Funded Fellowship for Researchers in Humanities at Oxford University

The University of Oxford invites university employees with an academic post to apply for the Knowledge Exchange Fellowship 2019. Proposals are sought from Oxford researchers to facilitate new, or develop existing, relationships with external partners that further the reach and significance of research in all disciplines in the Humanities Division at Oxford, and Humanities related research in any other Division at Oxford.

Eligibility:

1. All applicants must be an employee of the collegiate university with an academic post until at least to the end of the KE Fellowship contract (KE Fellowship duration: 12 months from agreed start date)
2. Applicants must have the support of their faculty and in the case of early-career applicants agreement from their line-manager or Senior Tutor to be released from their current post to undertake the fellowship
3. To qualify as an early-career researcher, you must have submitted your doctoral thesis not more than five years prior to 31 March 2019 (pro-rata for career breaks and/or work part-time)

Selection criteria:

1. The quality of the proposed project
2. The proposed benefit to the partner organization
3. The potential for the project to enhance the applicant’s research
4. The potential for the project to develop a productive and long lasting partnership with the named organization
5. The ways in which the project will promote the reach and significance of research beyond the academic community

Funding:

Up to £10k is available to support each fellow. This may include buyout of up to one-term of either teaching taken as one-term or pro rata across several terms, and/or hourly paid research or teaching assistance, and/or similar justified project expenses up to total of £10k. An early-career option is also available for those who submitted their thesis no more than five years prior to 31 March 2019. The early-career fellowship will award a one-day a week staff contract at grade 7.1 (pro rata) plus £2000 project expenses. As this is an additional round, award holders may choose to take up their 12 month fellowship any time from the 1 st April 2019 provided that all funds are spent by 31 July 2020.