SeNSS ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship: All Disciplines 3194 views

South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) invites applications for 6 ESRC-funded Post-Doctoral Fellowships (PDFs) per year, for the next five years. The fellowships are aimed at those in the immediate post-doctoral stage of their career. These PDFs are intended to provide the opportunity for fellows to consolidate their PhDs through developing publications, their networks, and their research and professional skills.

Funding:

• The grants will be provided for up to 01 year full-time, or up to 2 years part-time
• Applicants can apply for a fellowship for up to 18 months (in exceptional cases)

Eligibility:

• Applicant must have completed their PhD at a research organisation that is part of a current ESRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) or Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) by 23 March 2018 (the application deadline), either been awarded a PhD or submitted their thesis and passed their viva voce with minor corrections, with the expectation that their PhD will be awarded by the Fellowship start date.
• Applicant must NOT have more than 12 months of active post-doctoral experience. This 12 month period is calculated from the viva voce being passed to the closing date of the competition, 23 March 2018.

Partner Universities

The SeNSS Consortium consists of the following ten universities:

• City, University London
• University of East Anglia
• University of Essex
• Goldsmiths, University of London
• University of Kent
• Reading University
• Roehampton University
• Royal Holloway, University of London
• University of Surrey
• University of Sussex

Study areas:

• Business and Management Studies (offered by City, UEA, Essex, Kent, Reading, Royal Holloway, Surrey and Sussex);
• Development Studies (offered by UEA, Reading, Royal Holloway, Surrey and Sussex);
• Economics (offered by City, UEA, Essex, Reading, Royal Holloway, Surrey and Sussex);
• Education (offered by UEA, Goldsmiths, Reading, Roehampton and Sussex);
• Human Geography (offered by UEA, Reading, Royal Holloway and Sussex);
• Linguistics (offered by UEA, Essex, Kent, Reading and Surrey);
• Politics and International Relations (offered by UEA, Essex, Kent, Reading, Royal Holloway and Sussex);
• Psychology (offered by UEA, Essex, Goldsmiths, Kent, Reading, Royal Holloway and Sussex);
• Science, Technology, and Sustainability Studies (offered by UEA, Kent, Surrey and Sussex);
• Social Anthropology (offered by UEA, Goldsmiths, Kent, Roehampton and Sussex);
• Social Work and Social Policy (offered by UEA, Kent and Sussex);
• Socio-Legal Studies (offered by UEA, Essex, Kent, Reading and Sussex); and,
• Sociology (offered by Essex, Goldsmiths, Kent and Sussex).

Postdoctoral fellowships