#leverhulme fellowship

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Dr. Cedric J. Robinson (November 5, 1940 - June 5, 2016) was a most influential political scientist. He was born and raised in Oakland, the son of Clara Whiteside and Frederick Hill. He attended UC Berkeley, where he earned a BA in Social Anthropology.

He enrolled in San Francisco State University to pursue an MA in Political Science, the Third World Liberation Front was waging a political struggle for an Ethnic Studies College. He taught at San Francisco City College. He transferred to Stanford University and worked on his Ph.D. with a focus on political theory.

He married Elizabeth Peters (1967). In 1970, a Leverhulme Fellowship enabled him and Elizabeth to spend a year at the University of Sussex, where he completed his dissertation, “Leadership: A Mythic Paradigm.” He was awarded a Ph.D.

He was a Lecturer in Political Science and Black Studies at the University of Michigan. He and Elizabeth joined a community of progressive intellectuals. He accepted his first tenure-track job at SUNY-Binghamton where he joined the Political Science Department and Sociology. He was appointed chair of the Department of Afro-American and African Studies.

He joined the faculty at UC Santa Barbara, becoming the Director of the Center for Black Studies Research and a faculty member in the Department of Political Science. He served as chair of the Santa Barbara’s Department of Black Studies. He retired from UCSB in 2010.

He began writing for the journal Race and Class. He and a student started “Third World News Review,” a radio station program and a public television show.

His magnum opus Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition was released. He posits a “Black Radical Tradition” which is antithetical to “Eurocentric” Marxism. The “Black Radical Tradition” is a form of Black nationalism, which is committed to Marxism. He wrote five other books such as An Anthropology of Marxism and Forgeries of Memory & Meaning: Blacks & the Regimes of Race in American Theater & Film Before World War II and numerous articles on left intellectuals and artists in the US, Europe, and Africa. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #kappaalphapsi

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Funding Call – #BritishAcademy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships 2024-25

The aim of this scheme is to allow established researchers to concentrate on bringing a major piece of research towards completion, with particular attention on individuals who have not been able to focus on research due to their other responsibilities. Please note – applicants who have already applied to the Academy’s 2024-25 round of the Mid-Career Fellowship scheme should note that they are…

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Fwd: Postdoc: UAberdeen.SpiderRNAseqData

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Postdoc: UAberdeen.SpiderRNAseqData > Date: 11 September 2024 at 05:42:33 BST > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > > "Are you interesting in conducting an independent fellowship (post-doc) > at the intersection between genomics, immunology, and evolutionary > biology? We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join a > collaboration between the University of Aberdeen (United Kingdom, in the > lab of Dr David Fisher) and Aarhus University (Denmark, with Prof. Trine > Bilde and Dr Jesper Bechagaard). > > We have a resource of 68 RNA sequences already available from > an experiment exposing social spiders to a bacterium, a fungus, and a > control over 4, 12, 24, and 48 hours. We are looking for someone excited > to analyse this dataset to discover the temporally dynamic genetic > response of social spiders to different infection threats (building on > our past work), and to write a fellowship application based around this > dataset and other related work (mostly likely on social spiders in the > lab and/or field, but other systems such as cockroaches are available). > > We will fully support the applicant in the development and writing of > the fellowship application and are happy to discuss any and all ideas > for research topics. Suggested fellowships include: NERC independent > fellowships (2024 call yet to be announced), the Daphne Jackson fellowship > (always open - for those having taken a career break for family, health > or caring reasons), the Royal Society's Dorothy Hodgkin fellowship > (open, closes 29 October - for those that require flexible working due > to personal circumstances), the Newton International (opens 23 January > 2024 - non-UK only), and the Research Fellowships and International > fellowships from the Leverhulme Trust (both open, deadline 7 November). > > Please contact David Fisher (david.fisher@abdn.ac.uk) if interested. This > advert with live links to the fellowship opportunities is also posted > on https://ift.tt/kquBxWg" > > > David N. Fisher > he/him > Lecturer > The School of Biological Sciences > University of Aberdeen > Web | GS| Soc | RG| Or | LI > > The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, > No SC013683. > Tha Oilthigh Obar Dheathain na charthannas cl�raichte ann an Alba, > �ir. SC013683. > > "Fisher, David"

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Tudor Rose Tea Shop

The Tudor Rose Tea Shop stands as a striking testament to traditional British tea culture, reminiscent of the vibrant tea shop scenes I recall from my homeland, Sri Lanka. Nestled amidst the scenic beauty of its 19th-century architecture and the idyllic surroundings, this charming establishment on Greendale Road, opposite Port Sunlight railway station on the Wirral Peninsula, exudes an irresistible allure.

