Wellcome Trust History of Medicine Research Fellowships

The Wellcome Trust's History of Medicine Research Fellowships scheme supports individuals at all stages of a career not in established academic posts, wishing to undertake a period of research.

Strong preference is given to applicants with a good prospect of achieving an academic career as a specialist in the history of medicine.

The maximum duration is three years.

The awards are full-time but can be tenable on a part-time basis if a case can be made that personal circumstances require this.

Fellowships provide research expenses and a salary, plus appropriate employer's contributions.

Research expenses include travel to libraries and archives or overseas fieldwork, and a set amount for travel to conferences, seminars and other meetings of a scholarly nature.

You are eligible to apply if you are a postdoctoral scholar not in a tenured or otherwise long-term established post (employment on a rolling contract is regarded as tantamount to holding an established post), wishing to carry out an extended period of research on a specific project.

Your application must be sponsored by an established and normally senior member of the department, unit or institute in the UK, Republic of Ireland or The Netherlands in which the award is to be held.

You should have a relevant connection to the European Economic Area.

Applications are considered twice a year. Preliminary applications should be submitted at least six weeks before the full application deadline, as described below.

• Full application deadline: 1 August (for Funding Committee review in November)


• Full application deadline: 1 December (for Funding Committee review in March)

Interviews for short-listed candidates will be held shortly after the Funding Committee review.

Information from Wellcome Trust website viewed 05/02/2009

Before applying check full details on: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Medical-humanities/Grants/History-of-medicine/Fellowships-and-personal-awards/WTD003793.htm