Leeds: Senior Fellowship opportunities in History of Science, Technology and Medicine
A scheme designed to bring senior researchers for extended visits to Leeds is now accepting applications.
Are you a senior researcher who is looking for an
opportunity to spend some time way from day to day responsibilities to
develop new research ideas and collaborations?
Thanks to the generous donation of Peter and Susan
Cheney, the University of Leeds is able to offer a number of senior
research fellowships to enable you to do just that.
The Cheney Fellowships scheme enables talented
senior researchers to undertake a period of research at the University
of Leeds, during which time they can spend time thinking, talking,
collaborating and developing new ideas with academic
colleagues including staff and research students. Applicants from
within and outside of academia are encouraged.
For the 2016 round, applications are invited from
potential fellows in the area of culture (under the auspices of the
Cultural Institute at the University of Leeds), focusing on one or more
of the following areas:
Research making use of the distinctive holdings of Special Collections in the University Library;
Research relating to partner organisations of the
Cultural Institute (including, for example, Opera North, the Henry Moore
Institute, the Hepworth Gallery, the Thackray Medical Museum);
Research relating to new methods in digital humanities (for example, digital creativity);
Research relating to new methods in the study of
science, technology and culture (for example, Medical or Environmental
Humanities);
Research relating to cultural value;
Research into cities and culture.
During your stay, you will either be paid a salary -
University Grade 9 (minimum £47,328 p.a.) or University Grade 10
(minimum £57,047 p.a.) depending on experience or alternatively you will
receive funding to cover the costs of travel
and subsistence where you continue to receive a salary from your home
institution. The scheme will also provide funding to support research
costs during your stay.
Fellowships typically last for 6 months full time
but a proposal for multiple shorter visits may also be acceptable.
During their stay, Cheney Fellows in Culture will be based at the Leeds
Humanities Research Institute,
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/
Fellows are expected to start their fellowship no
later than 12 months after the deadline for applications, which is 12
June 2016.
For further details, including information on how to apply, see:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/