Overview
Deadline: November 18, 2026 Applications are invited for the British Academy Innovation Fellowships Scheme 2026. The Innovation Fellowships scheme will provide funding and support for established early-career and mid-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to partner with organisations and business in the creative, cultural, public, private and policy sectors, to address challenge
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Deadline: November 18, 2026
Applications are invited for the British Academy Innovation Fellowships Scheme 2026 . The Innovation Fellowships scheme will provide funding and support for established early-career and mid-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to partner with organisations and business in the creative, cultural, public, private and policy sectors, to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions.
Through the Innovation Fellowships, their researchers in the SHAPE community will be supported to create new and deeper links beyond academia, so enabling knowledge mobilisation and translation, as well as individual skills development.
The Innovation Fellowships scheme has two routes: Route A: Researcher-led and Route B: Policy-led. This call is for Route B with the Academy, working with the FCDO and Cabinet Office.
Areas of Interest
The Academy and the FCDO invite applications for Fellowships in any of the following areas:
Applied History
Critical Infrastructure and European Warfare
South Asia Geopolitics and Regional Security
The UK-France Relationship in 2027 and Beyond
UK National Security Strategy
Grant
The Academy is able to offer awards of up to £120,000 for 12 months in duration (with Full Economic Costing at 80 per cent).
Eligibility
Eligible applicants must be ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom with a current long-term appointment that will continue for at least as long as the period of the award at a UK-based institution (e.g., a Higher Education Institution [HEI] or Independent Research Organisation [IRO]).
They must also meet the requirements set out in the ‘Working at and with the FCDO’ section.
Applications are welcome from early-career researchers and mid-career researchers. Note that applications from independent researchers cannot be accepted in this round of the scheme.
Applicants may not hold more than one British Academy award of a comparable nature at any one time.
Applicants for the Innovation Fellowships Scheme should be intending to pursue challenges that can benefit from the contribution of Humanities or Social Sciences expertise.
Postgraduate students are not eligible to apply for grant support from the Academy, and Applicants are asked to confirm in the personal details section(s) that they are not currently working towards a PhD, nor awaiting the outcome of a viva voce examination, nor awaiting the acceptance of any corrections required by the examiners.
Application
The deadline for submissions and UK institutional approval is 18 November 2026, 17:00 (GMT).
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