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Are you an excellent early career researcher and interested in joining the DCAL team?
DCAL is looking for outstanding early career researchers working in the research fields of linguistics, psychology and neuroscience with deaf people, who would like to apply for fellowships to be hosted at our research centre.
DCAL will provide tailored support to applicants, assisting in the preparation and submission of competitive applications for UK and international fellowship calls. Interested researchers should submit a one-page expression of interest and CV to dcal@ucl.ac.uk. Please note that expressions of interest should be submitted at least 3 months prior to the application scheme deadline. However, we encourage applicants to initiate contact with potential hosts as early as possible in the process.
We strongly encourage applications from deaf and hard-of-hearing researchers, as well as those from minority ethnic groups, who are currently under-represented at UCL and DCAL.
These are examples of potential eligible schemes, but applications to all suitable calls will be considered:
- Wellcome Early Career Awards
Wellcome Early-Career Awards
Subject areas: What we do and don’t fund in discovery research
For applicants in the UK or low-middle income countries- Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Any subject area
For non-UK applicants- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Subject areas: Social science disciplines
For applicants from anywhere
Open call with regular decision points throughout the year.- Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Subject areas: Research overlapping social sciences and arts and humanities: joint AHRC and ESRC statement
- Royal Society/British Academy Grants & Fellowships (various fundings)
Humanities & social science: The British Academy
STEM subjects: Royal Society
For non-UK applicants- Daphne Jackson Fellowship
Are you eligible to apply for a Fellowship?
For researchers who had a career break of at least two years’ duration, taken for family, health or caring reasons.
Applicants need to be resident in the UK at the time of application and have the right to work in the UK.
