Visiting Professors & Research Fellows

1. Eligibility

Scholars must be distinguished scholars, of a standing in their field which is appropriate to their career stage. They must have fluent spoken and written English. Research visitor status is open to established, mid-career and early-career researchers. Preference will be given to those who have not held a Visiting Research Scholarship at the Law School previously.  

PhD students and Masters students are not eligible.

2. Criteria

Interested candidates must have secured the support of a member of the academic staff within the Law School. This person will act as a point of contact for the Scholar, and be expected to introduce the Scholar to other colleagues, and to Law School events.

3. Duration

Research visits are normally for up to three months, but longer stays will be considered.

In all cases, all applications are dependent on available space and capacity within the Law School. Visits which take place outside of term time (https://www.tcd.ie/calendar/academic-year-structure) are discouraged.

4. Benefits

Each scholarship comes with the following benefits:

• The support of an academic collaborator in the School who will assist the Scholar to settle in, make contacts within the School, integrate into Trinity life, and help with the organisation of a research seminar or other suitable dissemination opportunity;
•  Office space, if available (which may be shared or be the office of a colleague on sabbatical) in a Law School premises;
• Access to all relevant libraries and research collections;
• Access to all Law School events.

5. Obligations

Research Scholars are normally asked to undertake some of the following during their scholarship:

• Give a research seminar on existing research (this is required in all cases where the scholarship is over 1 month in duration);
• Provide a 400 word outline of their background and scholarship activities to the School of Law to be used on the School’s website;
• Participate in the research seminar(s) of the Law School;
• Participate, where possible, in the relevant School Research Group;
• Be available for consultation for research students who work on related topics;
• Discuss opportunities for further collaboration with colleagues;
• In general, participate in the academic life of the Law School.

After the Scholarship to:

• Submit a 400 word report on their scholarship to the Research Committee;
• Acknowledge the support of the Law School on all outputs arising out of research undertaken during their scholarship;
• Provide the Law School with a copy of publications or other outputs based on their Scholarship.

6. All candidates offered scholarships will be required to submit, one month in advance of their arrival, a short biography (200 words) and a 500 word description of the purpose of their research visit, ideally highlighting links to the Law School, which can be used for promotional purposes.
7. The Scholar is responsible for all matters relating to immigration and eligibility to live in Ireland, as well as adequate health and other insurance and housing. The Law School is not responsible for managing their status in Ireland.

1. Interested candidates must secure the support of an academic collaborator the Law School who will sign off on their application form. Please note that members of staff in the Law School may not be able to support an application for a variety of reasons, including their own research and teaching commitments.
2. Once an academic collaborator is secured then the candidate should prepare(in electronic format):
   1. A completed version of the enclosed application form;
   2. A short Curriculum Vitae (2 pages max) with separate publication list (3 pages max). If a non-native English speaker, please highlight relevant publications in English.

Applications for periods of up to one month are considered by the Head of Discipline only, and must be proposed by a member of the Law School’s academic staff. Completed applications should be emailed to the Head of Discipline by the proposing member of the School’s academic staff. Completed applications for longer visits should be emailed to the Director of Research by the proposing member of the School’s academic staff.

Applications will be assessed on the basis of:

1. The track record of the applicant, demonstrating excellence as appropriate to the career stage (30%);
2. The alignment of the programme of research to the interests of the Law School (40%);
3. The potential for collaboration between the Scholar and members of the Law School’s academic staff resulting in publications, dissemination opportunities, public engagement opportunities, and funding applications (20%);
4. The proposed plan of activities (seminars, masterclasses etc) provided by the Scholar (10%).

In all cases, applications are dependent on space and capacity and must be endorsed by a member of the Law School’s academic staff.