British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships

This scheme is designed to enable outstanding early career scholars to obtain experience of research and teaching in the university environment, which will strengthen their curriculum vitae and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent posts by the end of the fellowship.  Awards are for three years and applicants must be within three years of their successful viva examination – though exemption may be granted for reasons occurring after the date of the viva voce examination such as: maternity leave, illness, family commitments etc.  Please note that unsuccessful applicants are not permitted to re-apply unless invited by the BA to do so.

 

We are keen to encourage prospective Postdoctoral Fellows from outside Oxford to explore the possibility of applying through the Humanities Division, as well as those currently based here. Initially, you should make contact with the person at Oxford who you would like to be your mentor and ask if they would be prepared to undertake this role. Once they have agreed, follow the steps to obtain approval from the relevant Faculty to make the application (see below).

The British Academy runs a two stage application process each year, with the deadline for outline applications falling in late September/early October and for the second stage in February or early March the following year, for Fellowships to be taken up at the beginning of the following academic year.

Should you be interested in applying through Oxford for a BA PDF, please note that your expression of interest application will be assessed by the relevant Faculty in the first instance. The relevant internal deadlines and requirements for each of the Faculties in the Humanities will be listed here in the summer.

(For Social Sciences, please contact the relevant departmental administrator: https://socsci.web.ox.ac.uk/research-support-in-departments). 

For any queries please contact BApostdocs@humanities.ox.ac.uk

 

 

Faculty Procedures For 2022 Competition Round

 

 

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (changed from Oriental Studies from 1 August): Deadline 3 August 2022.  For details of how to apply see: https://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/article/british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowships

 

Classics: Deadline 5 August 2022.  For details of how to apply see: https://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/job-opportunities

 

English: Deadline 1 August 2022.  For details of how to apply see: https://english.web.ox.ac.uk/postdoctoral-fellowships#collapse385971

 

History: Deadline 25 July 2022.  For details of how to apply see: https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowships-guidelines-for-history-faculty-application

 

Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics: Deadline 23 August 2022.  For details of how to apply see: https://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2022/08/15/british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowships  

 

Modern & Medieval Languages: Deadline 8 August 2022. For details of how to apply see: https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies 

 

Music: Deadline 8 August 2022.  For details of how to apply see: https://www.music.ox.ac.uk/article/british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-music-at-the-university-of-oxford

 

Philosophy: Deadline 12 August 2022. For details of how to apply see: https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/british-academy

 

Ruskin School of Art: Deadline 19 August 2022.  For details of how to apply see: https://www.rsa.ox.ac.uk/news/detail/call-for-expressions-of-interest-british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowships-deadline-19-august-2022

 

Theology and Religion: Deadline 18 July 2022.  For details of how to apply see: https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/article/british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowships-2023

 

 

Once your application has been approved, a Research Facilitator will work with you on your application.

We will run a workshop in September where we will work through the different parts of the application, and also discuss aspects such objective setting, writing a methodology, workplan and outputs in detail. Once approved by your faculty you will receive an invite to register for this.

The internal deadline for submitting applications via the BA’s Flexi-Grant system will be 5 working days before the external BA deadline – this is to allow time for institutional approval of your application, a requirement by the British Academy.

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