or middle-income country.
Go to the World Bank website (opens in a new tab) to see a list of low- and middle-income countries.
Who can't apply
If you hold a permanent academic post, you're not eligible to apply for this award.
Other schemes
Research Fellowships in Humanities and Social Science
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Seed Awards in Humanities and Social Science
Helping researchers develop compelling and innovative ideas that may go on to form part of larger grant applications.
Investigator Awards in Humanities and Social Science
Offering flexible funding support to researchers in established posts at all career stages working on important questions of relevance to health.
Full details of Investigator Awards in Humanities and Social Science
What we offer
A University Award provides support for up to five years at lecturer, senior-lecturer or reader level. After this, we expect you to take up a permanent position at the academic organisation.
During its first three years, the award allows you to focus on research rather than teaching and administration. Support includes:
- a basic salary (determined by your host organisation)
- personal removal expenses
- research expenses for the first three years and travel expenses to attend meetings for the full duration of the award
You can also apply for public engagement funds to involve the public in your research.
What we don’t offer
We don't fund on a proportion of full economic costs in UK universities.
How to apply
You must submit your application through the Wellcome Trust Grant Tracker (WTGT) which can be found in the "Further official information" below.
If your project involves the digitisation of analogue material – including text, audio and video – for use over the web, please read our Technical guidelines for digitisation projects [PDF 148KB] before you apply.
Stages of application
1. Submit your preliminary application
We'll assess your eligibility, suitability and competitiveness. If suitable, we'll invite you to submit a full application.
2. Submit your full application
View a sample full application form for University Awards in Humanities and Social Science [PDF 1.7MB].
3. Review and shortlisting
The Medical Humanities Expert Review Group or the Society and Ethics Expert Review Group will review your application, depending on the area of your proposed research. If your full application is successful at this stage, you'll be invited for interview.
4. Peer review
We'll seek written comments from external expert reviewers – we encourage you to suggest appropriate people. Unattributed comments will be sent to you before your interview.
5. Interview
The Medical Humanities Interview Committee or the Society and Ethics Interview Committee will interview shortlisted candidates at the Wellcome Trust offices in London. We can pay your travel and accommodation costs.
Dates
We consider applications twice a year.
July 2016 round
- Preliminary application deadline
6 July 2016 - Full application deadline
20 September 2016 - Shortlisting
November 2016 - Interviews
January 2017
January 2017 round
- Preliminary application deadline
18 January 2017 - Full application deadline
22 March 2017 - Shortlisting
May 2017 - Interviews
July 2017
For more information click "Further official information" below
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/university-awards-humanities-and-social-science