Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship
Funder deadline: 2nd May 2019
These awards enable well-established and distinguished researchers in the humanities and social sciences to devote themselves to a single research project of outstanding originality and significance, capable of completion within two or three years. Candidates should state explicitly what the proposed outcomes of the award will be. Fellowships are particularly aimed at those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research. For further guidance please visit the Leverhulme Trust's website.
The Fellowships fund the salary costs (normally starting at the most junior point of the lecturer scale at the institution concerned) of an individual to undertake the normal duties of the applicant for the duration of the Fellowship.
A Major Research Fellow may also request research expenses up to an annual maximum of £6,000. If such funds are required they must be requested as part of the application procedure.
Please ensure that applications do not include any ineligible costs.
Duration
The duration of a Fellowship is for two or three years, to start at the beginning of the academic year following receipt of the offer letter.
Eligibility
Applicants must be employed by a university or other institution of higher education in the UK.
They should be able to demonstrate scholarship at the highest level, but they need not already be of professorial standing.
Candidates should state explicitly what the proposed outcomes of their research will be.
Referees
Please note that you will be required to select three referees able to comment on your research record and standing and on the merit of the proposed research project.
Referees must not be from your own institution and will be required to send in their comments in the month following your application.