Major Research Fellowships
Leverhulme Trust
For well-established, distinguished researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a piece of original research
Fellowships are particularly aimed at those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research.
Value
Replacement salary costs for the duration of the Fellowship.
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 UK 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
What the Trust offers:
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.