Eligibility

Criteria for applying for a Postdoctoral Fellowship

Eligibility

  • Applicants must have completed their PhD at a research organisation that is part of a Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) but they do not need to have held an ESRC-funded doctoral studentship in order to apply.
  • Fellowships must be based within one of the 28 participating Departments of the Cambridge ESRC DTP.
  • Fellowships are open to all applicants (Home and international);
  • There are no residential restrictions beyond the grant holder being resident in the UK for the period of the fellowship award.

Applicants must:

  • Have been awarded a PhD or have passed their viva voce with minor amendments by the application deadline and have been awarded their PhD by the fellowship start date;
  • Have no more than 12 months of active postdoctoral experience since passing their viva voce (allowing for career breaks).