The Faculty is happy to host post-doctoral fellows who are applying for funding from a range of post doctoral fellowship schemes.  Individuals should make contact with the Faculty at an early stage in their application process as there may be limits on applications for some schemes.  A number of the more common schemes are listed below.  Potential applicants should check our vacancies page at the appropriate point or e-mail recruitment@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk

Unfortunately, due to the high number of Expression of Interest applications, we cannot provide detailed individual feedback.

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships:  https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships/ 
Call opens: July 2025 Deadline and how to apply: there is an initial Faculty call for expressions of interest, and the deadline is normally late July or early August.  Faculty deadlines and links to further information will be available here when the call opens: https://humanities.web.ox.ac.uk/british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowships  

British Academy International Fellowships: https://humanities.web.ox.ac.uk/british-academy-international-fellowships [The deadline for applicants wishing to apply for 2025 entry has now passed]                                                          

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career-fellowships
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships - Expressions of interest. The scheme supports early career researchers who have not yet held a full-time permanent academic post to undertake a significant piece of publishable work. [The deadline for applicants wishing to apply for 2025 has now passed].

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellows: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships 
How to apply: Expressions of interest from candidates, comprising a two-page proposal outline and two-page CV, should be sent to research.support@humanities.ox.ac.uk by Monday 2 June 2025.  All Expressions of Interest must have the agreement and confirmed support from a postholder in the Faculty who will act as supervisor.  Applicants selected by the Faculty will be supported to submit applications to the call deadline on 10 September 2025.