Formerly the village post office, the Tudor Rose Tea Shop epitomizes the quintessential British tea experience. Its half-timbered façade, steeply pitched roofs, ornate chimneys, leaded glass windows, arched doorways, and embellished exterior details such as quoins and carved wooden brackets contribute to its unique and picturesque charm.

Stepping inside, one is enveloped in the cozy ambiance, replete with traditional charm. Here, visitors can unwind and savor a delightful array of treats, including afternoon tea, sandwiches, cakes, and more.

Reflecting on the Tudor Rose Tea Shop, it becomes evident that its roots are deeply entwined with the rich tapestry of British tea culture. Much like the tea shops that formed the social nucleus of Sri Lankan village life in days gone by, this quaint establishment in Port Sunlight Village narrates a tale steeped in cultural and social history.

Port Sunlight Village, crafted by the visionary William Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was conceived as a utopian community for the workers of Lever's soap factory, now part of Unilever. Central to Lever's vision was the provision of amenities and the enhancement of residents' quality of life.

In this era, tea shops held a pivotal role in the social fabric of villages like Port Sunlight. Beyond merely serving tea, they served as sanctuaries for relaxation, conviviality, and the cherished ritual of tea consumption—a cornerstone of British culture. These tea shops were integral to fostering a sense of community and camaraderie among villagers, providing a respite from the rigors of daily life.

The Tudor Rose Tea Shop, nestled within Port Sunlight Village, epitomizes this ethos. Serving as a central gathering place, it not only offers tea but also serves as a haven for fellowship and companionship. Reflecting the progressive ideals of its founder, William Lever, the tea shop embodies a commitment to social welfare and community cohesion.

While British tea shop culture has evolved over time, adapting to changing consumer preferences and market dynamics, in Port Sunlight Village, the tea shop endures as a poignant reminder of the village's heritage—a cherished landmark where residents and visitors alike come together to savor the timeless pleasures of tea and camaraderie.

Photography / Strory by Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi

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Freethinker Research Fellowships for International Students in Germany, 2018

Freethinker Research Fellowships for International Students in Germany, 2018

The Volkswagen Foundation is offering Freethinker Fellowships to pursue research. International students are eligible to apply for this fellowship programme.

The offer is aimed at exceptional researchers who wish to move between established research fields and engage in risky science.

The non-profit Volkswagen Foundation supports research projects in all disciplines. In the context of changing…

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Indo-European thought project update 6: beginning the Leverhulme fellowship, my self-imposed guidelines for writing and time-discipline, and some summer cycling and writing

Indo-European thought project update 6: beginning the Leverhulme fellowship, my self-imposed guidelines for writing and time-discipline, and some summer cycling and writing

I’m in the incredibly privileged position of beginning a Leverhulme major research fellowship this week, to work on the Indo-European thought in Twentieth-Century France project. As a note to myself, I’m going to try to work with the guidelines I set myself seven years ago when I had a sabbatical year, when I completed Foucault: The Birth of Power and did much of the work for Shakespearean…

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Congratulations to the Leverhulme fellowship emails for being the most obnoxious emails to ever grace my university inbox

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THE EVOLUTION OF EARLY MEDIEVAL MEDICINE IN GLOBAL AND LOCAL CONTEXTS

A Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship project based at the University of Sheffield

In the ninth century, a scribe working in the area around Lyon recorded a medical recipe that included camphor, the aromatic extract from the wood of the camphor laurel – a plant native to southeast Asia – as one of its many ingredients.* The recipe, a general antidote intended to cure a vast range of ailments, also names potentially local products, such as hazelwort and honey, as well as other exotic imports, like ginger and cinnamon, among its ingredient list. Camphor, however, stands out: this recipe offers one of the earliest surviving references to this substance in medieval Europe.

Significantly, camphor appears to have been unknown in the Mediterranean world of antiquity – the world of Hippocrates, Galen, Dioscorides and other ancient medical authorities – and, crucially, the backdrop against which medieval medicine has generally been understood. So, where did this scribe acquire information about such an exotic ingredient? Are there other examples of camphor in early medieval recipes? Are there additional ingredients that appear to have been newly introduced to and/or recorded in the Latin west in this period? Is there any evidence suggesting that these substances were circulating in Europe and potentially available?

