The British School at Athens offers two fellowships (for either a full year or 6 months) for postdoctoral or advanced doctoral research in any area covered by the School’s mission statement. By historical convention these awards are referred to as ‘Studentships’. Applications are open to researchers engaged in advanced postgraduate or postdoctoral research at UK universities.
The School is both the primary centre of British research in Greece for resident and visiting scholars and a hub of international research through its programme of seminars and conferences. It is the co-ordinating body for British archaeological fieldwork, and possesses outstanding Library facilities in many fields, as well as the Fitch Laboratory for science-based archaeology. The successful candidate will demonstrate high standards of academic excellence and will be conducting genuinely innovative research either in an established discipline, or of an interdisciplinary nature. Candidates should have completed at least one year of doctoral research by the time they take up the award.
During their tenure of an award, students are expected to be resident in Greece for a minimum of nine months. When in Athens, they must reside at the School and will be expected to contribute to its scholarly life and administrative operation.
Applications are automatically considered for both the ‘Macmillan-Rodewald’ and the ‘Richard Bradford McConnell Studentship’.