Early Career Fellowship Programme
The Bonavero Institute Early Career Fellowship Programme (non-stipendiary programme) encourages post-doctoral researchers or other early career researchers engaged in the broad field of human rights law at Oxford to undertake their research at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights.
The Programme encourages post-doctoral researchers or other early career researchers engaged in the broad field of human rights law who have a college or university early career position in Oxford, to undertake their research at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights. Graduate students, whether at doctoral or master’s level, are not eligible for this programme, and we suggest you look at the University of Oxford’s website detailing the recognised student scheme.
Early Career Fellows will have the opportunity to:
- Published profile on the Institute's website;
- Participate in many of the activities of the Institute;
- Contribute to the collegial research environment;
- Attend seminars and lectures plus other academic gatherings open to the Institute's community.
Early Career Fellows will be allocated a a ‘sponsor’ who will be a member of the Institute or one of its Academic Affiliates. You may seek to identify a suitable sponsor in your application if you wish. Though your sponsor is available for general advice, it is not the intention of this scheme to provide mentorship or supervision.
Once you have the support of a sponsor, please read the guidelines and download and complete the Early Career Fellowship Programme application form and send to the Programmes Coordinator.
Application Process
Once you have the support of a sponsor, please read the guidelines and complete the Early Career Non-Stipendiary Fellowship Programme Application Form and send to the Programmes Coordinator - bonavero-programmes@law.ox.ac.uk
To check which dates fall within academic term time, please visit the University’s website.
Once your application has been submitted, it will be reviewed internally. If your application passes the initial review stage, it will be reviewed by the Institute’s Management Committee which meets termly, in week 5. The Programmes Coordinator will be in touch shortly after the meeting to confirm the outcome of your application.