UBEL ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowships for International Students

­The
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is currently accepting for
Postdoctoral Fellowships to be based within departments at the partner
institutions within the DTP: University College London, Birkbeck, the London
School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the School of Oriental and African
Studies, and the University of East London.

Fellowships
are aimed at those in the immediately postdoctoral stage of their career, to
provide the opportunity to consolidate their PhD through developing
publications, their networks, and their research and professional skills.
The
UCL, Bloomsbury and East London Doctoral Training Partnership are an
ESRC-funded organization which brings together five leading Social Science
institutions: UCL, SOAS, LSHTM, Birkbeck, and UEL. One
of the largest ESRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnerships in the UK, the UBEL
DTP funds over 40 studentships a year in areas spanning across the social
sciences and economics.
Scholarship Description: 
  • Application
    Deadline: 
    March 23, 2018
  • Course
    Level:
    Fellowships are available to
    pursue Postdoctoral programme.
  • Study
    Subject:
    Fellowships are awarded to do
    research any of the fields offered.
  • Scholarship
    Award:
    The total cost for each
    fellowship can include the following:
  • Fellow’s
    salary costs
  • Indirect
    costs
  • Estate
    Costs
  • Up
    to £10,000 of other costs (to include costs such as mentoring costs,
    travel and subsistence, conference attendance, training, and fieldwork,
    for example).
  • Nationality:
    International students
  • Number
    of Scholarships:
    Up to three
    fellowships are available.
  • Scholarship
    can be taken in
    to be based within departments at
    the partner institutions within the DTP: University College London,
    Birkbeck, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the School
    of Oriental and African Studies, and the University of East London.
Eligibility for the Scholarship: 
Eligible
Countries: 
International students are eligible to
apply for this fellowship.
Entrance
Requirements:
To be eligible for this scholarship you
must meet the following requirements:
The
call is open to applicants who have completed their PhD at a research
organization that is part of a DTP or CDT and who are within 12 months* of
having completed their Ph.D. At the submission deadline, the applicant must
either have been awarded a PhD or have submitted their thesis and passed their
viva voce with minor corrections, with the expectation that the PhD will be
awarded by the fellowship start date.
This
opportunity is open to applicants who have completed their PhD at a research
organization (RO) that is part of a DTP or CDT and must be held at an RO that
is part of a DTP or CDT eligible to participate in this initiative and aligned
to an accredited pathway: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding/funding-opportunities/postdoctoral-fellowships/
Applicants
are eligible for funding whether or not they are established members of the RO
at which they are applying. Applicants who are not established members must be
accommodated by the RO and provided with appropriate facilities to carry out
the fellowship. Further details about the eligibility of applicants can be
found in the Research Funding Guide. The call is not open to applicants who are
established, permanent members of staff in an academic position with a research
component.
Applicants
do not have to have had an ESRC-funded studentship in order to be eligible to
apply
English
Language Requirements: 
Applicants whose
first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of
proficiency in English at the higher level required by the University.
Application Procedure: 
How
to Apply: 
All applicants must submit proposals on
the provided submission form along with required attachments by 16.00 on 23
March 2018 to the DTP or CDT they are applying to (http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding/funding-opportunities/postdoctoral-fellowships/).
Each
DTP/CDT will peer review the proposals and make funding decisions on behalf of
ESRC. Successful applicants will be required to submit their proposal through
the Research Council’s Joint Electronic Submission (Je-S) system (https://je-s.rcuk.ac.uk/).
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