The British Institute at Ankara is advertising for the 2013 Research Scholar. For further information about the Institute, please visit the web-site www.biaa.ac.uk
Applications are invited for a Research Scholarship tenable for 7 months (with the possibility of extending for two extra months) from 7 January 2013 and based at the Institute in Ankara. The Research Scholar will work with the Director and Assistant Director on the research collections and the electronic records of the BIAA archives to improve the Institute’s research capacity in one or more of its Strategic Research Initiatives, please visit the website: http://www.biaa.ac.uk/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=111&Itemid=80 .
The scholar will be required to spend at least two-thirds of their time on institute related work and a third conducting their own research relating to Turkey and/or the Black Sea littoral, which may fall within any of the academic disciplines of the humanities and social sciences.
Candidates should have recently completed or be about to complete a Masters degree, and are expected subsequently to conduct research at doctoral level. The research undertaken at the BIAA should normally be preparatory and designed to underpin a funding application for a PhD.
Applicants must be normally resident in the UK and must have a demonstrable connection with a UK academic institution. The position will be based at the Institute in Ankara.
The salary for the position will be £800 per month. The BIAA will pay the cost of one return flight between the UK and Turkey.
The closing date for applications is 26 October and interviews will be held in London on 15 November.
Application procedure
Applicants should send a full CV and a letter of application, including details of their relevant experience, a research proposal and two references. Note: Applicants must advise their referees to have references sent to the London office electronically by the closing date. Please only send electronic applications and references to the London office of the BIAA (biaa@britac.ac.uk). For further information also contact this email address.
Applicants should send a full CV and a letter of application, including details of their relevant experience, a research proposal and two references. Note: Applicants must advise their referees to have references sent to the London office electronically by the closing date. Please only send electronic applications and references to the London office of the BIAA (biaa@britac.ac.uk). For further information also contact this email address.
Claire McCafferty | London Manager
The British Institute at Ankara |10 Carlton House Terrace | London SW1Y 5AH
| T: +44 20 7969 5204 |F: +44 20 7969 5401|E: biaa@britac.ac.uk | W: www.biaa.ac.uk
The British Institute at Ankara |10 Carlton House Terrace | London SW1Y 5AH
| T: +44 20 7969 5204 |F: +44 20 7969 5401|E: biaa@britac.ac.uk | W: www.biaa.ac.uk
