Deadline: 28 October 2016
Open to: current and future research leaders holding a PhD at the time of application
Fellowship: a scholarship of £7,500 (minus taxes) for a period of a three months, airfare to and from London, the opportunity for independent, critical research, office space and access to the university’s library
Open to: current and future research leaders holding a PhD at the time of application
Fellowship: a scholarship of £7,500 (minus taxes) for a period of a three months, airfare to and from London, the opportunity for independent, critical research, office space and access to the university’s library
Description
The Research Fellowship Programme is one of the key features
of the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies’ (WIAS) and it attracts and
brings together current and future academic leaders. It enables fellows to
undertake independent and collaborative research on original topics in a
stimulating academic environment in London.
Applications for fellowship research projects in the field
of critical social and digital media research for the duration of 3 months
are currently being accepted. Possible start dates are all dates
between 9 January and 1 May 2017.
During their stay, fellows undertake, develop, disseminate
and present original, independent and critical individual research.
Priority will be given to well-defined projects that result in published
research outputs and demonstrate benefits for the applicant, her/his university
and the University of Westminster’s research interests.
Eligibility
The WIAS’ Critical Digital and Social Media Studies
Fellowship Programme is aimed at current and future research leaders;
All applicants are required to hold a PhD at the time
of application;
For applicants whose nationality is from outside of the EEA
as a UK University we will need to establish your right to be able to reside
and undertake your research with us in the UK.
Fellowship
WIAS International Research Fellows enjoy the following
benefits:
A scholarship of £7,500 (minus taxes) for a period of a
three months stay at the WIAS for covering visa costs accommodation and
subsistence in London;
The opportunity for independent, critical research in
an inspiring academic environment;
The WIAS Colloquium allows research fellows to present their
work to the academic and extra-academic public;
Each WIAS International research fellow produces and
publishes as part of his/her fellowship project one paper in the WIAS
Research Paper Series Westminster Advanced Studies in order to disseminate
new knowledge;
Publishing at least one paper in a peer-reviewed
academic journal as a result of research undertaken during the fellowship;
Airfare to and from London paid by WIAS;
Office space, and access to the university’s library and IT
services.
How to apply?
You need to complete a fellowship application
form and submit it together with your full CV, your full
publication list, and a digital version of what you consider your one best and
most relevant academic publication that stands in the context of the
suggested fellowship project (in the case of monographs, please include the
introduction and select what you consider to be the book’s most important
chapter).
For more information please visit the official web page.
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