Before embarking on the current project, I had documented not only further examples of camphor but also a range of other previously unrecorded ingredients within a selection of eighth- and ninth-century collections of medical recipes. These findings bear witness to the existence of influences beyond the classical corpus and point to the movement of knowledge within both local and global (or at least Afro-Eurasian) networks of exchange. Of particular note are the signs of contact with Arabic-speakers and introduction of eastern pharmaceutical knowledge, exemplified by the case of camphor (the Latin term used in the text, cafora, seems to come directly from the Arabic term kāfūr, which, in turn, is from the Malay kāpūr), especially because the appearance of this substance in early medieval Latin recipes pre-dates the major translation of Arabic medical writings into Latin by several centuries.

But there are thousands of other recipes waiting to be transcribed and analysed… What other surprises do these recipes hold?"

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COMING TO CONvergence 2022: Your Reality May Vary!

JACK ZIPES!!!

Jack Zipes is a Professor Emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. In addition to his scholarly work, he is an active storyteller in public schools and written fairy tales for children and adults. Among his many awards are a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, the International Brothers Grimm Award, the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth and Fantasy, a Leverhulme Fellowship from Anglia Ruskin University, and World Fantasy Convention Award for Lifetime Achievement (2019).

Read more about Jack Zipes Register for CONvergence 2022

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Lecturer in Spanish, Glasgow (Escocia)

EMPLEO | Lecturer in Spanish University of Glasgow #EmpleoELE #ELE #TwitterELE #Trabajo #Empleo

Hay información en: español e inglés CiudadGlasgowPaísReino UnidoDescripciónThe University of Glasgow is seeking to appoint a Lecturer (LTS) in Spanish.  The post is a result of a successful Leverhulme Trust Fellowship award. It is a fixed term 0.8 teaching replacement lecturer post  (approx 28 hours per week) over 16 months.ContratoPart TimeFixed-Term/ContractSalario£35,845 to £40,322 Grade,…

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Online Reading Session # 9: Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra “Touched Bodies: The Performative Turn in Latin American Art”

27 May 2021, 18:00 h (GMT +2) via Zoom

In this session, we will discuss with Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra the introduction, chapter 1 and the conclusion of her book “Touched Bodies: The Performative Turn in Latin American Art”, published by Rutgers in 2019.

Abstract of the publication:

What is the role of pleasure and pain in the politics of art? In “Touched Bodies”, Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra approaches this question as she examines the flourishing of live and intermedial performance in Latin America during times of authoritarianism and its significance during transitions to democracy. Based on original documents and innovative readings, her book brings politics and ethics to the discussion of artistic developments during the “long 1980s”. She describes the rise of performance art in the context of feminism, HIV-activism, and human right movements, taking a close look at the work of Diamela Eltit and Raúl Zurita from Chile, León Ferrari and Liliana Maresca from Argentina, and Marcos Kurtycz, the No Grupo art collective, and Proceso Pentágono from Mexico. The comparative study of the work of these artists attests to a performative turn in Latin American art during the 1980s that, like photography and film before, recast the artistic field as a whole, changing the ways in which we perceive art and understand its role in society.

Shortlisted for the 2020 Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present Book Prize and Winner of the 2019 Art Journal Prize from the College Art Association.

Additional reading material: Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra (2018) "Beyond Evil: Politics, Ethics, and Religion in León Ferrari’s Illustrated Nunca más", Art Journal, 77:3, 20-47

About the author:

MARA POLGOVSKY EZCURRA is an art historian and cultural theorist. She joined the History of Art Department at Birkbeck, University of London in 2018, after finishing her PhD and holding a Junior Research Fellowship at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on contemporary Latin American Art and Intellectual History, with a particular emphasis on the politics of aesthetics, the body, and dimensions of agency and “liveness” in ecological and feminist artistic practice. She is the recipient of the 2019 Art Journal award and she is currently a Leverhulme Research Fellow. Her publications include the monograph “Touched Bodies: The Performative Turn in Latin American Art” (Rutgers University Press, 2019, shortlisted for the 2020 Book Prize of the Association for the Study of the Art of the Present), the forthcoming essay collection “Marcos Kurtycz: Corporeality Unbound” (Fauna-Jumex, 2021), and the edited volumes “Sabotage Art: Politics and Iconoclasm in Contemporary Latin America” (I.B. Tauris, 2016, edited with Sophie Halart), “Eugenio Polgovsky: Poetics of the Real/La poética de lo real” (Ambulante-Tecolote Films, 2020), and “Re-Public: The New Public Art in Mexico” (under review).

Coordination and moderation : Katerina Valdivia Bruch

Limited number of spaces available. Registration via Eventbrite.

