Postdoctoral Research

We generally have one or two postdoctoral research fellows in residence: they join fully in the life of the Department and do a very limited amount of (MA and BA) teaching. Previous postdoctoral members of the Department have gone on to teaching posts in universities across the UK and abroad.  Professor Miriam Leonard is Director of Research for 2024-2025 (staff details can be found here).  

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships

• Applicants must be within three years of the award of a doctorate (precise dates and criteria are given by the British Academy in its guidance at the website below)
• Applicants must be a UK or EEA national, or have completed a doctorate at a UK university.

Applicants must be supported by the Department. The BA Postdoctoral fellowship scheme for a start date in 2025 will open in July 2024 and the deadline for Stage One outline applications is likely to be in early October 2024. There is an earlier internal deadline at UCL, and we advise you to contact us with your preliminary materials by mid-July. Please get in touch with the member of staff who most closely matches your research interests to discuss your application, or contact the departmental Director of Research with an academic CV and a one-page outline of your project in the first instance.

Information: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships/

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships

• Applicants must not yet have held a full-time established academic post in a UK university or comparable UK institution, nor may Fellows hold such a post concurrently with the Early Career Fellowship.
• All candidates must hold a doctorate or have equivalent research experience by the time they take up the Fellowship.
• Applications are invited from those with a doctorate who had their doctoral viva not more than five years from the application closing date.
• Applicants must either hold a degree from a UK higher education institution at the time of taking up the Fellowship or at the time of application hold an academic position in the UK (e.g. fixed-term lectureship, fellowship).

Applicants must be supported by the Department, and matched funding is provided by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at UCL, who will make the final decisions on which applications to put forward to the Leverhulme Trust. Please get in touch with the member of staff who most closely matches your research interests to discuss your application, or contact the departmental Director of Research with an academic CV and a one-page outline of your project in the first instance. The UCL deadline is in mid-November, but applicants are advised to be in touch with the Department by the end of July. Selected candidates will be offered academic guidance by their potential mentor and the support of faculty facilitators.

Information: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career-fellowships

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

The scheme is now open for applications, with a deadline of 11 September 2024. Early discussion of proposals from international researchers with UCL Greek & Latin staff is advised. Further guidance would be available for selected applications from UCL’s European Research & Development Office.

Information: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-postdoctoral-fellowships-2025