The POST’s Parliamentary Academic Fellowship Scheme offers 14 exciting projects, drafted by Parliament, that offer a unique opportunity for scholars and academics including increasing knowledge of Parliament, developing networks, and offering positive impacts on career and research agendas, with the directed call now live and closing 19 January 2020.
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Parliament writes:
Following the success of POST’s Parliamentary Academic Fellowship Scheme pilot,?POST’s Knowledge Exchange Unit?(KEU) has reopened the scheme. As before, the scheme has two streams: a directed call and an open call. The open call will go out in Spring 2020, and the directed call is now live.
Various offices across Parliament have drafted projects, which they would like an academic fellow to conduct. These projects include contributing to core work of the office, filling gaps in expertise, building staff capacity and skills, informing parliamentary scrutiny, analysing and evaluating parliamentary practices, or helping to grow Parliament’s academic networks.
Key dates
- Deadline for applicants to submit application: 11:59pm, 19th January 2020
- Interviews with applicants: From 3rd February 2020 onwards
- Fellowship start date: to be discussed with host office
How to apply
Applicants must:
- Identify the project they would like to apply for. Please see below for links to proposed projects.
- Read theGuidance Note for Applicants.
- Complete an Application Formand send a copy of the completed form, along with a two-page CV and a sample of writing for a non-academic audience of between 500–1500 words (or URL to writing sample of same length), to postfellowships@parliament.uk We would also appreciate if you would complete and send us the Diversity Monitoring Questionnaire, although this is voluntary. You should mark the subject of the email as: ‘PAFS: [number and title of project]’.
Once the application window has closed, parliamentary offices will shortlist applicants and then conduct interviews via telephone, Skype, or in UK Parliament. Interviews will take place from 3rd February onwards. Following interviews, an offer will be made if an appropriate candidate is identified….
Please direct all queries to Dr Sarah Foxen, Knowledge Exchange Manager, KEU, POST: foxens@parliament.uk
