Paul Mellon Centre 2022 Senior Fellowships

Senior Fellowships are offered annually to academics, established scholars or senior museum professionals in the field of British art and architectural history either to complete a manuscript or book for publication or to undertake a sustained period of research towards a major project.

They are designed to release Fellows from teaching and/or other employment responsibilities and provide them with a defined period to devote to writing or research.

• Table of Content
• About Paul Mellon Centre
• Senior Fellowships
• Aim and Benefits of Senior Fellowships
• Requirements for Senior Fellowships Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Senior Fellowships

Aim and Benefits of Senior Fellowships

Senior Fellowships are awards of £60,000, this can be taken as either:

• Replacement teaching or staff costs and paid directly to either the Fellow’s University or Institution
• A lump-sum grant if the Fellow is an independent or freelance scholar

The Centre does not pay full economic costs.

If an independent Fellow accepts full-time employment during the period of the Senior Fellowship, the Centre will request an appropriate reimbursement of the award.

Requirements for Senior Fellowships Qualification

• All supported topics must have a clear art-historical perspective, including those that focus on recent or contemporary artistic practice.
• All applications must demonstrate that British art, architecture or visual culture provides a substantial focus for their project.
• Applications will be assessed according to their academic rigour, originality, and contribution to scholarship.
• They do not fund research projects focusing on archaeology, current architecture practice, or the performing arts.
• To apply for a Senior Fellowship you must be a prominent and established scholar in the field of British art or architectural history, ideally with a significant publishing record.
• Senior Fellowships are for the academic year 2022/2023 and may be taken between September 2022 and September 2023. Fellowships cannot be deferred to later academic years nor can they run concurrently with a Fellowship awarded by another institution.
• Applications for shorter periods than twelve months will not be accepted.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Paul Mellon Centre website.