The Leverhulme Trust Board, through its Research Awards
Advisory Committee, is offering approximately 100 fellowships in 2017. Fellowships can be held at universities or at other
institutions of higher education in the UK.
Early Career Fellowships aim to provide career development
opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic
careers, but who have a proven record of research.
The Leverhulme Trust was established by the Will of William
Hesketh Lever, the founder of Lever Brothers.
Course Level: Fellowships are available for early
career researchers to undertake a significant piece of publishable work.
Study Subject: Applications will be considered in all
subject areas with the following exceptions: both because of the substantial
funding available from other sources for applied medical research, and the
Trust’s priority to support investigations of a fundamental nature, we do not
fund studies of disease, illness and disabilities in humans and animals, or
research that is intended to inform clinical practice or the development of
medical applications.
Scholarship Award: The Trust will contribute 50% of
each Fellow’s total salary costs up to a maximum of £24,000 per annum and the
balance is to be paid by the host institution. Given the prestige of the awards
each Fellow may request annual research expenses of up to £6,000 to further his
or her research activities.
Scholarship can be taken in the UK
Eligibility:
Applicants must not yet have held a full-time permanent
academic post in a UK university or comparable UK institution, nor may Fellows
hold such a post concurrently with the Early Career Fellowship. Those in
receipt of a stipendiary Fellowship may not hold this at the same time as an
Early Career Fellowship. Applicants who have existing funding in place for a
duration equivalent to or greater than the duration of the Early Career
Fellowship should not apply.
All candidates must hold a doctorate or have equivalent
research experience by the time they take up the Fellowship. Those who are or
have been registered for a doctorate at any time may apply only if they have
submitted their doctoral thesis by the closing date of 4pm on 2 March 2017.
Those who at the time of commencing the Fellowship are registered for or are
intending to register for degrees, professional or vocational qualifications
are not eligible.
Applications are invited from those with a doctorate who
submitted their doctoral thesis for viva voce examination not more than four
years prior to the application closing date. Hence those who formally submitted
their doctoral thesis for viva voce examination before 2 March 2013 are not
eligible unless they have since had a career break. Those wishing to make a
case for a career break should present the case for interruption by a period of
maternity leave, family commitments, illness, or other exceptional
circumstances.
Applicants must either hold a degree from a UK higher
education institution at the time of taking up the Fellowship or at the time of
the application deadline must hold an academic position in the UK (e.g.
fixed-term lectureship, fellowship). The intention is to support the career development
of those building an academic career within the UK.
Candidates who have been, or are currently a Principal
Investigator on a 3-year post-doctoral research project, or have held or
currently hold a comparable 3-year post-doctoral position to pursue their own
research are not eligible to apply.
The Research Awards Advisory Committee believes that the
development of an academic career is best served by gaining experience at
different institutions. Applicants who have not already moved institutions in
the course of their academic career (i.e. between their undergraduate degree
and current position) should nominate a new host institution, or otherwise
demonstrate clear evidence of the academic and/or personal reasons for
remaining at the same institution, such as access to highly specialist
equipment or a highly specialised research team.
The matching funding contributed by the host institution
must be drawn from generally available funds and must not be associated with
any other grants received by the institution. The host department must secure
the matching funding for the applicant before the closing date. Applications
that do not meet these conditions are ineligible and will be rejected.
A candidate may submit only one application per year.
Previously unsuccessful applicants may reapply. Candidates may not apply for
both an Early Career Fellowship and a Study Abroad Studentship in the same
year.
Nationality: Citizens of UK are eligible to apply for
these fellowships.
College Admission Requirement
Entrance Requirement: Applicants must have a track record of
research, but should not have held an established academic appointment in the
UK.
How to Apply: To make an application, please access the
Leverhulme Trust Grant Application System.
Application Deadline: The closing date for applications
is March 2, 2017.
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