Entries open for Junior Fellowships Program (UK)

They are designed for applicants who are advanced in their doctoral research and need to have an extended period of archival or library research in the United Kingdom.

Scopes

• Three-month full-time Junior Fellowships are specifically designed to:
  • Allow further doctoral research in the UK.

Funding Information

• The Fellowship is an award of £8,000 to cover a period of three months.

Eligibility Criteria

• The funding programme supports scholarship, academic research and the dissemination of knowledge in the fields of British art and architectural history, and of British visual culture understood more broadly, from the medieval period to the present day. All supported topics must have a clear art-historical perspective, including those that focus on recent or contemporary artistic practice. All applications must demonstrate that British art, architecture or visual culture provides a substantial focus for their project. Applications will be assessed according to their academic rigour, originality, and contribution to scholarship. They do not fund research projects focusing on archaeology, current architecture practice, or the performing arts.
• To apply for a Junior Fellowship, you must be a scholar already engaged in doctoral research. This is a research fellowship and will not be awarded to scholars in the early stages of their doctoral research nor will they be awarded for the final stages of writing-up.
• Candidates may be of any nationality, but must be enrolled in a graduate programme at a non-British university.
• Junior Fellowships are for the academic year 2025/2026 and may be taken between September 2025 and September 2026. Fellowships cannot be deferred to later academic years nor can they run concurrently with a Fellowship awarded by another organisation.

Application Requirements

• Once registered you will be able to fill out the online application form and provide the details of two referees. The option to provide the referee details will be available once the application is submitted. They will then contact the referee with details on how they submit their reference which must be completed through the online system and must be no more than 500 words.
• The referees should have first-hand knowledge of the applicant’s academic career and the subject area for which funding is being sought. Advisory Council would like to be informed of the originality of the subject matter and the applicant’s suitability to pursue such research.
• If you have any access requirements or experience any issues using the online grants system (or accessing and filling out the application forms) then please do contact the Grants and Fellowships Manager who will be able to assist you.

For more information, visit Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.