-------- Original Message -------- Subject: postdoc in history of maritime exploration Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:06:33 +0000 From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Funding available for a postdoctoral project in the history of maritime exploration (or other maritime history fields) > Title: Alan Pearsall Fellowship in Naval and Maritime History > > Sponsor: Institute of Historical Research > > SYNOPSIS: > The Alan Pearsall Bequest and the Institute of Historical Research > will offer a one-year postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Naval and > Maritime History for the session 2008-2009, tenable at the Institute. > The Fellowship stipend will be £22,000 for the full session. It will > be payable in four quarterly instalments through the Institute. > Candidates who are not UK citizens must ensure that they can obtain an > appropriate visa for the whole period of the Fellowship (October 1st > 2008 to September 30th 2009) before they enter the UK. > &g! t; > > Deadline(s): 18/04/2008 > Established Date: 15/01/2008 > Follow-Up Date: 04/01/2009 > Review Date: 15/01/2008 > > Contact: > > Address: Fellowship Office > Senate House > London WC1E 7HU, > United Kingdom > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Web Site: http://www.history.ac.uk/awards/ > Program URL: http://www.history.ac.uk/awards/forms/pearsall_regs.rtf > Tel: > Fax: > Deadline Ind: Receipt > D! eadline Open: No > > > > Award Type(s): Fellowship > Research Grants/R & D > > > Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: > Any/No Restrictions > > Locations Tenable: United Kingdom Institution > > > Appl Type(s): Postdoctoral > Graduate Student > > > Target Group(s): NONE > Funding Limit: $22,000 > Duration: 1 YEAR(s) > Indirect Costs: Unspecified > Cost Sharing: No > Sponsor Type: Professional/Academic Assoc & Soc. > > > Geo. Restricted: NO RESTRICTIONS > > > OBJECTIVES: > The Fellowship will be awarded to a graduate who expects to have > submitted their doctoral thesis in Naval and Maritime History (broadly > defined) by 1st October 2008. It is a strict condition of the> Fellowship that the thesis should have been submitted by that date. > Applications are encouraged for work on any aspect of Naval and > Maritime History, in the broadest sense, anywhere in the world, from > the fall of the Roman Empire in the West up to the present day. The > Fellowship may not be held in conjunction with any other maintenance > award, nor can it be deferred until a future academic session. > > Fellows will not be required to be resident in London, but should > participate in the activities of the Institute, by regular attendance > at and presentation of papers to appropriate seminars and by giving > information and help to fellow scholars working in the same field. At > the discretion of the Director of the Institute, the Fellow may engage > in teaching or other paid work for up to six hours a week (note > however that some categories of non-national may need to obtain! a work > permit in order to undertake this). The Fellow will a lso be required > to submit a brief report to the Director of the Institute on their > achievements while holding the Fellowship and subsequent progress of > their career one year after the end of the Fellowship (i.e. in October > 2010). > > > > ELIGIBILITY > Applicants may be of any nationality, and their PhD (or equivalent) > may have been awarded in any country. Those who have previously held > another postdoctoral research fellowship are not eligible. > > FUNDING > The Fellowship stipend will be £22,000 for the full session. It > will be payable in four quarterly instalments through the Institute. > (cmb) > > KEYWORDS: Military History > Maritime History ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger <http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/>