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The South East Doctoral Training Arc

SEDarc Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition

The SEDarc Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) is delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding from the ESRC to host Postdoctoral Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year.

Fellowships are aimed at providing a development opportunity for those in the immediate postdoctoral stage of their career, to provide the opportunity to consolidate their PhD through developing publications, their networks, and their research and professional skills. Fellowships are for 12 months.

The funding opportunity will be open to applicants who:

  • Have completed their PhD at a UK research organisation.
  • Have been awarded a PhD or have passed their viva voce with minor amendments by the application deadline of 25 March 2025 and have been awarded their PhD by the fellowship start date of 1 October 2025. If major corrections are required to your thesis, you will not be eligible for this year’s funding opportunity. 
  • Have no more than 12 months active postdoctoral experience since passing their viva voce (allowing for career breaks) by 25 March 2025. The period of active post-doctoral experience should be calculated from the viva voce being passed to the closing date of 25 March 2025.
  • Are not a permanent member of staff in an academic position with a research component.

 

 

How to Apply

All applicants must submit an expression of interest (EOI) form together with a 2-page CV to SEDarc by 23:59 GMT on 15 January 2025. To obtain a copy of the EOI form please contact your chosen institution in the first instance:

University of Kent: kentgrc@kent.ac.uk  

Kingston University: hssce-research@kingston.ac.uk 

University of Reading: s.j.caldwell@reading.ac.uk 

Royal Holloway, University of London: esrcdtp@royalholloway.ac.uk 

University of Surrey: doctoralcollege@surrey.ac.uk 

University of Sussex: pgr-scholarships@sussex.ac.uk

 

Applications will then be assessed, those shortlisted will then be asked to complete the ESRC application form. SEDarc will peer review the proposals and make funding decisions on behalf of ESRC by 14th April 2025.

For queries related to the call, please e-mail sedarc@rhul.ac.uk

Further information from the ESRC regarding early career researchers can be found here: Early career researchers – UKRI