Oxford e-Research Centre Visitor Programme
The Oxford e-Research Centre welcomes each year a number of established scholars, industry leaders, practitioners, and policy makers of distinction or outstanding promise. The programme is designed to give our Visiting Fellows the opportunity to collaborate on the development of innovative technologies to accelerate research. Our current areas of interest include: enabling science, digital humanities, research infrastructure, digital social research and addressing the fourth paradigm.
Visiting Fellowships may be awarded to suitably qualified academics to undertake study or research at the Centre for a period of between three and twelve months. Academics from other Universities visiting for a period between one week and three months may be awarded Academic Visitor Status. Visiting Associateships may be awarded to suitably qualified policy makers and industry practitioners or equivalent to undertake study or research at the Institute for a period of between three and twelve months.
More information can be found below on the following topics:
-> Hosting Postdoctoral Fellowships
-> Hosting Visiting Masters or Doctoral Students
-> Contacts and Application Process
-> Benefits
-> Entitlements
Hosting Postdoctoral Fellowships
The e-Research Centre is happy to consider requests to host early career researchers supported by Postdoctoral Fellowships from external funding bodies.
Candidates may also be considered if they are near completion of their dissertation and would expect to have received their doctorate before taking up or applying for a Fellowship. The length of the Fellowship depends on the external funding body's requirements and can be up to five years in some cases.
There is no set deadline for Postdoctoral Fellowship applications however applicants should ensure that they contact Dr Mark Hylton, Centre Administrator, at least three months before the earliest of either the proposed date for taking up the Fellowship or the associated external funding application deadline.
Hosting Visiting Masters or Doctoral Students
The Oxford e-Research Centre will in exceptional cases host doctoral students from other universities who have an interest in e-Research and collaboration across disciplines.
Visiting students may come from any discipline but their studies must relate to the research interests of one or more of our staff members. Our current research foci include: enabling science, digital humanities, research infrastructure, digital social research and addressing the fourth paradigm.
Fees for all Visitors
- A flat fee of £500 per month for services is charged pro rata to the length of visit to cover desk space, IT support, normal telecoms usage and photocopying.
- For special programmes tailored to the Visitors requirements, a separate fee will be negotiated based on the level of input involved in the programme.
- It is expected that Visitors will normally be self-supporting, funded by their own institution or by a grant.
Contacts and Application Process
The Centre operates an open call for applications for visitors with no set deadlines. However we recommend that at least three months before the proposed date for taking up the Visitorship and preferably longer if a Visa application is required.
Please contact Dr Mark Hylton, Centre Administrator (mark.hylton@oerc.ox.ac.uk, +44 1865 610640), Oxford e-Research Centre, 7 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG.
The relevant application forms and further details are available to be downloaded:
- Application form for Visiting Fellows, Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows
- Further information about the programme for Visiting Fellows and Associates
- Further information about the programme for Postdoctoral Fellows
- Visiting Master’s and Doctoral Student Application Form
- Further Information about the programme for Visiting Students
Visitor Programme Benefits
- Visitor status within the university with University Card.
- A member of the Centre staff to act as host, introducing the visitor to the Centre and available for discussion of research interests or co-ordinating a more intensive programme tailored to the needs of the Visitor.
- Inclusion in staff mailing lists inviting to Centre talks, seminars and noncourse lectures, plus a wide range of University seminars and lectures.
- Provision of an @oerc.ox.ac.uk email address, if required.
- Access to the University and Centre’s IT network and access to defined areas of the Centre’s servers.
- Use of a hot desk
- General access to the Centre’s communal facilities (coffee machine etc)
- Limited free photocopying (with an additional charge for larger requirements)
Entitlements
These include:
- The right to be described under the relevant category and listed on the Centre’s web site with a brief biography;
- Access to the e-Research Centre’s premises in central Oxford during the period of the visit;
- Access to the Bodleian Library via the University Card.
Responsibilities
- To play an active role in the intellectual community of the e-Research Centre during the period of the visit.
- To give a seminar and to participate in the Centre’s programme of seminars and events.
- For visits of more than three months, to contribute to Centre’s publications by writing a briefing or other piece of work deriving from the visit which may, at the Director’s discretion, be published on the Centre's web site.
- To ensure that any research or policy work undertaken during the visit will be undertaken in the public interest and that any reports or publications arising from it will be freely available to scholars and other interested parties.
- To engage in general discussion about e-research, events or policy publications, as appropriate.
- To provide biographical details for the e-Research Centre web site and regular reports on relevant activities
- To acknowledge the e-Research Centre, as appropriate, in research or other publications deriving from the visit.
- To abide by all relevant university and Centre policies – as per the University’s Academic Visitor declaration.