Leeds Humanities Research Institute is pleased to announce a final short-term post-doctoral fellowship for the current academic year.

The LHRI, in collaboration with the Brotherton Library, is pleased to announce a final short-term post-doctoral fellowship for the academic year 2015/16. Please note this fellowship is separate from, and in addition to, those recently advertised through the Wellcome/LHRI Non-Clinical Researcher Transitional Funding Scheme.

This fellowship is designed exclusively for early-career researchers to make use of the Special Collections held within the Brotherton Library.

Scholars working in any of the research areas in the Faculties of Arts and PVAC (Performance, Visual Arts and Communications) are eligible to apply.

The successful applicant will spend four weeks in Leeds to carry out research activities aimed at developing his/her ability to make strong applications to externally-funded post-doctoral positions which must then be held at the University of Leeds (e.g. British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowships; Leverhulme Early-Career Fellowships; Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions; Newton Fellowships).

The aim of the fellowship scheme is to help researchers maximise external funding opportunities for post-doctoral research, and the successful applicant must be eligible for relevant funding schemes (as summarised below). Support for developing suitable external funding bids will be provided by the LHRI pre-award team.

Competition for this single award is expected to be exceptionally strong, and only the most promising candidate will be supported. To this end, University of Leeds sponsors/mentors of prospective applicants will be asked to ensure that they are familiar with the quality of the candidate’s postgraduate work before supporting their application.

The successful fellow will be awarded £2,000 living expenses and up to £500 travel expenses, while they are in Leeds.

For full details on the application process, please visit: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/news/article/4245/lhribrotherton_short-term_post-doctoral_fellowships_201516

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Tuesday, 15 March, 2016.