Postdoctoral Opportunities
Where dates have passed, please bear in mind that we expect very similar deadlines in future.
Society for Renaissance Studies
The Society for Renaissance Studies invites applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowships, which support research in all aspects of Renaissance Studies. There will be two Postdoctoral Fellowships awarded in the academic year 2026-27, with a stipend worth £15,000 each. The period of tenure is twelve months from 1st October 2026.
Among other topics, previous holders of the Fellowships have studied dynastic world of the late medieval and Renaissance Gaeltacht, practices of religious recantation in early modern England, the relationship between marital harmony and health in early modern England, the influence of Italian pattern books on Welsh country houses, the technical innovations in music introduced on the continent by fifteenth-century English émigré communities, the relationship between the space of the church, its decoration and the administration of charity in early modern Lutheran Germany, late medieval illuminators who worked on ornamenting early modern printed books, and the scientific studies of a female Paduan apothecary.
The closing date for applications is 30th April 2026. Applicants must be graduates of British or Irish universities, and currently engaged in full-time research, part-time teaching or independent scholarship. Applicants must either already have been awarded their PhD no more than five years before 1st October 2026, or have been provisionally awarded their PhD by 20 April 2026, subject to no more than minor corrections. In normal circumstances, such fellowships should not be held in conjunction with a postdoctoral or academic teaching post which is for more than 60% of a full-time post.
For further details, see http://www.rensoc.org.uk/funding/fellowships/postdoctoral
The Gerda Henkel Foundation
The Gerda Henkel Foundation maintains several partnerships with academic institutions in the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany as part of its international commitment. Several fellowship programmes are currently available, see here.
The British Academy
Details of the scheme can be found on the British Academy website here.
It is important that these deadlines be followed strictly. If RGC don't receive the application in time, they won't be able to submit the application to the funder. For more information about the University policy around funding application submissions, please see here.
COFUND InterTalentum Postdoctoral Fellowships Open
For information please see: Diptico_InterTalentum_2016 (PDF 
, 897kb)
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships
For information please see: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020-msca-if-2015.html
Webinar Information for Individual Fellowship (Marie Curie) 2016.
Fulbright Awards for UK Citizens
Fulbright offers a variety of awards for individuals to pursue study, research, and teaching in any academic subject at any US higher education institution. Recent opportunities included:
- University of South Florida PhD and Postdoctoral Awards
- Hubert H Humphrey School of Public Affairs Postgraduate Award
- Lloyds of London Risk Analysis Postgraduate Award
- Cyber Security Research Scholar Award
- The Urology Foundation Scholar Awar
If you have any questions regarding the awards on offer, please contact programmes@fulbright.org.uk.
Engaging with Government
For information please see: Engaging with Government - Call for Applications (PDF , 127kb)
JSPS London Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (Short Term)
For information please see: http://www.jsps.org/funding/2015/10/the-jsps-london-call-for-the-prepost-doctoral-fellowship-for-foreign-researchers-short-term.html
Case studies including former JSPS Fellows who have taken part in this programme can be found here:
http://www.jsps.org/case_studies/index.html
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers
Application forms for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers, with British Academy as nominating authority, in 2016 are now available on e-GAP.
Charles E. Peterson Fellowship
For more information and to apply, visit sah.org/research-fellowships.
Lichtenberg-Kolleg Early Career Fellowships
For information please see: www.lichtenbergkolleg.uni-goettingen.de
AHRC Leadership Fellows - Early Career Researchers
For information please see: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/funding/opportunities/current/leadershipfellowsecr/
HRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
For information please see: http://www.york.ac.uk/hrc/postgraduate/opportunities/fellowships/hrc-postdoctoral/