The Chevening British Library Fellowship is a collaboration between the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Library, offering international experts a year-long professional project-based placement. Fellows will have the privilege of working with the extensive library’s collections, and benefit from the broad range of professional expertise of library staff. Please note that this fellowship is not suitable for those wanting to pursue their own research.
The British Library is the national library of the UK and one of the world’s greatest research libraries. The British Library’s collection encompasses all fields of knowledge in hundreds of languages, covering 3,500 years from some of the earliest written records to the digital collections of the present day, and range over all formats. As a public-facing, culturally-active research institute, Chevening is pleased to partner with the British Library to bring international experts to the UK to pursue a one-of-a-kind opportunity.
About Chevening British Library Fellowship.
Fellows will undertake a period of professional project-based activity at the British Library, receiving support and supervision from library staff. Please note that this fellowship is not suitable for those wanting to pursue their own research. For the 2019/2020 academic year, two placements are on offer and will provide fellows with experience in strategic and policy work relevant to a national library. There is one placement per theme:
Theme 1 – Research on digitised archival material from Latin America and the Caribbean
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This fellowship is available in the following countries:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Peru
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Theme 2: Research on the British Library’s African-language printed books collections
This fellowship is available in the following countries:
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Please read through the detailed theme profile for more information.
As a public-facing, culturally-active, research institute, the Library is able to provide a broad range of professional development opportunities for fellows. Fellows will have a unique project-based placement involving research, consultation, and strategy development, coupled with stakeholder engagement and outreach opportunities.
Fellows will benefit from embedded working and hands-on training within a specific team, as well as having access to a range of organisational training and development opportunities, such as the British Library’s Digital Scholarship programme. The library’s postgraduate research manager will provide additional pastoral support and work with supervisors to monitor the progress and professional development. Each fellow will also be allocated up to £1,000 for approved project-related expenses.
The fellowship starts in September 2019 and is for a 12-month period of project-based activity at the British Library.
Chevening British Library Fellowship Eligibility.
To be eligible for a Chevening/British Library Fellowship, you must:
- Demonstrate the potential to rise to positions of leadership and influence
- Demonstrate that you possess the personal, intellectual, and interpersonal attributes reflecting this potential
- Be a citizen of one of the above listed countries, who will return to your home country at the end of the period of fellowship
- Have a postgraduate (PG) level qualification (or equivalent professional training or experience in a relevant area) at the time of application
- Have significant professional and/or academic research experience (at least five years)
- Be currently employed or a currently enrolled PhD candidate (PhD must not be with a UK/EU or USA university)
- Provide evidence of meeting at least the minimum English language abilities for Chevening Awards
- Not hold dual nationality where one nationality is British (other than for nationals exempt from this requirement).
- Not be employees, employees’ relatives (or former employees who have left employment less than two years before) of Her Majesty’s Government including the FCO (including FCO Posts), the British Council, DFID, MOD, BIS, UKTI and UKBA, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, or the British Library or any of their wholly-owned subsidiaries.
- Applicants who have previously received financial benefit from a HMG-funded scholarship or fellowship are eligible to apply after a period of five years following the completion of their first HMG funded award and are required to demonstrate their career progression from that point
Chevening British Library Fellowship Benefits.
- 12-month period of project-based activity at the British Library
- Living expenses for the duration of the fellowship
- Return economy airfare from their home country to the UK
- Allowance package for fellowship-related activities
- Up to £1,000 for approved project-related expenses
How to Apply for Chevening British Library Fellowship.
Interested candidates who meet the criteria listed above should apply by clicking on the “Apply” button below:
Deadline: 6th November, 2018.
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