Newton Advanced Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences 2017, UK

Publish Date: Jan 26, 2017

Deadline: Mar 15, 2017

Newton Advanced Fellowships provide early to mid-career international researchers who already have a track record with an opportunity to develop their research strengths and capabilities, and those of their group or network, through training, collaboration and visits with a partner in the UK.

Newton Advanced Fellowships provide early to mid-career international researchers who already have a track record with an opportunity to develop their research strengths and capabilities, and those of their group or network, through training, collaboration and visits with a partner in the UK.

The award enables international researchers based in a country covered by the Newton Fund to establish and develop collaborations with the UK with the intention of transferring knowledge and research capabilities. The skills and knowledge gained should contribute to advancing economic development and social welfare of the partner country.

Aims

The aim of the Newton Advanced Fellowships is to:

- Support the development of a well-trained research community who can contribute to advancing economic development and social welfare of the partner country by transferring new skills and creating new knowledge.

- Strengthen research excellence in partner countries by supporting promising independent, early to mid-career researchers and their research groups and networks to develop their research through training, collaboration, reciprocal visits and the transfer of knowledge and skills from the UK.

- Establish long-term links between the best research groups and networks in partner countries and the UK to ensure that improvements in research capacity are sustainable in the longer term.

Eligibility requirements

Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent research experience and hold a permanent or fixed-term contract in an eligible university or research institute in a partner country, which must span the duration of the project. Collaborations should focus on a single project involving the overseas-based researcher (“the Applicant”) and a UK-based researcher (“the Co-applicant”). Applicants should have not more than 15 years postdoctoral research experience.

The British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowships cover researchers working in all disciplines within the social sciences and humanities. Newton Advanced Fellowships awarded by the British Academy are currently only available for researchers in the following countries:

  • Malaysia
  • Thailand
  • Turkey

For more information please see the detailed scheme notes. Note that some partner countries have specific eligibility requirements so please check the guidance carefully.

Value and Duration

Opportunities vary depending on Newton Fund partner country. Please refer to the scheme notes for the country from which you are applying for further information and a full break down of costs.

Application Process

Applications must be submitted online using the British Academy’s electronic Grant Application and Processing system. For the assessment criteria please see the detailed scheme notes.

Application deadline: 15 March 2017
Host Institution deadline: 16 March 2017
Referee deadline: 23 March 2017
Decisions made: August 2017
Fellowships must start not later than 30 September 2017

Contact Us

If you have a question about this scheme, please first consult the scheme notes which contain more information. If the answer is still not available: email newtonfund@britac.ac.uk; tel: +44 (0) 207 969 5220.

For more information please click "Further Official Information" below.


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http://www.britac.ac.uk/newton-advanced-fellowships

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Disciplines

Humanities

Social Sciences

Study Levels

Research

Opportunity Types

Fellowships

Eligible Countries

Malaysia

Thailand

Turkey

Host Countries

United Kingdom