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Fwd: Postdoc: ULeicester.OriginOfVision

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Postdoc: ULeicester.OriginOfVision > Date: 26 May 2024 at 05:11:39 BST > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > A funded postdoctoral position is immediately available to join Dr > Roberto Feuda's lab within the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology > at the University of Leicester. You will work on a project funded by > the Leverhulme Trust to understand the origin of vision. > > You will generate new single-cell RNA-seq data for non-bilaterian > metazoans to identify photoreceptor cells. The work will be done in > collaboration with Davide Pisani (University of Bristol) and G�sp�r > J�kely (University of Heidelberg). > > The Feuda lab, composed of 6 members (and two cats as mascots), combines > experimental and computational biology in different model systems to > investigate various aspects of nervous system evolution, from genes to > developmental gene regulatory networks and cell types. > > Furthermore, you will be part of the Neurogenetics Group at the University > of Leicester, composed of 8 PIs, 10 PDRAs, and 20 PhD students. The > group conducts research in evolutionary genomics (Feuda, Hammond, and > Mallon labs), neurogenetics (Kyriacou, Rosato, and Chen labs), auditory > physiology (Warren lab), and neurodegeneration (Giorgini lab). You will > actively participate in group meetings and social activities to facilitate > networking and independent collaborations. Other opportunities in science > career development, including leadership, teaching opportunities, and > grant and manuscript preparation, will also be part of the role. > > The initial contract is for one year, with the possibility of extending > it for a total of three years, contingent upon satisfactory performance. > > About You > The ideal candidate will have a PhD (or be about to submit) in molecular > or developmental biology, strong expertise in the bioinformatic > analysis of single-cell data, and a strong track record of research > excellence. You will be highly motivated, creative, and have a passion > for interdisciplinary research. Additionally, the ideal candidate should > be interested in developing the project further through independent > fellowship applications (e.g., EMBO and Marie Curie). > > Interested candidates should apply by June > 10th with a CV and a brief cover letter using this > https://ift.tt/TALbCDn > . For informal inquiries, please contact Dr. Roberto Feuda at > rf190@leicester.ac.uk. > > > > > > > > "Feuda, Roberto (Dr.)"

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Bigger brains gave squirrels the capacity to move up in the world

https://sciencespies.com/nature/bigger-brains-gave-squirrels-the-capacity-to-move-up-in-the-world/

Bigger brains gave squirrels the capacity to move up in the world

Squirrels and other tree-dwelling rodents evolved to have bigger brains than their burrowing cousins, a study suggests.

This greater brain power has given them key abilities needed to thrive in woodland habitats, including better vision and motor skills, and improved head and eye movements, researchers say.

Scientists have shed light on how the brains of rodents — a diverse group that accounts for more than 40 per cent of all mammals — have changed since they evolved around 50 million years ago.

Few studies looking into factors affecting brain size in mammals have taken account of extinct species. Previous research was also not able to reveal changes to the size of key parts of the brain.

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh used CT scans of skulls from 38 living and extinct rodent species to examine how the animals’ brains have changed over time. The data shows that rodents’ body mass, lifestyle and evolutionary history have affected the overall size of their brains and specific regions within it.

The relative brain size of tree squirrels has increased over time, driven largely by a sharp fall in their body mass, the team says.

Two key regions of the brain — including the neocortex, which is involved in vision and motor skills — also became larger in species living in trees. The petrosal lobules — which help with stabilising eye movements as the head rotates and tracks moving objects — also increased in size. Enlargement of these regions has helped tree-dwelling rodents adapt to life in complex environments, the team says.

By contrast, these parts of the brain are smaller in squirrels’ closest living relatives — mountain beavers, which live in burrows — and some extinct rodent species that had a similar lifestyle. This is likely because burrowing rodents spend most of their time underground with little light, meaning good vision might be less crucial for them, than those in trees.

The research, published in the journal Communications Biology, was supported by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship, European Research Council, National Agency for Research and Development, Leverhulme Trust and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The study also involved a researcher from the University of Toronto, Canada.

Dr Ornella Bertrand, of the University of Edinburgh’s School of GeoSciences, who led the study, said: “Squirrels’ ancestors were at an important juncture 34 million years ago. They were smaller than their closest extinct relatives, and there were far fewer primates living in trees than today, which opened up a new niche for them. When trees became available to them, squirrels’ ancestors seized the opportunity. This transition was a key evolutionary step for squirrels as it enabled them to acquire larger and more complex brains.”

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Can the Queen save Christmas?

BBC/YouTube

At 3pm UK time on Christmas day, the Queen’s Christmas message is broadcast throughout the Commonwealth. Annually the format is basically the identical, with the Queen giving her personal account of the primary private, nationwide and worldwide occasions of the 12 months and reflecting on the which means of Christmas. As such, it has turn out to be an necessary a part of the festivities for a lot of households within the UK and past.

