The ASSC welcomes contact from early career researchers interested in applying for Postdoctoral Fellowships to be held at Birkbeck.

Below are some of the funding bodies that support research in the ASSC’s area that include architectural history, architectural humanities, architecture and philosophy, history of landscape, history of interiors, spatial dimensions of archaeology, and related areas. For a more exhaustive list please have a look at our members’ areas of interest here.

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships:

For internal Birkbeck process, potential candidates should contact their preferred mentor or the relevant department in the first instance, and ideally no later than 2nd December 2017.

Candidates should work with their mentor to prepare the short pro-forma application (which can be accessed here ) and this should be returned to rescomp@bbk.ac.uk by 6th January 2017.

The Welcome Trust:

There are two rounds of application each year. Please have a look here for the next round of applications.

The next deadline for Birkbeck Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) applications is 31 October.

The British Academy:

Outline Stage 2017-18

Scheme Opens – 23 August 2017
Deadline for Applicants (incl. referee statement) 18 October 2017
Deadline for Institutional Approval – 19 October 2017
Result of Outline Stage Announcement – end of January 2018

Second Stage 2017-18

Scheme Opens – early February 2018
Deadline for Applicants March 2018
Result of Outline Stage Announcement – end of May 2018

Paul Mellon Centre:

The application calendar is to be announced. Please have a look at the website here.

Henry Moore Institute:

The application calendar is to be announced. Please have a look at the website here.