Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities

School of the Arts has sustained success in securing postdoctoral funding through a range of schemes. The School has a vibrant research culture across its departments: Comparative Literature and Culture; Drama; English; Film Studies; Linguistics; Modern Languages and Cultures; and the Language Centre, which has a research culture in Applied Linguistics. 

Researchers within the School also benefit from the interdisciplinary research, knowledge exchange and funding opportunities of QMUL’s Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

We would be delighted to hear from postdoctoral candidates working in relevant subject areas who are considering applying for a fellowship, including the schemes listed below, and would be happy to offer support in preparing applications. Initial enquiries should be directed to members of staff closest to your research interests (email addresses are available on the departmental sections of our website). Enquires about the application process itself should be sent to sta-research@qmul.ac.uk. 

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships

PLEASE NOTE: we are not inviting applications to the 2026 round of this scheme.

Our current Leverhulme Early Career Fellows are Dr Peter Budrin, Dr Gemma Tidman and Dr Nikolaus Perneczky.

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships

These fellowships enable early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences to pursue an independent research project, towards the completion of a significant piece of publishable research, and are tenable for three years. See the British Academy website for details: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships/

You can read about the research of our current BA Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Jiří Anger, here.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

The School of the Arts welcomes expressions of interest to this Horizon Europe scheme from talented postdoctoral researchers who wish to carry out their research activities abroad, acquire new skills and develop their careers. Candidates will need to apply with a QMUL supervisor. Full details of the European and Global Fellowships can be found here: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships.