The School of Advanced Study has funding to offer up to four awards across two schemes:
- Creative Practitioner Residencies
- Inclusion, Participation and Engagement (IPE) fellowships
These can be taken up for a period of six months in association with one or more of the School’s institutes, libraries, centres or hubs between January and July 2027.
About the scheme
Following successful Creative Practitioner in Residence and IPE Fellowship schemes, which have alternated on a two-yearly basis, the School has decided to offer both schemes across its institutes, libraries, centres and hubs for 2027, with the option for applicants to specify which scheme they’d like to apply for. Details of each pathway are as follows:
Creative Practitioner in Residence Scheme
Creative Practitioner Residencies are intended to support a creative practitioner with interests in any form of art, design, digital media production, documentary filmmaking, writing, curation of exhibitions or other bodies of creative work, performance or cultural production. We are looking to encourage innovative, imaginative and boundary-crossing work examining how academic research can connect with the public, policy makers and/or the education and creative sectors through engagement with creative practice.
The outcome of the residency can be in the form of an event, workshop, or creative output(s) led by the creative practitioner around the project’s theme.
Additional funding for time and resources is available to enable practitioners to develop or contribute to a training resource related to their specialism and project theme for the RESHAPED platform. Practitioners should discuss proposals with their mentor and the RESHAPED team.
You can find out about previous Creative Practitioners in Residence at the following pages: ILCS Creative Practitioner in Residence | IALS Creative Practitioner in Residence 2026 | IALS Creative Practitioner in Residence 2024 | ICS Practitioner in Residence | IHR Creative Practitioner in Residence | IES Creative Practitioner in Residence | Warburg Institute Announces Inaugural Assetto Fellows
Inclusion, Participation and Engagement Fellowships
These Fellowships are intended to support Early Career Researchers without a permanent academic post to develop ongoing or new projects that have inclusion, participation or engagement elements. This may relate to shifting existing research practice and developing new experimental methodologies within the UK and international higher education settings. As such, the School is also open to applicants offering different interpretations of the above elements.
In order to be eligible for the scheme, Early Career Researchers must be within eight years of the PhD award, not including any period of career break. They must have been awarded their PhD by the start of the Fellowship.
The outcome of the fellowship can be in the form of an event, workshop, or other academic output(s) around the project’s theme. Additional funding for time and resources is available to enable researchers to develop or contribute to a training resource related to their specialism and project theme for the RESHAPED platform. Fellows should discuss proposals with their mentor and the RESHAPED team.
Find out about past IPE Fellows at Inclusion, Participation and Engagement Fellowships.
Practitioners without a PhD should apply through the Creative Practitioner pathway (see above).
Funding
Creative practitioners or fellows will receive a total stipend of £12,000, paid in monthly instalments over six months.
This may be used as a contribution towards travel and/or accommodation, and other living costs during the residency or fellowship, though residence in London is not a requirement of the funding. Some additional funding will be available to support events and activities.
How to Apply
Applications should be made online via this system. The deadline for applications is 17:00 UK time Friday 27 November 2026. Interviews will be held during the second week of December. Successful candidates will take up their fellowship or residency in January or February 2027.
The School is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. Applications from any candidate who meets the criteria of the award are welcomed.
Based on our data, we are significantly under-represented at all levels at SAS by Black, Asian and minority ethnic, and disabled colleagues. As such, we would particularly encourage Black, Asian and minority ethnic, and disabled candidates to apply.
Unfortunately, the School is unable to pay for visa and associated costs for colleagues based overseas.
Mentoring and Support
Successful applicants will be offered structured mentoring as part of their fellowship or residency, offering network-building opportunities and wrap-around support throughout their time with the School.
As part of the scheme, creative practitioners or fellows will be allocated a mentor from within SAS, matched based on their research or practice focus. Mentors will meet creative practitioners or fellows on a regular basis to help them get to know colleagues at the School, institutes, libraries, centres or hubs they’ll be working with, and to discuss training and development needs specific to them.
Support will also be available from the SAS fellowships team in the form of regular check-ins, signposting relevant networks or opportunities, and additional support where required.
Creative practitioners and fellows will be encouraged to take part in training offered by the School as part of their ongoing professional development. SAS leads both live and asynchronous training to support ethical, creative and interdisciplinary research practices in the humanities (more information here). The RESHAPED platform provides resources for researcher and practitioner skills development.
About the School
The School of Advanced Study (SAS) – part of the University of London – is a national centre for research and innovation in Arts and Humanities across the UK and a centre for advanced study in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Its mission is to champion arts and humanities in the UK, supporting researchers to demonstrate their contribution to the wider research and innovation landscape, and the impact of their research on policymakers, communities and individuals.
Working through its renowned specialist institutes, libraries, centres and hubs, the School offers a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate on questions of society, culture, economy and the environment as they relate to factors such as history, culture, language and identity. Institutes, libraries, centres and hubs include:
- Digital Humanities Research Hub (DHRH)
- Environmental Humanities Research Hub (EHRH)
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and the IALS Library
- Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) and the Combined Classics Library
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS)
- Institute of English Studies (IES)
- Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and the Wohl Library
- Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (ILCS)
- Institute of Philosophy (IP)
- National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE)
- Refugee Law Initiative (RLI)
- Warburg Institute (WI) and the Warburg Library
SAS receives special funding from UKRI and is supported by the University of London to deliver its research support and education missions.
Creative practitioners or fellows will have full access to the School of Advanced Study’s research culture and infrastructure including Senate House Library and SAS Institute Libraries and their collections, the many academic seminars, multiple workshops and research training sessions and conferences, and a range of on-going research projects and academics.
You can find out more about the School and its activities on its website.
