Given the locations involved (among them Delhi and Tokyo), this may be of some interest to UK-based members of the list.
AHRC International Placement Scheme Showcase Events
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is holding three events to showcase the opportunities available to AHRC/ESRC*-funded PhD students and Early Career Researchers through our International Placement Scheme (IPS).
The annual IPS scheme provides funded research fellowships for AHRC/ESRC*-funded PhD students and Early Career Researchers at one of four international partner institutions: · The Library of Congress*, Washington DC, USA · The Huntington Library, California, USA · National Institutes for the Humanities, Japan · Sarai Research Programme, Delhi, India
The showcase will include presentations from returning IPS award holders; AHRC staff will advise on eligibility for the scheme and give application guidance; All speakers, as well as IPS alumni, will be available at the networking lunch to discuss the scheme.
The events are primarily aimed at AHRC/ESRC*-funded PhD students, doctoral-level research assistants and early career researchers. BGP Coordinators, Heads of School/Department, Research Managers, PhD Supervisors and AHRC-funded Principal Investigators with project students/RA’s would also be welcome.
Please RSVP to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IPS-Showcase no later than 2 weeks before your preferred date: Friday 2nd November 2012 –University of Leeds, 11.00 – 14.00 Thursday 15th November 2012 – University of Birmingham, 11.00 – 14.00 Friday 16th November 2012 – University of Westminster, 11.00 – 14.00 Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Exact location details and agendas will be emailed to delegates nearer the time of the event.
IPS applications for 2013/14 will be open from approximately early November 2012 until early January 2013. Placements can be taken up from 1st July 2013.
For information on the scheme please see the IPS webpages. Please direct enquiries to ips@ahrc.ac.uk. To follow the AHRC on twitter see @ahrcpress. For tweets about the event see #AHRCIPS.
*ESRC-funded PhD students and Early Career Researchers may apply to the Library of Congress only.
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