Fully Funded Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships 2022/23: (Deadline 28 February 2022)

Applications are open for the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships 2022/23. The Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships, established in 2000 through generous funding from Lord Sainsbury of Turville, are designed to strengthen academic ties with Japanese studies programs in Asia, Europe, Oceania, and North America.

The Fellowships provide recipients with an opportunity to work in a scholarly environment conducive to completing a publication project. The appointed fellows will be given shared office space in Norwich and are expected to live in Norwich during their appointment.

Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships

• The one-year Fellowship will commence in September 2022 and carries a value of £24,000.
• For the six-month Fellowship, kindly state the preferred start date in your application. This may be subject to negotiation. The six-month Fellowship carries a value of £12,000. One-year Fellowships are preferred.

Eligibility Required for Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships

• Open to scholars who have received a PhD in any area of Japanese culture.
• Preference will be given to applicants working in the fields of visual studies, including but not limited to the history of art, cultural heritage, archaeology, architecture, film studies, and digital humanities.
• Preference will be given to Early Career Researchers, defined by the AHRC as “within eight years of the award of their PhD or equivalent professional training, or an individual who is within six years of their first academic appointment”.
• Fellows are required to have a good level of spoken and written English.

Application Instructions

To submit an application for a Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowship, please email them to obtain the application form.

Once completed, the application form should be emailed back to sisjac@sainsbury-institute.org. In addition to the application form, please enclose:

• Curriculum Vitae (please include the date your Ph.D. is expected to be conferred, if not already conferred) and
• Sample of writing (for example a published article, or a core chapter of the PhD)

All application documents must be in English.

In addition, two letters of reference should be sent by email or mail to arrive by the application deadline. If sent by mail, they should be signed and sealed and sent directly by the referee to the Sainsbury Institute, 64 The Close, Norwich, NR1 4DH, UK. If they are sent by email, they should be emailed directly by the referee to sisjac@sainsbury-institute.org

Lastly, It is important to visit the official website link found below to access the application form.

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