Fully Funded Fellowship Program for PhD Holders at the University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh ,in cooperation with Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), is offering the Combe Trust Fellowship for researchers all over the world. The Combe Trust Fellowship is intended to encourage outstanding interdisciplinary research, international scholarly collaboration, and networking activities of visiting Fellows together with academics in the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI). Fellows will be expected to work in collaboration with one or more members of academic staff in the CTPI, and to take an active part in both IASH interdisciplinary and CTPI events.

• The Institute may be able to help with finding suitable accommodation in Edinburgh. 
• These fellowships are usually for a duration of one semester (3 months), and not less than 2 months, and are usually funded at £1,300 per month as a contribution towards additional living costs and travel. 
• Applications for less than two months will not be considered.

• Candidates for Fellowships should hold a doctorate or equivalent professional qualification.
• Consideration will be given to the academic record and the publications of all applicants and their capacity to disseminate their work across different audiences. 
• Applicants must be employed for purposes including investigative research and have a suitable project or study to undertake. 
• It is expected that applicants will have at least ten years’ experience of research within a higher education institution or similar research body.
• Candidates will be expected to have been in communication with the member of CTPI or CAHSS staff with whom they intend to collaborate before applying, and to name the collaborator/mentor in their application. The collaborator should also provide one of the necessary supporting statements for the Fellowship.
• Candidates should include within their application a brief abstract and title for their proposed Combe Trust Lecture.
• Fellows are expected to be resident in Edinburgh throughout the tenure of their Fellowship and to play a full part in the activities of IASH and the CTPI.
• No regular teaching is required, but Fellows are expected to become involved in the CTPI. Fellows will give at least one seminar at IASH and one seminar / workshop in the CTPI on their current research work.

Eligible Fields:-

• Public theology. 
• Religion and religious education. 
• Physiology and health. 
• Scots law. 
• Peacebuilding. 
• Prison reform. 
• Psychiatry. 
• Psychology and neuroscience. 
• Moral philosophy. 
• Natural sciences.
• Arts (e.g. theatre, film, dance, visual arts).

About the University of Edinburgh:-

The University of Edinburgh is a public research university in Edinburgh, Scotland and one of the world's top universities. Edinburgh receives over 60,000 undergraduate applications per year, making it the second-most popular university in the UK by volume of applications. It is the eighth-largest university in the UK by enrollment, with 35,375 students in 2019/20. Edinburgh had the seventh-highest average UCAS points amongst British universities in 2019.

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