Information for postdoctoral researchers seeking to base research projects in ISCA.

 

  1. Obtaining permission from ISCA: As there are space and financial considerations for ISCA when accepting a postdoctoral fellowship, it has been agreed to keep the maximum number of externally funded fellows to four at any one time.

  2. Mentor: Agreement first needs to be sought from an established member of academic staff within ISCA who will act as your mentor throughout the period of your fellowship.

  3. Application Process: Once a mentor has been established, the departmental application form (click here) should be returned to the office of the Administrator, School of Anthropology, 51-53 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE, together with supporting statements from your mentor and your dissertation supervisor, if different from your mentor.

    Approval from ISCA must be formally received prior to submitting your Fellowship proposal. When departmental approval has been given, your proposal to the external funding body needs to be processed through the department and the university's Research Services, either electronically or in hard copy, depending on the requirements of the funding body. The person responsible for administering the process of submitting your proposal to Research Services and answering any queries you may have is the School's Finance Officer:

 

Kian Febrer. Telephone +44 (0)1865 274691

Email: kian.febrer@anthro.ox.ac.uk

 

And For COMPAS contact:

Vicky Kingsman.Telephone: +44 (0)1865 274700

Email: vicky.kingsman@compas.ox.ac.uk

Once your proposal has been completed it is best practice to make an appointment with the Finance Officer/Research Administrator for up to one hour during which time he/she will go through your proposal in detail in order to complete the in-house costing forms for Research Services. These then need to be signed by yourself and the Head of Department before they can go to Research Services. Your proposal to the funding body will also need signatures of yourself, your mentor and/or Head of Department.

Timing: Please allow two weeks for processing the departmental application to ISCA and then, if approved, allow at least four weeks for processing your proposal through the Department and Research Services Office before forwarding to the funding body. This is important to consider when looking at the funding body deadlines.

Please note: Since the introduction of Full Economic Costing on 1st September 2005, Research Services are insisting on having at least two weeks to process all applications for funding and if this is not given, there is a danger that your application will not be processed in time to meet the funding body deadline.

Cooling ceremony for motorcycle. Witihama, Adonara, Indonesia 2001. Photo by Professor Robert Barnes