APPLICATION FORM:
Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS) International Research
Fellowship
Submission to: wias-news@westminster.ac.uk
Position applied for:
WIAS International Junior
Research Fellows have held
a doctoral degree since a
maximum of 5 years.
WIAS International Senior
Research Fellows have held
a doctoral degree for more
than 5 years.
Applicants who do not hold
a doctoral degree are not
eligible to apply.
WIAS International Junior Research Fellowship
WIAS International Senior Research Fellowship
PERSONAL DETAILS
Title (e.g. Mr, Miss, Dr, Prof):
Forename:
Middle Name(s):
Surname:
Current Residential Address
(including country):
Tel No. (Home):
Tel No. (Work):
Tel No. (Mobile):
Email:
PRESENT OR MOST RECENT EMPLOYMENT
Dates (from/to Name, address and country of the
Month/year):
employer:
Post title or Position in
Organisation:
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Please give details of your previous work history in reverse order
Dates (from/to Name, address and country of the
Post title or Position in
Month/year):
employer:
Organisation:
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION
Please gives as much details as you can starting with your most recent education.
Dates
(from/to
month/year)
Secondary School /
Further Education /
Higher Education
Do you require a visa for
temporary work in the UK
Institution name, country
YES:
Qualifications, Subjects and
Grades Obtained
NO:
Put an X in the relevant box and
provide details if applicable
If YES, please provide
details:
DO YOU HAVE ANY CRIMINAL
CONVICTIONS THAT ARE NOT SPENT
UNDER THE REHABILITATION OF
OFFENDERS ACT 1974? (If YES, please
give details on a separate sheet)
Put an X in the relevant box and
provide details on a separate sheet if
applicable
YES:
NO:
DETAILS OF THE ACADEMIC PROJECT UNDERTAKEN DURING THE
FELLOWSHIP
Fellows receive a scholarship of £7,500 for visa costs, accommodation and
subsistence in London. Please note that the standard duration of the current WIAS
fellowships is from May 1-July 31, 2016.
Alternative start and end dates may be possible (please contact WIAS Director about
it), but the latest possible start date for this call is June 20, 2016. Start dates later
than June 20, 2016, will not be considered in this call. There will be another call later
in 2016.
Stays longer than 3 months (up to 9 months) may also be possible, but the
fellowships are also in those cases limited to a total of £7,500.
Please note that fellows are required to conduct research in-house at the University
of Westminster during their fellowships and that distance fellowships are not
possible.
Start date of the fellowship
DD/MM/YYYY
(DD/MM/YYYY)
End date of the fellowship
DD/MM/YYYY
(DD/MM/YYYY)
In case you do not require
the fellowship of £7,500 for
covering visa costs,
accommodation and
subsistence costs in
London, then please indicate
this here and provide details
of your funding (e.g. funding
provided by your university,
a research project, etc.):
FELLOWSHIP PROJECT
TITLE:
PLEASE LIST A MAXIMUM
OF 5 OF YOUR KEY
PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE
RELEVANT FOR
UNDERTAKING THIS
RESEARCH
Please highlight the most
important of these publications
with an X and include an
electronic version of this ONE
publication together with your
application. In case this
publication is a monograph,
then please limit the attached
paper to the introduction and
the most important chapter
PLEASE OUTLINE THE SUGGESTED FELLOWSHIP PROJECT’S MAIN RESEARCH
QUESTION, SOCIETAL CONTEXT, AND RESEARCH METHODS
750 – 1,500 words
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
Critical Digital & Social Media Research is a research focus at the Westminster Institute
for Advanced Studies. We therefore especially invite applications to the international
research fellowships that undertake projects that are grounded in critical theories and
critical research.
Please outline your understanding of critical theories and critical research, what
theoretical foundations your project has, what critical approaches and authors you follow
in general, what the key theoretical categories of your fellowship project are, and how
you apply these approaches to the study of social and digital media.
Length: 750-1,500 words
BACKGROUND AND OUTPUTS OF THE UNDERTAKEN FELLOWSHIP PROJECT
Please outline how the fellowship projects relates to your research in general (e.g. a
current research project, work on a monograph or other publications, etc.) and list the
outputs you want to have created at the end of the project
Maximum: 500 words
CONTRIBUTION TO THE WIAS RESEARCH PAPER SERIES “WESTMINSTER
ADVANCED STUDIES”
Every WIAS International Research Fellow creates one research paper in the research
paper series “Westminster Advanced Studies” that documents parts of the research
undertaken during the fellowship. The paper should be ready for publication at latest at
the end of the fellowship. It should furthermore be the foundation for an article submitted
to a peer-reviewed open access journal, for which the Westminster Institute for
Advanced Studies is listed as the author’s institution. Please provide the following
details:
Title of the your planned research paper
in the WIAS Research Paper Series
“Westminster Advanced Studies”:
Name and URL of the open access
journal to which you plan to submit a
version of research related this
research paper with the WIAS as your
institutional affiliation:
For applicants whose nationality is from outside of the EEA as a UK University we will need to
establish your right to be able to reside and undertake your research with us in the UK. If you
need sponsorship for a UK visa we will look at whether this is possible on a case-by-case
basis once the assessment process is underway.
The answers I have given on this application form are true to the best of my knowledge.
Name:
Date:
DD/YY/MM