Paul Mellon Centre Mid-Career Fellowships

Mid-Career Fellowships are awarded annually to academics and scholars at universities, museums, galleries or other institutions who are established in their careers and who were awarded their doctorates over six years previously. Applications are also welcome from independent and freelance scholars, and from individuals who do not hold a doctorate, but all applicants must have a scholarly profile.

They are designed to release Fellows from teaching and/or other employment responsibilities and provide them with a defined period of four months to devote to research for an article, book, exhibition or catalogue.

Mid-Career Fellowships are awards of £18,000, this can be taken as either:
- Replacement teaching or staff costs and paid directly to either the Fellow’s University or institution
- A lump-sum grant if the Fellow is an independent or freelance scholar
The Centre does not pay full economic costs.