{"id":1071,"date":"2018-10-05T11:50:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T10:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialscienceresearchfunding.co.uk\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2018-10-05T11:50:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T10:50:17","slug":"top-application-tips-for-postdoc-fellowships-in-the-social-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialscienceresearchfunding.co.uk\/?p=1071","title":{"rendered":"Top application tips for postdoc fellowships in the social sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A version of this article first appeared in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/info.researchprofessional.com\/funding-insight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Funding Insight<\/a>\u00a0in June 2018 and is reproduced with kind permission of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/info.researchprofessional.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Professional<\/a>. For more articles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-76\" src=\"https:\/\/socialscienceresearchfunding.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/rainbowpotofgold-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialscienceresearchfunding.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/rainbowpotofgold-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/socialscienceresearchfunding.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/rainbowpotofgold.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 85vw, 207px\" \/>Post-doctoral or early career research fellowships in the social sciences have low success rates and are scarcely less competitive than academic posts. But if you have a strong proposal, at least some publications, realistic expectations and a plan B, applying for one of these schemes can be an opportunity to firm up your research ideas and make connections.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reality check<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re thinking of applying for a postdoc or early career social science fellowship, you should ask yourself the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you likely to be one of the top (say) six or seven applicants in your academic discipline?<\/li>\n<li>Does your current track record demonstrate this, or at least trajectory towards it?<\/li>\n<li>Is applying for a Fellowship the best use of your time?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot of naivety about the number of social science fellowships there are and the competition for them. Perhaps some PhD supervisors paint too rosy a picture, perhaps it is applicant wishful thinking, or perhaps the phrasing of some calls understates the reality of what\u2019s required of a competitive proposal. But the reality is that Postdoc Fellowships in the social sciences are barely less competitive than lectureships. Competitive pressures mean that standards are driven sky high and demand exceeds supply by a huge margin.<\/p>\n<p>The British Academy has a success rate of around 5%, with 45 Fellowships across arts, humanities, and social sciences. The Leverhulme Trust success rate is 14%, with around 100 Fellowships across all the disciplines they support (i.e. nearly all). The ESRC scheme is new &#8211; no success rates yet &#8211; but it will support 30-35 social science Fellowships. Marie Curie Fellowships are still available, but require relocating to another European country. There are the new UKRI Future Leader Fellowships which will fund 100 per call, but that\u2019s across all subjects, and these are very much \u2018future leader\u2019 <strong>not<\/strong> \u2018postdoc\u2019 calls. Although some institutions have responded to a lack of external funding by establishing internal schemes &#8211; such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/research\/researchwithus\/fellowships\/internally-funded.aspx\">Nottingham Research Fellowships<\/a> &#8211; standards and expectations are also very, very high.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not to say that you shouldn\u2019t apply \u2013 Fellowships do exist, applicants do get them \u2013 but you need to take a realistic view of your chances of success and decide about the best use of your time. If you\u2019re writing a Fellowship application, you\u2019re not writing up a paper, or writing a job application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Tips for applications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Credible applicants need their own (not their supervisor\u2019s) original, detailed and <a href=\"https:\/\/socialscienceresearchfunding.co.uk\/?p=897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">significant<\/a> Fellowship project. Doing \u2018more of the same\u2019 is unlikely to be competitive \u2013 it\u2019s fine to want to mine your PhD for publications and for there to be a connection to the new programme of work, but a Fellowship is really about the next stage.<\/li>\n<li>If you don\u2019t have any publications, you have little to make you stand out, and therefore little to no chance. Like all grant applications, this is a contest, not a test. It\u2019s not about being sufficiently promising to be worth funding (most applicants are), it\u2019s about presenting a stronger and more compelling case than your rivals.<\/li>\n<li>If you have co-authored publications, make your contribution clear. If you have co-written a paper with your supervisor, make sure reviewers can tell whether (a) it is your work, with supervisory input; or (b) it is your supervisor\u2019s work, for which you provided research assistance.<\/li>\n<li>Give serious consideration to moving institution unless (a) you\u2019re already at the best place for what you want to do; or (b) your personal circumstances prevent this. Moving institution doubles your network, may give you a better research environment, and gives you a fresh start where you\u2019re seen as an early career researcher, not as the PhD student you used to be. If you\u2019re already at the best place for your work or you can\u2019t move, make the case. Funders are becoming a bit less dogmatic on this point and more aware that not everyone can relocate, but don&#8217;t assume that staying put is the best idea.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t neglect training and development plans. Who would you like to meet or work with, what would you like training in, what extra research and impact skills would you like to have? Fellowships are about producing the researcher as well as the research.<\/li>\n<li>Success rates are very low. Don\u2019t get your hopes up, and don\u2019t put all your eggs in one basket and neglect other opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>Much of the rest of my <a href=\"https:\/\/socialscienceresearchfunding.co.uk\/?cat=16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advice on research grant writing<\/a> applies to Fellowships too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even if you\u2019re ultimately unsuccessful, you can also use the application as a vehicle to support the development of your post-PhD research agenda. By expressing a credible interest in applying for a Fellowship at an institution that\u2019s serious about research, you will get feedback on your research plans from senior academics and potential mentors and from research development staff. It also forces you to put your ideas down on paper in a coherent way. Whether you apply for a Fellowship or not, you\u2019ll need this for the academic job market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A version of this article first appeared in\u00a0Funding Insight\u00a0in June 2018 and is reproduced with kind permission of\u00a0Research Professional. For more articles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com Post-doctoral or early career research fellowships in the social sciences have low success rates and are scarcely less competitive than academic posts. But if you have a strong proposal, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/socialscienceresearchfunding.co.uk\/?p=1071\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Top application tips for postdoc fellowships in the social 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