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CaribOx Visiting Fellowships & Travel Grants (Sept. 19, 2025)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The 2026 call for applications for the Caribbean Oxford Initiative, ‘CaribOx’, is now open.

Overview

CaribOx is a new 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. Please see the CaribOx project page for more information about the programme. We welcome applications from all academic disciplines and strongly encourage applications from researchers from minoritised groups (including but not limited to gender/class/ethnic background).

Visiting Fellowships

The elected fellows will be affiliated with the University of Oxford for twelve months starting from January 2026. This will include a ten month-long virtual engagement, and a two month in-person visit to Oxford, which will take place between Sunday 26 April to Saturday 20 June 2026 (Trinity Term).

The Fellowship includes:

  • Ten months of virtual engagement with the nominated Oxford collaborator
  • A two month in-person visit to Oxford between Sunday 26 April to Saturday 20 June 2026
  • 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

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

Learn More & Apply

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The call for 2026 applications for the Caribbean Oxford Initiative, ‘CaribOx’, is now open.

We are welcoming applications to the CaribOx travel grant programme to visit Oxford for research purposes. For 2026, we will be awarding 2 travel grant for 2 to 4 weeks in the UK, to take place during the dates of full University of Oxford term as below. Please see the CaribOx project page for more information about the Programme.

Overview

CaribOx is a new 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. Applications for visiting fellowship and travel grants for 2026 are now open. We welcome applications from all academic disciplines and strongly encourage applications from researchers from minoritised groups (including but not limited to gender/class/ethnic background).

Travel Grants will include:

  • A 2 to 4 week in-person visit to Oxford during the dates of Oxford term in 2026. The Oxford term dates are as follows:
  • A University Card for access to online resources available through the University of Oxford, valid for 1 calendar year.
  • The full cost of return economy class flights to/from the UK.
  • A per-diem towards the cost of accommodation and subsistence while in Oxford.
  • Visa application and logistical support for travel to/from the UK.

Eligibility for Travel Grants

  • Applications are open to researchers in all disciplines.
  • Applications are open to researchers from doctoral student to mid-career (defined here as within no more than 15 years from the award of their doctorate or equivalent. In considering eligibility, we will make allowance for applicants who have had career breaks, and for established scholars who do not have doctorates).
  • Applicants are expected to:
    • Be a legal resident of a Caribbean country (including the Windward and Leeward Islands).
    • Be enrolled or employed by an academic institution based in the Caribbean, (including the Windward and Leeward Islands)
  • In compliance with UK visa regulations, commit to return to the Caribbean following the completion of the travel grant
  • Arrange and provide proof of relevant approvals by their home institutions related to taking up the travel grant
  • Possess a minimum of intermediate knowledge of English

Learn More & Apply

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