The Cochrane Research Fellowship 2025

Applications are warmly invited for the Cochrane Research Fellowship 2025 at the Chester Beatty. This year, the Fellowship offers a one-month, funded research position that must be undertaken within the calendar year 2025 (please follow the link below for full information). The purpose of the Fellowship is to support original academic research on Arabic manuscripts in the Chester Beatty Islamic collections and to share research findings with the academic community and museum audiences.

There are approximately 3,000 Arabic manuscripts (including copies of the Qur’an) at the Chester Beatty, written on papyrus, parchment and paper. These offer an exceptional resource for scholarship, with potential to research the histories of art, ideas, faith, science, literature, libraries, intellectual networks, empire and collecting.

Funded by Marc and Hala Cochrane, the Cochrane Research Fellowship is offered annually over a four-year period (2023–2026).

To apply for the 2025 Fellowship, please submit your application form and CV to islamic@cbl.ie by Friday 10 January 2025.

For full information about eligibility criteria and how to apply: