Simon and Hallsworth Fellowships in Political Economy and Social Science

For early-career researchers with a doctoral degree.

Applying

Applications will be judged principally on the creativity and excellence of the research described, but also on their fit with expertise in the nominated school and the University environment generally. Your proposed research project must:

• demonstrate a clear link between the length of fellowship (3 years) and the research proposal;
• be relevant to the nominated Fellowship scheme.

Where you will be based

Fellows will be required to be based at the University during their period of tenure.

Exceptionally a Fellow may be permitted to conduct research elsewhere.

Requests for leave of absence for research purposes for more than four weeks per annum during the appointment should be submitted with detailed information as a part of the formal application, or exceptionally subsequently to the Chair of the Simon and Hallsworth Fellowships Appointment Committees.

Teaching

The Fellowship is a full-time commitment, and the scheme provides for the Fellow to be invited to undertake a limited amount of teaching.

Limited is defined as a maximum of up to five hours per week averaged out over the academic year.

Essential knowledge, skills and experience

Hallsworth FellowshipThe ability to make an original contribution to research in the broad field of political economy or Chinese political economy.

Hallsworth Fellowship with focus on External Engagement and Impact

The ability to make an original contribution to research in the broad field of political economy with application to Faculty research themes and an emergent track record of conducting research in collabortion with non-academic partners including the private, public or third sector

Simon FellowshipThe ability to make an original contribution to research in the broad field of social science.

The following list applies to both the Simon and Hallsworth funds.

• A PhD to have been awarded by the closing date for applications and not more than four years prior to the closing date for applications. (The Fellowship Committee will take into account special circumstances i.e. career breaks in respect of the four-year postdoctoral experience regulation.)
• Demonstrable potential for high-quality research in relevant subject areas through, for example, a record of research and publications appropriate to the level of post-doctoral experience.
• The ability to construct a creative, excellent, and achievable research proposal that is relevant to their nominated academic centre’s (ie School) overall research plans.
• The ability to function as an independent researcher, including managing large research projects and meeting deadlines.
• Candidates must not have held, or currently hold, a permanent academic position (rolling temporary contracts do not, in this case, equate to a permanent position).
• The potential to reach the requisite research profile to secure an academic post upon completion of the Fellowship.
• The following would be a distinct advantage:
• A degree (undergraduate or postgraduate) from a Higher Education Institution within the British Commonwealth.

For questions relating to the Fellowships please see our list of frequently asked questions

Condition of the award

A condition of the award for all Simon and Hallsworth Research Fellowships is to produce a poster about your project as requested.

How to apply

Applications should be made via The University of Manchester's online application system.

• Hallsworth Research Fellowship including the Hallsworth Research Fellowship in Chinese Political Economy
• Hallsworth Research Fellowship with focus on External Engagement and Impact
• Simon Research Fellowship

You should also attach a short CV (ideally no more than two pages) listing your publications.

Your research proposal should be no more than 2,000 words (2,500 words for the External Engagement and Impact Fellowship) and relevant to your nominated academic centre's (ie School) overall research plans.

Your proposal must clearly identify your nominated host school (you may wish to do this at the top of your proposal) from those listed in the further particulars.

Failure to do this will result in immediate elimination from the competition.

Your proposal should also provide a short statement outlining what steps you will take to engage with areas outside of the academic community.

Further advice and guidance on the impact agenda can be found here:

• Impact toolkit - Economic and Social Research Council