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Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Our Department has a successful record of sponsoring and hosting outstanding candidates for prestigious post-doctoral fellowship competitions. There are a variety of funding routes for the schemes, and we welcome eligible applicants of the highest calibre from all backgrounds, genders, or ethnicities. The Department is sometimes restricted in the number of candidates it may submit to a particular scheme, and in all cases, we must assess whether we can offer candidates an appropriate fit for their research interests and career needs.

Initially, you will want to contact an academic member of staff with cognate research interests to discuss the possibility of applying. We expect to work with applicants in revising a draft application. For this reason, we ask you to be honest if you are exploring an application to the same scheme with another sponsor; we hope that our time invested in your application is balanced with the likelihood you will apply through us. In many cases, we will work with you on draft applications in advance of funders announcing a current round of  schemes; we suggest you base a draft on the most recent published guidance and adjust in light of the eventual call for funding.

If you would like to express interest in applying for one or more of the Fellowships please contact Dr Julie Marfany, Deputy Director of Research (Grants) at julie.marfany@durham.ac.uk and Paivi Eerola at artsandhumanities.researchteam@durham.ac.uk. 

 

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Durham University 

Due to the volume of applications received, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities holds an internal competition to select applications for support through to the full competition.  

In advance of the British Academy’s call for applications opening on 2 July 2025 please find below the details of the internal process for your chosen department. 

Candidates are required to check their eligibility for the scheme before applying. 

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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Department of History Durham University

The Department of History invites expressions of interest from outstanding candidates who wish to apply for a prestigious British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship through Durham University.

We welcome enquiries from eligible candidates particularly those related to the research themes in the department (Research Areas) or to relevant University Research Centres and Institutes (https://www.dur.ac.uk/arts.humanities/research/research_centres//). Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in the University.

For the internal competition candidates are asked to secure a mentor in the Department to support their application. They should submit an expression of interest (i.e., an up-to-date CV and 1 A4 page summary of the research proposal) to the mentor by 12 noon, Friday 18 July 2025.  

Working with their mentor, candidates will be required to complete and return Durham University’s internal application form, available via the Arts and Humanities Research Team (artsandhumanities.researchteam@durham.ac.uk) by 12 noon, Friday 1 August 2025. 

Further information on the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship, including details of eligibility criteria, can be found at: Postdoctoral Fellowships | The British Academy

Guidance notes from last year are here:  BA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024-5 guidance notes | The British Academy. 

For more information or informal enquiries, please contact the Arts and Humanities Research Team at artsandhumanities.researchteam@durham.ac.uk