With the COVID-19 pandemic nonetheless raging, contemporary restrictions imposed and Brexit quickly approaching, this 12 months’s broadcast has taken on new significance as a supply of stability and luxury, a continuing in these tough and unsure instances. Subsequently, it’s value inspecting how the language used within the broadcast creates this sense of reassurance.

Since 1952, the Queen’s Christmas message has carried out three ideological capabilities by way of rhetorical appeals based mostly on religion and household.

Identification

The Queen shares private anecdotes, which she typically hyperlinks to bizarre folks’s experiences by way of the pronouns “we” and “us”.

Learn extra: Coronavirus: how Europe’s monarchs stepped up as their nations confronted the disaster

On Christmas Day 1964, as an illustration, she instructed viewers that: “All of us who’ve been blessed with younger households know from lengthy expertise that when one’s home is at its noisiest, there may be typically much less trigger for anxiousness”. As most new dad and mom would recognise this truism, it conveys the message that – on this respect at the least – the royals are like every other household.

The primary televised Royal Christmas message, 1957. The Royal Household/YouTube

The Queen can be conscious that some households can be separated in the course of the festive season and commonly expresses empathy for them. As she stated in 1956: “I wish to ship a particular message of hope and encouragement to all who […] can’t be with these they love right now: to the sick who can’t be at dwelling”.

This message is made extra poignant due to COVID-19, because the Queen recognised in her particular tackle on April 5 2020. Certainly, it’s virtually inevitable that this 12 months’s Christmas broadcast will embody related phrases of comfort for individuals who have been separated from their family members in the course of the pandemic.

Continuity

Uncertainty is one other recurring theme within the Queen’s Christmas broadcast, as she tries to make sense of the 12 months’s occasions for the advantage of her viewers. She offers her private responses to nationwide and world issues, which ceaselessly contain the enactment of supposedly timeless (however predominantly Christian) values. On Christmas Day 1980, amid points such because the Soviet-Afghanistan struggle and UK unemployment, she stated:

We all know that the world can by no means be free from battle and ache, however Christmas additionally attracts our consideration to all that’s hopeful and good on this altering world; it speaks of values and qualities which can be true and everlasting and it reminds us that the world we wish to see can solely come from the goodness of the center.

Amongst these values are religion, charity and compassion and, by praising them as a supply of stability and the means for creating a greater world, the Queen is probably looking for to strengthen adherence to them. Not solely that, her appeals to Christian values and her emphasis on the household present a way of safety for individuals who are disoriented by the speedy tempo of social change. In flip, this sustains the monarchy by establishing the Queen as “a everlasting anchor, bracing in opposition to the storms and grounding us in certainty”, as former British prime minister David Cameron stated in 2012, marking her Diamond Jubilee.

Unity

The Queen’s rhetoric of unity relies totally on the metaphor of the Commonwealth as a household, which recurs all through the Christmas broadcasts. In 1956, as an illustration, she noticed that:

We discuss of ourselves as a “household of countries”, and maybe our relationships with each other are usually not so very totally different from these which exist between members of any household. Everyone knows that these are usually not at all times simple, for there isn’t any legislation inside a household which binds its members to suppose, or act, or be alike.

Regardless of these variations, in 2011 the Queen described the Commonwealth as “a household of 53 nations, all with a typical bond, shared beliefs, mutual values and targets”. As the top of the Commonwealth, it’s maybe no exaggeration to say that the Queen is the matriarch of this household of countries, whose main position is to maintain the unit collectively and uphold its values. Certainly, the Christmas broadcast has been an necessary supply of sentimental energy for the reason that finish of Empire. As Sonny Ramphal, a former Commonwealth secretary basic, put it: “with out her presence, the Commonwealth will really feel it’s lacking the captain from the bridge”.

With the UK authorities having tightened Christmas COVID-19 restrictions, in addition to the introduction of bans on UK journey in quite a few nations, this festive season can be very totally different. Maybe greater than ever, as households face separation or the disruption of their conventional plans, folks will search solace within the ritual of the Queen’s Christmas broadcast.

This text relies on the challenge 'Envisioning Britain and Britishness: The Queen's Christmas Message', which is supported by a Leverhulme Belief Analysis Fellowship (award quantity: RF-2019-5317).

from Growth News https://growthnews.in/can-the-queen-save-christmas/ via https://growthnews.in

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Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship

Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship

This scheme is for experienced academic researchers who would benefit from a period of full-time research without teaching and administrative duties. It is funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

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Call for Applications: Royal Academy of Engineering / Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships

Applications for this scheme are now open.

This round will close to applications on 17 November 2020, at 4pm.

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