Deadline: May 31, 2025
Applications are now open for PhD students or Early Career Researchers undertaking research in history, linguistics, literature, anthropology, archaeology, or related disciplines.
The Dame Elizabeth Hill Award is funded by a gift from former SSEES academic and Professor of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge, the linguist Dame Elizabeth Hill. The Scholarship honours Professor Dame Elizabeth’s work as a linguist and seeks to help prepare future expert Slavists of wider scope and horizons. This award of up to £18,000 over the course of three years is intended to support researchers who demonstrate outstanding academic promise in undertaking ambitious research projects related to a premodern Slavonic subject, including paleography in the Slavonic languages and the pre-1800 literature of the Slavs.
There will be one Award beginning in the 2025-26 academic year and offering up to £6,000 per year for three years. The Award is intended primarily to facilitate the visiting of libraries and/or archival collections outside the UK, but may also be used for the following:
- Visits to UCL SSEES to participate in the School’s research culture (e.g. presenting on research progress at a SSEES event), and
- Where the recipient is a PhD student, tuition fees up to a maximum value of a year’s Home fees at a UK university, at the UKRI rate (£5,006 for 25/26).
To apply, send the following materials to the Senior Research Coordinator (Alicia.Barnes@ucl.ac.uk) by 31 May 2025:
- Research proposal of up to 1500 words, including an outline budget detailing how you propose to use the award each year
- Personal statement and academic CV
- Valid email addresses for two academic referees who are familiar with your work
- Academic transcripts for all higher education provided in English and in electronic format
- If a PhD student, confirmation from your home institution that you are a registered research degree student.
Recipients of the award will be required to:
- Provide at least one talk in-person at SSEES on the findings of their research,
- Engage with and contribute to the interdisciplinary research culture of the School for the duration of the award,
- Provide short annual summaries of their expenditure and progress to the School’s Research Committee,
- Comply with all UCL policies as required, in particular UCL financial policies relating to expenditure.
Please direct any questions to Dr Jakub Beneš, Head of Research, at J.Benes@ucl.ac.uk.