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IMI Visiting Fellows Scheme

Our Visiting Fellows Scheme aims to:

  • Provide an opportunity for researchers and doctoral students who are working in areas of interest to IMI’s research programme, to visit IMI and carry out a period of independent, self-directed research
  • Be of mutual benefit to both IMI and the Visitor, providing an opportunity for visitors to engage in IMI’s research culture and strengthen the basis for possible future collaboration. Visitors will be able to attend IMI weekly seminars. There is an expectation that they will present their work in an IMI seminar and submit a proposal to IMI’s Working Papers series.

Visiting Fellows are offered:

  • a temporary university card and email account
  • access to academic facilities at the Department of International Development and Social Science Division such as libraries, seminars etc.
  • a link person within IMI who will be the Visitor’s main academic contact (although no direct research supervision will be provided)
  • desk space can be offered for an additional fee, depending on space availability (see below)

An IMI Visiting Fellow has no official affiliation to the University of Oxford and the association is designed for periods of independent, self-directed research work. It is not a training course, nor is it applicable for people wishing to apply for a student visa to study on a course. Unfortunately IMI is unable to assist with visa applications. Visitors can request a certificate of attendance at the end of their period with IMI.

Fees and funding

Each Visiting Fellow will contribute £300 per term in Departmental fees. Travel and subsistence costs while in Oxford must be covered by the Visiting Fellow. Fellows are expected to find their own accommodation; IMI cannot provide or arrange accommodation. Rooms in shared houses in Oxford cost about £400 per month, plus lighting and heating. Rental accommodation in Oxford is in very high demand and Visiting Fellows are strongly advised to make the necessary arrangements as early as possible.

If space is available, a workstation within IMI can be provided at a fee of £1,200 per term (including the £300 departmental fee). Applicants should state on their application form whether or not they will require desk space.

Applications

Visiting Fellows normally stay with us for one or two terms. Anyone interested in applying should contact IMI's administrative officer (briony.truscott@qeh.ox.ac.uk) with a brief description of your work, the reason for wanting to visit IMI and the name of the IMI research staff member who you would like to act as your 'link person'. (See IMI People).

If your application is of interest to the team, we will contact you and ask you to fill in a more detailed application form which you will need to submit together with your curriculum vitae and a 500-word outline of your proposed study or research at IMI.

Your application will then be submitted to the Department of International Development’s Affiliations Committee for a final decision. There is a rolling application process with three deadlines each year: these are currently 11 October 2011, 15 January 2012 and 23 April 2012.

For further information about IMI’s Visiting Fellows scheme, please contact Briony Truscott at briony.truscott@qeh.ox.ac.uk