Application Deadline: 11:59AM (UK time) on the 6th June, 2025
LOCATION: United Kingdom
The AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme is designed to allow exceptional African researchers to build international networks and focus on a project of their choice in collaboration with Oxford-based scholars.
ELIGIBILITY:
You are eligible to apply if you are a national of any African country or have indefinite leave to remain in any African country. You must also have a position in an African university/research institution domiciled in an African country and are a legal resident in the host country of your institution.
Fellows will be affiliated with the University of Oxford for 12 months, including ten months of virtual engagement and a two month in-person visit to Oxford between May and June (Trinity term). During the Fellowship, AfOx Fellows are associated with a Department and a College within the University. To apply for a fellowship, all applicants must have an Oxford-based researcher named as their collaborator on their application.
Visiting Fellows must be of postdoctoral or equivalent status at the time of application. Applicants must be holding an appointment in an African academic or research institution at the time of application.
AfOx will send supporting documents for visa application to successful applications, but it is the responsibility of the applicant to make a timely visa application and ensure that they meet all other requirements.
Please note: applicants must find a collaborator who is already attached to the research institute to which they are applying. The two exceptions to this are the TORCH Fellowship (which accepts a collaborator based in any of the humanities departments at Oxford) and the Improving Equitable Access to Healthcare Fellowship (any Oxford collaborator working in a relevant area).
BENEFIT:
During the 10 months of virtual engagement, fellows will have remote access to resources available at Oxford University, including library access and support to strengthen research leadership skills.
During the in-person fellowship selected Fellows will be provided with accommodation. A temporary University card for access to the University and college buildings and temporary membership to the host college’s Senior Common Room will be granted for the period of residency. The fellowship will also include return economy flight ticket, airport transfer, visa fee and a maintenance allowance for incidental expenses during the residence (up to £250 per week according to University guidelines).
The visa fee and related expenses will be reimbursed upon arrival in Oxford.
