Bristol is renowned for its blend of creativity and historic charm, making it a friendly and exciting place to live and study. Ranked as a top 10 UK university (QS 2025), the University of Bristol is a world-leading institution committed to excellence in research.
The Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences is home to a breadth of expertise, from human rights to the classics. The high quality of our thriving research-rich environment was recognised in the most recent research excellence framework (REF2021), in the Arts Unit of Assessments (UoAs) nearly half of our research isratedworld-leading (4*), while over 90% of research in the Social Sciences and Law UoAs is ranked world-leading or internationally excellent (4* and 3*).
The Faculty boasts research achievements in single disciplines and interdisciplinary research projects that fall into the university’s key research themes; Equitable and sustainable health; Net zero and climate change; Creative and cultural industries; Data and digitalisation; Social justice and Supercomputing. Our vibrant culture attracts the world’s leading researchers and underpins our considerable success with research funding, fellowships and civic engagement activity.
This grant can be combined with other IES grants.
Award amount: The Fellowship offered by Bristol in the faculties of Arts, Law and Social Sciences is up to $5,000 total for up to 3 months per academic year and will be paid to the Berkeley student upon arrival in Bristol.
Eligibility: Open to UC Berkeley graduate students in the Humanities & Social Sciences. Preference will be given to Berkeley students who can demonstrate in their application that they already have a faculty contact at Bristol.
Application Instructions: Applicants must submit the following materials:
- A one-page application letter, including a 100-word (maximum) abstract of your research and indication of the duration of your stay
- A research statement of approximately 1,500 words
- One letter of recommendation from a UC Berkeley faculty member; this letter should be sent to ies@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail)
- One letter (or e-mail) from a research supervisor at Bristol, indicating the duration of your stay
- A short CV
Deadline: Dec 15
For more information about Bristol, please contact Prof. Melissa Allen at assocdean-alss@bristol.ac.uk
For additional information on this fellowship opportunity, please contact ies@berkeley.edu