Call for CaribOx Visiting Fellowship Scheme 2027 is open now!!!
The Caribbean Oxford Initiative (CaribOx for short) is a new visiting fellowship and travel grant programme designed to stimulate purposeful and long-lasting collaboration between researchers from institutions in the Caribbean and the University of Oxford. The programme aims to be a nucleus for world-class international research and knowledge exchange across disciplines and across career paths and stages.
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CaribOx is a visiting fellowship and travel-grant programme designed to support researchers across all disciplines based at Caribbean research institutions and to facilitate collaborations with researchers based at the University of Oxford. They welcome applications from all academic disciplines and strongly encourage applications from researchers from minoritised groups (including but not limited to gender/class/ethnic background).
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The CaribOx Fellowship is an opportunity to develop meaningful and high-quality research collaborations between researchers in Caribbean research institutions and the University of Oxford. It is hoped that the fellowship will enrich the intellectual lives and work of not only the fellows, but their academic collaborators and the wider University.
For researchers in the Caribbean there are two pathways for cross-institutional collaboration between the Caribbean and Oxford:
- Visiting Fellowships provide established researchers at Caribbean institutions with a twelve month affiliation with the University of Oxford, including ten months virtual engagement and a two month in-person visit to Oxford during Trinity Term (May-June). Visiting Fellows collaborate with a member of staff at the University of Oxford providing an opportunity for new relationships to be forged between the Caribbean and the University of Oxford.
- Travel Grants are available for early to mid-career researchers to allow two to four week research visits to the University of Oxford.
Applications will be assessed on the following criteria:
- Quality of the research proposal.
- The statement of support by the Oxford-based research collaborator.
- Potential outcomes, including longer-term opportunities for collaboration.
- The relation of the proposed project to a candidate’s career trajectory.
- Account will be taken of what other research funding the candidate is eligible to apply for.
Applications without a statement of support from an Oxford-based researcher will be disqualified.
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The Fellowship includes:
- Ten months of virtual engagement with the nominated Oxford collaborator.
- A two month in-person visit to Oxford.
- A University Card for access to online resources available through the University of Oxford, valid for 1 calendar year.
- A per-diem towards the cost of subsistence while in Oxford.
- The full cost of return economy-class flights to/from the UK.
- Association and accommodation through All Souls College during residency in Oxford. This will include membership of the Common Room (which gives access to a common space reserved for the use of academics and members of the teaching staff, as well as the right to eat lunch and dinner without charge).
- Visa application and logistical support for travel to/from Oxford.
- Support and facilitation for virtual events and activities through TORCH.
Eligibilities
Eligibility for Visiting Fellowships
- Applications are open to researchers in all disciplines.
- Applicants are expected to:
- Hold a PhD or equivalent.
- Be a legal resident of a Caribbean country (including the Windward and Leeward Islands).
- Be fully employed by an academic institution based in the Caribbean (including the Windward and Leeward Islands). The applicant’s contract of employment should cover the length of the Fellowship.
- In compliance with UK visa regulations, commit to return to the Caribbean following the CaribOx Fellowship residency in Oxford.
- Have an existing collaboration or be in contact with a potential collaborator at Oxford prior to the application deadline.
- Arrange and provide proof of relevant approvals by their home institutions related to taking up the Fellowship.
- Possess a minimum of intermediate knowledge of English.
Application Process
- Ensure candidates are eligible to apply.
- Contact candidates proposed Oxford collaborator ahead of making their application. If their do not currently have Oxford collaborator, please consult the university website on the divisions and department of the university to find one: https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/divisions-and-departments. They expect prospective applicants to have made contact with an Oxford collaborator ahead of the application. The CaribOx Programme Officer is available to answer general questions about Oxford departments, divisions, and faculties, though fellow committee do expect more detailed disciplinary questions to be directed specifically to potential Oxford collaborators.
- Request Oxford Collaborator to complete the statement of support form, and submit it via email to: [email protected]
- Fill out the application form in English. This includes submitting a research proposal that clearly outlines the proposed work to be undertaken during the Fellowship.
- Attach a CV. Please make sure to add information about any career breaks or similar on CV. Fellowship committee welcome applications from those who have taken a non-traditional route to academia or who have taken career breaks.
- Request a letter of support for application from the Academic Dean, or equivalent, at the institution they are employed by, to be submitted to [email protected]
- Submit the application form, the letter of support from a senior member of staff at the institution you work for, and your CV via email to: [email protected] . Please include your name and ‘CaribOx Visiting Fellowship’ in the subject title of email.
Application Deadline: September 15, 2026 (137 Days Remaining)
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