The Durham Centre for Advanced Photography Studies (DCAPS) at Durham University is seeking outstanding candidates to apply for prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships. We welcome applicants working on topics relating to the Centre's research interests, including photography theory; photography, national culture and transnationalism; visual culture, politics and affect; photography and the urban world; and photography, iconicity and cultural memory.

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers but with a proven record of research. The Trust contributes 50% of each Fellow's total salary costs up to a maximum of £23,000 per annum and the balance is paid by the host institution. Given the prestige of the awards each Fellow may request annual research expenses of up to £6000 to further his or her research activities. Further information about the Fellowships, including eligibility criteria can be found here:

http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/ECF/ECF.cfm <https://exchange.dur.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/ECF/ECF.cfm>

Further information about DCAPS and its research interests can be found here:
<https://exchange.dur.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.durham.ac.uk/mlac/research> http://www.dur.ac.uk/dcaps

Applicants who want to apply for an Early Career Fellowship through DCAPS will receive assistance in the form of feedback on individual draft applications, especially the project proposal. For this assistance, applicants need to contact Dr Edward Welch, Co-Director of the Centre, providing the following information, by no later than Monday 7 February 2011 (email e.j.welchdur.ac.uk <mailto:e.j.welchdur.ac.uk> ).

1. A current Curriculum Vitae

2. A detailed account of the proposed research, (2 pages of A4, Times New Roman 12 pt). This should include aims, objectives, methodology and publication plans. The methodology should be clear and comprehensible to a non-expert. Bibliographic references should be included in full.

3. An abstract of the proposal in non-technical terms so as to be easily comprehensible to a non-expert

4. Details of research being undertaken in the department/centre at Durham which is relevant to your proposal.

Applications will then undergo a process of scrutiny by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and those of outstanding quality will be submitted through Durham University to meet the Leverhulme Trust deadline of 4pm on 10 March 2011. The Trust will report results, by letter, by the end of May 2011.