The School of Classics at the University of St Andrews welcomes applications from eligible scholars interested in applying for a fellowship at St Andrews through the BA Postdoctoral Fellowship or Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship schemes.

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships

Interested applicants should have contacted a potential mentor in the School and send a draft application and academic CV to Myles Lavan at [email protected] by 5 pm Friday 20 September 2024 to ensure institutional approval.

For further details about the scheme and eligibility criteria, see

https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships/

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships

The Fellowships aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers, but who have a proven record of research. More information can be found at Early Career Fellowships. Please read the eligibility criteria carefully.

The scheme requires universities to hold internal competitions to select the strongest applicants in advance of the final application deadline of 20 February.

Interested applicants should identify and make contact with a prospective mentor as soon as possible. More information on our staff can be found at  https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/people/

The deadline for formal applications, to be submitted to Myles Lavan at [email protected], is 5 pm Friday 8 November 2024. Applications should consist of:

-Title of research proposal: No more than 80 characters including spaces.

-Name of mentor.

-Abstract: This account should be given in non-technical terms so as to be easily comprehensible to a non-expert (maximum 100 words).

-Details of current and past research: Give details of your current and past research experience (maximum 250 words). If this is too extensive to be summarised in 250 words focus on the research most relevant to the current application.

-Detailed statement of proposed research: This should include aims, objectives, methodology and outcome (e.g. publication plans). This statement and the bibliographic references may not exceed two sides of A4. We recommend that you use Arial font size 11

-Statement of why the School of Classics is a good fit to host the project, Max 200 words.

-Major publications: Please list your publications (maximum one side of A4) under three main headings; ‘In preparation’, ‘Submitted’ and ‘Published’, as appropriate. We recommend that you use Arial font size 11. If a full list of your publications exceeds one page, then include only the publications most relevant to the current application.

-Details of 3 Referees:  Name, email address and current institution.  No more than one referee should be from St Andrews. The Head of School (Professor Roger Rees) may not act as a referee.

-PhD Award Date: Please advise as to your PhD award date

-An up-to-date CV (max 3 pages A4)

Successful applicants will be notified in mid-December, allowing time to refine the proposal in collaboration with the mentor and Director of Research before submission to the Leverhulme Trust.

For further information: [email protected]