Choose a Fellowship

Throughout the year, IASH hosts a lively scholarly community of visiting fellows. It is a supportive environment for postdoctoral researchers, while also attracting successful mid-career and eminent senior scholars.

 The Institute occupies a historic building with private courtyard and leafy views—perfect for uninterrupted thinking, reading and writing. Yet there is also plenty of opportunity to socialise and share ideas. From upwards of 65 countries, IASH Fellows form a global alumni community, and many career-long connections begin at the Institute.

Details about specific programmes can be found in these pages. In general, an IASH Fellowship offers a:

  • Research visit in Edinburgh, one of the world's most intellectually inspiring cities, for 2-10 months
  • Dedicated office space and University library access
  • Weekly Fellows’ social events to build community
  • Collegial work-in-progress seminar series for testing new ideas
  • Calendar of engaging events at the Institute and College
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For Early Career Researchers

Our early career Fellowships are perfect to help you kick start your path into academia.

Lord Stern speaking at a lectern in a Lecture Theatre at the 2018 Fulbright Lecture.

For Mid-Career / Senior Researchers

We offer a variety of exciting Fellowships for external researchers, allowing them to visit Edinburgh as part of our academic community.

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For Researchers at the University of Edinburgh

We have a number of Fellowship programmes that may be of interest to scholars at the University of Edinburgh and PhD students looking for the next step.

a group of three performers sitting on stage, dressed in 18th century clothing and wigs during a Performance of "Princess Dashkova", written by an Institute's Fellow. Eight more actors sitting in the background, also dressed in 18th century clothing.

For Creative Writers

We have a long-standing partnership with the Traverse Theatre to give emerging and established playwrights time and space to create.

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