The British Academy Mid-Career Fellowships

The Mid-Career Fellowships are designed both to support outstanding individual researchers with excellent research proposals, and to promote public understanding and engagement with humanities and social sciences.

The aim of the scheme is to allow successful applicants to obtain time freed from normal teaching and administrative commitments. The time bought by the scheme should be devoted to the completion of a major piece of research, and the Academy will also look for evidence of a clear commitment to a strategy of public engagement with and communication of the results of the research during the period of the Fellowship.

These awards are intended primarily to provide opportunities for scholars who have already published works of intellectual distinction or have established a significant track record as an excellent communicator and ‘champion’ in their field, and who are normally within no more than 15 years from the award of their doctorate. 

Awards can be held over a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 12 months. The earliest start date is 1 September 2024 and the latest start date is 1 January 2025.

The primary purpose of this scheme is to buy out 100% of the time of the researcher awarded the Fellowship. The Research Costs element of the Fellowship is limited to a maximum of £10,000. 

Please check the PI eligibility policy

For more information please contact the Research Facilitation Team at research@politics.ox.ac.uk