SAS: Creative Practitioner in Residence Scheme and Inclusion, Participation and Engagement Fellowships 2027
The School of Advanced Study has funding to offer up to four awards across two schemes:
- Creative Practitioner Residencies
- Inclusion, Participation and Engagement (IPE) fellowships
These can be taken up for a period of six months in association with one or more of the School’s institutes, libraries, centres or hubs between January and July 2027.
About the scheme
Following successful Creative Practitioner in Residence and IPE Fellowship schemes, which have alternated on a two-yearly basis, the School has decided to offer both schemes across its institutes, libraries, centres and hubs for 2027, with the option for applicants to specify which scheme they’d like to apply for. Details of each pathway are as follows:
Creative Practitioner in Residence Scheme
Creative Practitioner Residencies are intended to support a creative practitioner with interests in any form of art, design, digital media production, documentary filmmaking, writing, curation of exhibitions or other bodies of creative work, performance or cultural production. We are looking to encourage innovative, imaginative and boundary-crossing work examining how academic research can connect with the public, policy makers and/or the education and creative sectors through engagement with creative practice.
The outcome of the residency can be in the form of an event, workshop, or creative output(s) led by the creative practitioner around the project’s theme.
Additional funding for time and resources is available to enable practitioners to develop or contribute to a training resource related to their specialism and project theme for the RESHAPED platform. Practitioners should discuss proposals with their mentor and the RESHAPED team.
You can find out about previous Creative Practitioners in Residence at the following pages: ILCS Creative Practitioner in Residence | IALS Creative Practitioner in Residence 2026 | IALS Creative Practitioner in Residence 2024 | ICS Practitioner in Residence | IHR Creative Practitioner in Residence | IES Creative Practitioner in Residence | Warburg Institute Announces Inaugural Assetto Fellows
Inclusion, Participation and Engagement Fellowships
These Fellowships are intended to support Early Career Researchers without a permanent academic post to develop ongoing or new projects that have inclusion, participation or engagement elements. This may relate to shifting existing research practice and developing new experimental methodologies within the UK and international higher education settings. As such, the School is also open to applicants offering different interpretations of the above elements.
In order to be eligible for the scheme, Early Career Researchers must be within eight years of the PhD award, not including any period of career break. They must have been awarded their PhD by the start of the Fellowship.
The outcome of the fellowship can be in the form of an event, workshop, or other academic output(s) around the project’s theme. Additional funding for time and resources is available to enable researchers to develop or contribute to a training resource related to their specialism and project theme for the RESHAPED platform. Fellows should discuss proposals with their mentor and the RESHAPED team.
Find out about past IPE Fellows at Inclusion, Participation and Engagement Fellowships.
Practitioners without a PhD should apply through the Creative Practitioner pathway (see above).
Funding
Creative practitioners or fellows will receive a total stipend of £12,000, paid in monthly instalments over six months.
This may be used as a contribution towards travel and/or accommodation, and other living costs during the residency or fellowship, though residence in London is not a requirement of the funding. Some additional funding will be available to support events and activities.
How to Apply
Applications should be made online via this system. The deadline for applications is 17:00 UK time Friday 27 November 2026. Interviews will be held during the second week of December. Successful candidates will take up their fellowship or residency in January or February 2027.
The School is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. Applications from any candidate who meets the criteria of the award are welcomed.
Based on our data, we are significantly under-represented at all levels at SAS by Black, Asian and minority ethnic, and disabled colleagues. As such, we would particularly encourage Black, Asian and minority ethnic, and disabled candidates to apply.
Unfortunately, the School is unable to pay for visa and associated costs for colleagues based overseas.
Mentoring and Support
Successful applicants will be offered structured mentoring as part of their fellowship or residency, offering network-building opportunities and wrap-around support throughout their time with the School.
As part of the scheme, creative practitioners or fellows will be allocated a mentor from within SAS, matched based on their research or practice focus. Mentors will meet creative practitioners or fellows on a regular basis to help them get to know colleagues at the School, institutes, libraries, centres or hubs they’ll be working with, and to discuss training and development needs specific to them.
Support will also be available from the SAS fellowships team in the form of regular check-ins, signposting relevant networks or opportunities, and additional support where required.
Creative practitioners and fellows will be encouraged to take part in training offered by the School as part of their ongoing professional development. SAS leads both live and asynchronous training to support ethical, creative and interdisciplinary research practices in the humanities (more information here). The RESHAPED platform provides resources for researcher and practitioner skills development.
About the School
The School of Advanced Study (SAS) – part of the University of London – is a national centre for research and innovation in Arts and Humanities across the UK and a centre for advanced study in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Its mission is to champion arts and humanities in the UK, supporting researchers to demonstrate their contribution to the wider research and innovation landscape, and the impact of their research on policymakers, communities and individuals.
Working through its renowned specialist institutes, libraries, centres and hubs, the School offers a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate on questions of society, culture, economy and the environment as they relate to factors such as history, culture, language and identity. Institutes, libraries, centres and hubs include:
- Digital Humanities Research Hub (DHRH)
- Environmental Humanities Research Hub (EHRH)
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and the IALS Library
- Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) and the Combined Classics Library
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS)
- Institute of English Studies (IES)
- Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and the Wohl Library
- Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (ILCS)
- Institute of Philosophy (IP)
- National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE)
- Refugee Law Initiative (RLI)
- Warburg Institute (WI) and the Warburg Library
SAS receives special funding from UKRI and is supported by the University of London to deliver its research support and education missions.
Creative practitioners or fellows will have full access to the School of Advanced Study’s research culture and infrastructure including Senate House Library and SAS Institute Libraries and their collections, the many academic seminars, multiple workshops and research training sessions and conferences, and a range of on-going research projects and academics.
You can find out more about the School and its activities on its website.