The BSECS / Queen Mary Centre for EighteenthCentury Studies Early-Career Visiting Fellowship
Application Form
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Name:
Academic affiliation:
Correspondence address:
e-mail:
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Title of project:
Plan of research (500 words max.) to be continued on a separate sheet if
necessary. Your plan of research should indicate why Queen Mary and/or
London are an appropriate place to undertake this research. Please specify
how you meet the definition of early career researcher outlined below.
Please return this form, and a CV (2 pages), to the chair of the judging
committee, Prof Markman Ellis, Queen Mary University of London, by email to
m.ellis@qmul.ac.uk.
This application form must be received by 1200 on 17 January.
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Terms of award:
1. The award shall consist of two parts: from BSECS £400 towards travel and
living expenses, and from QMCECS seven nights accommodation in Queen
Mary fellows housing on campus at Mile End (equivalent to £300). The award
must be taken up in the period February 1 to June 30 (subject to availability of
accommodation). The award will be paid in arrears by invoice.
2. Early Career Researcher: this award is open to any doctoral student at a
British university in their second year of study and above, and any postdoctoral researcher normally resident in Britain, within five years of the award
of their PhD.
3. The award is designed to support research in the ‘long’ eighteenth century
(or any part of it), making use of archives and libraries in London.
4. End of award report. A condition of the award is that the winner will submit
a short report (100-200 words) to both BSECS and QMSECS at the end of the
period of research, and the award will be acknowledged in any publication
arising from it.