Senior Lecturer in International Politics of Africa, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow & Director for Centre for Pan African Studies
Early careers grants and fellowships
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About
We are excited to be supporting prospective researchers who wish to apply to be hosted at SOAS.
Our research is globally recognised, with over half our disciplines landing in the top ten for universities following the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF), and 87% of the research that we submitted ranking ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
Our Research and Knowledge Exchange strategy 2021-2026 (PDF, 564KB) outlines are plans for re-centring research excellence and intensivity.
Support
The structure and shape of the support will depend on the grant or fellowship you are awarded, but most will include a generous training and career development budget to enrich your skills as a researcher, and to build your network, profile and publication record.
SOAS is a signatory to the HR Concordat for Excellence in Research, providing academic colleagues with a strong support network and framework for research development, as well as an Early Career Research forum to support researchers across the institution.
All researchers who come to SOAS on the types of grants listed above will enjoy the status and benefits of that come with being a member of our academic community. They will have access to the facilities they need to carry out their work including access to the SOAS Library, one of the world's most important academic libraries for the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
You will have access to biddable funds for to develop their research and impact; mentoring and support via our Personal Research Plan process, and dedicated time to pursue specific career development activities.
Schemes now taking applications
Prospective applicants should read the funder’s latest scheme guidance carefully and check their eligibility requirements first. Eligibility requirements vary considerably between schemes and may include restrictions relating to career stage, date of PhD or viva, previous academic appointments, nationality or residence, mobility between countries, disciplinary remit, and previous postdoctoral experience.
Applicants must identify a potential SOAS academic mentor or sponsor whose research expertise is relevant to the proposed project and contact them as early as possible. Please note that agreement from an individual academic to discuss an application does not in itself constitute institutional approval. Some highly competitive fellowship schemes are subject to a SOAS internal selection process, and internal deadlines may be considerably earlier than the funder’s official deadline.
If you are an external applicant interested in applying for a fellowship with SOAS as the host institution and your scheme is not listed on this page, or falls outside the stated timeframes, please complete the expression of interest for applicants not at SOAS form. A member of the RKE Development Team will contact you at the appropriate stage of the scheme timetable.
SOAS academics can also access Research Professional, an online database of funding opportunities, to search for fellowship and other research funding schemes relevant to their discipline, career stage and research interests.
