Funded by the Wolfson Foundation and offered through the British Academy, these awards offer an opportunity for extended research leave to a small number of the most outstanding established scholars to enable them to concentrate on a significant research programme, while relieved of their normal teaching and administrative commitments.<\/p>\n
These awards are designed primarily for established UK based scholars who already have a significant track record of publication of works of distinction in their field, and who have a major programme of research which would benefit from the uninterrupted concentration offered by the award of the Research Professorships.<\/p>\n
Applicants should be intending to pursue original, independent research in any field of study within the humanities or social sciences.<\/p>\n
The Academy invites applications from serving members of research active staff employed in UK universities, other UK institutions of higher education or Independent Research Organisations.<\/p>\n
The value of each award is a fixed sum of \u00a3204,000, (\u00a363,000pa for time buy-out for each of three years plus \u00a35,000pa for travel and research expenses for each of three years).<\/p>\n
Funding is expected to be used primarily to meet the costs of replacement teaching, with only a limited sum available to the award-holder as research expenses.<\/p>\n
The awards are tenable for three years from the autumn of 2022. The earliest start date is 1 September 2022, and the latest start date is 1 January 2023.<\/p>\n
The deadline for employing institutions to approve applications and submit them to the British Academy is 08 December 2021 (5pm UK time)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"