University of Edinburgh/British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowships 2027 for early-career researchers (£2,500 per month plus travel expenses)

Application Deadline: 31 July 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2027 University of Edinburgh/British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowships, a sequence of 12-month postdoctoral fellowships for worldwide early-career researchers. Fellowships will start in January 2027. This is a three-year partnership from 2025 to 2027.

British Council is awarding as much as two 12-month Fellowships beginning in January 2027 – open to postdoctoral researchers based mostly in any ODA-recipient nation the place the British Council operates (see list of countries on page 139 of their Annual Report or the checklist under).

Fellows will spend the primary ten months of their Fellowships at IASH, adopted by as much as two months based mostly of their home nations centered on information change and dissemination in collaboration with the British Council.

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants should be based mostly in an ODA-recipient nation the place the British Council operates and be certified to undertake postdoctoral stage analysis for this early profession Fellowship, which means they should have a PhD, accomplished throughout the final seven years (factoring in profession breaks, e.g. intervals of parental depart or time away from academia).
• Research matters needs to be related to the areas of precedence throughout Arts, Education and the English language which are outlined in our technique, and to areas of cross-cutting strategic British Council curiosity equivalent to worldwide relations and smooth energy, worldwide growth and peace constructing, and cultural relations and cultural diplomacy.

Benefits

The 2027 British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowship gives:

• Research go to on the University of Edinburgh for ten months, adopted by as much as two months based mostly of their home nations centered on information change and dissemination
• Bursary of £2,500 per month for 12 months
• Dedicated workplace house, University e-mail and library entry
• A University mentor from an space related to the Fellows’ analysis pursuits
• Weekly Fellows’ Lunch to construct neighborhood
• Collegial work-in-progress seminar sequence for testing new concepts
• Calendar of partaking occasions on the Institute and College
• Opportunities to take part in and design funded workshops, colloquia, and many others on the Institute

• The Fellowship gives a bursary of £2,500 per month and travel bills in addition to desk house, library entry and tutorial mentoring as part of the colourful scholarly neighborhood of visiting fellows at IASH.
• Fellows may also be anticipated to have interaction carefully with the British Council all through their Fellowships (together with visits to UK places of work), with the choice to spend time in a British Council workplace of their home nation as part of the information change element of the Fellowship.

Application and Fellowship timetable

• 5 May 2026 : Application portal opens
• 26 May 2026 : Applicant webinar 
• 31 July 2026 : Application deadline
• By finish of September 2026 : Selection of candidates
• January 2027 : Fellowship begin date
• January – October 2027 : Fellowship undertaken at IASH, University of Edinburgh
• November – December 2027: Knowledge change and dissemination with British Council

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the University of Edinburgh/British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowships