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The Leverhulme Trust will be speaking at the Funding Development Briefing on 26/1/22. This funder spotlight will offer the chance to ask questions directly and to hear funder insights on specific schemes.
The Leverhulme have launched their Doctoral Scholarships scheme offering UK universities funding of 15 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships in a priority research area for that institution. As a university we may submit one application only and therefore the university will be coordinating expressions of interest from Academic Staff.
By 11th February 2020, those who are interested in making an application to the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships are invited to submit the following expression of interest – Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships EOI to Alexandra Pekalski .
Further information about the scheme is available from the Leverhulme Trust. Applicants are advised to check the eligibility criteria very carefully.
Purpose of funding
The Leverhulme will fund 15 doctoral scholarships in a priority research area for that institution. Each award funds 15 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships at that institution, with 5 scholarships to be offered in each year of the first three years of the grant.
Each scholarship is for a fixed sum of £90,000 for each student for up to 48 months of full-time doctoral study. This covers:
Any remaining funds are to be used for the Leverhulme Scholar’s research and training expenses.
While the scholarships may be held by students of all nationalities, the Trust has a particular interest in supporting UK or EU students.
Process for selecting applications to be submitted
Should you be interested in applying, please note that your expression of interest application will be assessed by Doctoral Funding Panel. Further details of the assessment criteria can be found within the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships EOI . Candidates can expect feedback by 25th February 2019.
Timetable
| 21-01-2020 | RDS advertise Expression of Interest (EoI)competition for call |
| 11-02-2020 | EoI deadline (EoIs to be sent to RDS) |
| 13-02-2020 | Papers (applications) sent to Doctoral Funding panel (RDS to administer) |
| 20-02-2020 | Doctoral Funding panel meeting (virtual) |
| 25-02-2020 | Doctoral Funding panel decision and feedback disseminated to applicants |
| 25-02-2020 | RDS to contact Leverhulme to provide the Trust with the principal applicant’s name, departmental affiliation and email address. Access will then be granted to the Leverhulme Trust Grants Management System |
| March/April/May-2020 | Applicants develop proposals with the support of RDS and Doctoral College |
| 22-05-2020 | Application finalised for APF financial sign-off by UET |
| 05-06-2020 | Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Deadline |
If you have further questions or queries please contact Alexandra Pekalski (apekalski@bournemouth.ac.uk) and/or Lisa Andrews (andrewsl@bournemouth.ac.uk ). For queries relating to Doctoral colleague support please contact Fiona Knight (fknight@bournemouth.ac.uk) and/or Julia Taylor (jtaylor@bournemouthac.uk).
The Leverhulme have launched their Doctoral Scholarships scheme offering UK universities funding of 15 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships in a priority research area for that institution. As a university we may submit one application only and therefore the university will be coordinating expressions of interest from Academic Staff.
Those who are interested in making an application to the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships are invited to submit the following expression of interest – Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships EOI to Alexandra Pekalski by 11th February 2020.
Further information about the scheme is available from the Leverhulme Trust. Applicants are advised to check the eligibility criteria very carefully.
Purpose of funding
The Leverhulme will fund 15 doctoral scholarships in a priority research area for that institution. Each award funds 15 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships at that institution, with 5 scholarships to be offered in each year of the first three years of the grant.
Each scholarship is for a fixed sum of £90,000 for each student for up to 48 months of full-time doctoral study. This covers:
Any remaining funds are to be used for the Leverhulme Scholar’s research and training expenses.
While the scholarships may be held by students of all nationalities, the Trust has a particular interest in supporting UK or EU students.
Process for selecting applications to be submitted
Should you be interested in applying, please note that your expression of interest application will be assessed by Doctoral Funding Panel. Further details of the assessment criteria can be found within the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships EOI . Candidates can expect feedback by 25th February 2019.
Timetable
| 21-01-2020 | RDS advertise Expression of Interest (EoI)competition for call |
| 11-02-2020 | EoI deadline (EoIs to be sent to RDS) |
| 13-02-2020 | Papers (applications) sent to Doctoral Funding panel (RDS to administer) |
| 20-02-2020 | Doctoral Funding panel meeting (virtual) |
| 25-02-2020 | Doctoral Funding panel decision and feedback disseminated to applicants |
| 25-02-2020 | RDS to contact Leverhulme to provide the Trust with the principal applicant’s name, departmental affiliation and email address. Access will then be granted to the Leverhulme Trust Grants Management System |
| March/April/May-2020 | Applicants develop proposals with the support of RDS and Doctoral College |
| 22-05-2020 | Application finalised for APF financial sign-off by UET |
| 05-06-2020 | Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Deadline |
If you have further questions or queries please contact Alexandra Pekalski (apekalski@bournemouth.ac.uk) and/or Lisa Andrews (andrewsl@bournemouth.ac.uk ). For queries relating to Doctoral colleague support please contact Fiona Knight (fknight@bournemouth.ac.uk) and/or Julia Taylor (jtaylor@bournemouthac.uk).
Bournemouth University invites expressions of interest from early and mid-career researchers at Bournemouth University, looking to build a research team to tackle a distinctive research problem.
The purpose of this scheme is to support talented scholars who have successfully launched a university career and are now looking to build a research team of sufficient scale to tackle a distinctive research problem. This opportunity will allow for the development and demonstration of research leadership of a modest team, whose research has potential to significantly change the established landscape in a particular field of inquiry.
Institutions are permitted to submit only one application. Applicants should have held a university post for at least two years, but not have developed their research such that the trajectory of their contribution has not been firmly established.
More information about the scheme is available from the Leverhulme Trust. Candidates are advised to check the eligibility criteria very carefully.
Candidates who are interested in making an application to the Leverhulme Research Leadership Award are asked to first submit the following application Leverhulme Research Leadership Awards- EOI 2018-2019 to kerrij@bournemouth.ac.uk no later than 22nd February 2019.
Procedure For applicants
Should you be interested in applying, please note that your expression of interest application will be assessed by the relevant Faculty in the first instance.
If more than one expression of interest is received, a panel will be convened for internal review and one application will be selected. Candidates can expect feedback by 11th March 2019.
The institutional candidate will have the opportunity to work with a research facilitator on their application.
The internal deadline for submitting applications via the Leverhulme Trust’s Grants Management System system will be 5 working days before the external Leverhulme deadline (10th May 2019) – this is to allow time for institutional approval of your application, a requirement by the Leverhulme Trust.
If you have further questions or queries please contact Ehren Milner (emilner@bournemouth.ac.uk) to discuss your suitability for this opportunity.
Are you interested in bidding to Leverhulme Trust for research funding? Or finding out a bit more about what they expect to see in an application? If so, come along to our visit from Jean Cater of the Leverhulme Trust on 29 April, 12-2pm. Bookings will open on the organisational development website shortly, and I will update this post accordingly. In the meantime, if you’d like to find out more about the Leverhulme Trust, see http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk.
The Leverhulme Trust have provided us with helpful notes when submitting an application to them. They have provided notes on the most common errors made, which result in an application being returned. These are as follows:
• Applicants should only use their institutional email address – gmail, hotmail, etc addresses are not allowable.
• Principal and co-applicants cannot claim for direct salary costs for themselves nor be a consultant, research assistant, local researcher or PhD student.
• There must be at least one research assistant, local researcher or PhD student working for at least 50% in each year of the grant.
• Percentages must be based on the time spent on the project as a whole, not yearly. For example a research assistant working on a project for 100% would have to be costed in every year, not just one.
• Replacement teaching must not exceed 33% on any grant, this equals a third of the time of any project, e.g. 1 year on a 3 year grant.
• Consultants must be named and be crucial to the project, they cannot claim a salary only a reasonable fee.
• If you are requesting administration/secretarial/technician/technical assistance then this must be listed under associated costs.
• Leverhulme Trust do not provide funding for setting up a conference, only to attend ones relevant to the research being undertaken.
If you are thinking of applying to the Leverhulme Trust then please contact the RKEO Funding Development Team and we will assist you with your application.
Following on from our well attended visit from the AHRC and the British Academy I am pleased to remind you that the Leverhulme Trust will be visiting us next on the 19th of March – it is not too late to get yourself booked in….
Working on a variety of initiatives in R&KEO over the years, one element of development which we receive consistently excellent feedback, is the events we arrange where funders come to BU and present their organisations funding priorities and give advice on making an application. We have arranged for several funders to visit BU in 2014, we have already hosted visits from the AHRC and the British Academy and are pleased to announce our next arranged visit is with the Leverhulme Trust.
This will be taking place on Wednesday 19 March 2014, and Jean Cater (Mrs) The Assistant Director from the Leverhulme Trust which funds all academic disciplines will be visiting to discuss their grants and give advice on making an application.
Spaces on this event are becoming limited due to the room available so booking is essential!
Grants Academy members can be guaranteed a space by emailing Dianne. Or by emailing Staff Development
The booking hyperlink is:
This is taking place mainly over the lunchtime period (12 midday until about 1pm -1:30pm ish) so please feel free to bring your lunch with you
We look forward to seeing as many of you who can make it.
Working on a variety of initiatives in R&KEO over the years, one element of development which we receive consistently excellent feedback, is the events we arrange where funders to come to BU and present their organisations funding priorities and advice on making an application. We have arranged for several funders to visit BU in 2014, and are advertising the first three in order for you to block out time in your diary now!
On 20 January, the AHRC will be visiting to discuss their research priorities, calls and their top tips for making a submission. On 19 February, the British Academy will be visiting to discuss proposals they fund and share their tips on making an application. On 19 March the Leverhulme Trust which funds all academic disciplines will be visiting to discuss their grants and give advice on making an application.
Spaces on all these events are limited due to the rooms available so booking is essential! Grants Academy members can be guaranteed a space by emailing Dianne. The booking hyperlinks are:
The Leverhulme Trust invites proposals for its research programme grants. Proposals are invited for programme awards on one of the following two topics:
•the nature of knots, which includes uncovering the unifying and organising ideas that underpin knottedness in nature, establishing mathematical methods for quantifiying knottedness, measuring experimentally and developing techniques to control knottedness and identifying the scientific and technological consequences and implications of knottedness;
•innovation for sustainable living, which might involve disruptive science and engineering and their role in new energy, materials and transport, mathematics and statistics, public policy, economics and the complexities of trade-offs, psychology and determining the driers of behaviour change, lessons from history and comparative social analysis.
Grants are worth between £500,000 and £1.75 million each for a period of up to five years for each of the topics.
Closing date 4pm,03 Oct 13
The RKE Operations team can help you with your application. Please direct any enquiries to RKE Ops in the first instance.
Emeritus FellowshipsEmeritus Fellowships assist senior established researchers to complete a research project and to prepare the results for publication.
The maximum value of a Fellowship is £22,000. Eligible costs include: travel and subsistence costs for periods away from home; the employment of a research, clerical or secretarial assistant to support (rather than conduct) the work of the applicant; photocopies; photographic expenses; office or laboratory consumables.
Please note that there is no provision for a personal maintenance allowance or remuneration for the applicant under this scheme.
Please ensure that applications do not include any of the ineligible costs listed here.
Fellowships are tenable for between 3 and 24 months, and the current round of awards must commence between 1 August 2012 and 1 July 2013.
Please read the following before submitting and application.
Research Fellowships are open to experienced researchers, particularly those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research. There are no restrictions on academic discipline, and awards are not limited to those holding appointments in higher education.
The maximum value of a Fellowship is £45,000. The awards provide research expenses over and above normal living costs and/or provide a contribution towards reasonable replacement costs or loss of earnings.
Please ensure that applications do not include any of the ineligible costs listed here.
Fellowships are tenable for between 3 and 24 months, and the current round of awards must commence between 1 June 2012 and 1 May 2013.
Please read the following before submitting and application.
If your query has not been answered in these pages please contact Anna Grundy (020 7042 9861), Bridget Kerr (020 7042 9862) or Andreas Heiner (020 7042 9863).
The RKE Operations team can help you with your application.
Study Abroad Studentships support an extended period of advanced study or research at a centre of learning in any overseas country, with the exception of the USA.
The Studentships comprise: a basic annual maintenance allowance of £17,000; a partner allowance of £6,000 if a Student is accompanied by a dependent partner; a return air fare; and a baggage allowance. Further allowances are payable at the Trust’s discretion, e.g. assistance with overseas tuition fees and essential research costs.
Please ensure that applications do not include any of the ineligible costs listed here.
Studentships are tenable for between 12 and 24 months, and the current round of awards must commence between 1 June 2012 and 1 May 2013.
Please read the following before submitting and application.
If your query has not been answered in these pages please contact Bridget Kerr (020 7042 9862).
The RKE Operations team can help you with your application.
Early Career Fellowships aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers but with a proven record of research. It is anticipated that a Fellowship will lead to a more permanent academic position. Applications are welcomed in any discipline, and approximately 80 Fellowships will be available in 2012. Fellowships can be held at universities or at other institutions of higher education in the UK.
The Trust will contribute 50% of each Fellow’s total salary costs up to a maximum of £23,000 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.
Please ensure that applications do not include any of the ineligible costs listed here.
Fellowships are normally tenable for three years on a full-time basis, but requests to hold the award part-time over a proportionately longer period will be considered if this is appropriate for the nature of the research proposed and the career development of the individual. Please note that Fellowships of 24 months are no longer offered by the Trust. Fellowships will commence between the beginning of the 2012/2013 academic year and 1 May 2013.
Please read the following before submitting and application.
If your query has not been answered in these pages Andreas Heiner (020 7042 9863).
The RKE Operations team can help you with your application.
The objective of these awards is to enable distinguished academics based overseas to spend between three and ten months inclusive at a UK university, primarily in order to enhance the skills of academic staff or the student body within the host institution. It is recognised that Visiting Professors may also wish to use the opportunity to further their own academic interests. The over-riding criteria for selection are first the academic standing and achievements of the visitor in terms of research and teaching, and secondly the ability of the receiving institution to benefit from the imported skills and expertise. Priority will be given to new or recent collaborative ventures.
The sum requested should reflect the individual circumstances of the visitor and the nature and duration of the proposed activities. A maintenance grant up to a level commensurate with the salary of a professor in the relevant field at the receiving institution may be requested. Economy travel costs to and from the UK will also be met. Requests for associated costs, if justified by the programme, may include, for example, travel within the UK, consumables, and essential technical assistance.
Please ensure that applications do not include any of the ineligible costs listed here.
A Visiting Professorship may last for between three and ten months inclusive.
Please read the following before submitting and application.
Application materials can be accessed from the Trust’s website. Applications must be submitted online by 4.00pm on 11 October 2012.
If your query has not been answered in the above links please contact Andreas Heiner (020 7042 9863).
The RKE Operations team can help you with your application.
The aim of these awards is to provide financial support for innovative and original research projects of high quality and potential, the choice of theme and the design of the research lying entirely with the applicant (the Principal Investigator). The grants provide support for the salaries of research staff engaged on the project, plus associated costs directly related to the research proposed.
Proposals are favoured which:
The great majority of awards involve a spend of up to £250,000 over a duration of two to three years. If compelling evidence is provided, awards may be made for sums between £250,000 and £500,000 for research over a period of up to five years. The assessment procedures for these large grants are especially stringent, and can involve site visits and discussions with applicants.
Applications for research on any topic within the entire array of academic disciplines are eligible for support. However, an exception is made for areas of research supported by specialist funding agencies and, in particular, for medicine. In such cases, applicants should consider an application to these alternative funding bodies as being more appropriate. Specific attention is paid to the reasons given by applicants in justifying their choice of the Trust as the most appropriate agency for the support of their project.
Please read the following before submitting an application.
If your query has not been answered in the links please contact Matt Dillnutt regarding Outline Applications (020 7042 9873); or Nicola Thorp regarding Detailed Applications (020 7042 9872).
The RKE Operations team can help you with your application.
There are no closing dates for Outline Applications. Deadlines for Invited full applications are 21 March, 1 September, 1 December annually
Jean Cater, assistant director at the the Leverhulme Trust was at BU yesterday.
At a well-attended event, Jean talked about the range of funding opportunities available for academics, and outlined the Trust’s ethos and criteria. She also fielded an hour’s worth of questions.
Jean’s slides are now available – just click here to access them.
Please contact Caroline O’Kane if would like to find out more about the Leverhulme and their schemes, and to find out how we can support the development of your funding proposal.
This is a reminder that Jean Cater from the Leverhulme Trust is coming to BU on 1st February.
** Venue change!! The event will now take place in the Allesbrook Lecture Theatre **
There are limited places available – if you would like book a place please click here.
What’s happening?
Jean Cater from the LT is coming to BU, and its a great opportunity to find out more about how the Leverhulme works, what they are looking for in a proposal and what they fund.
The Leverhulme Trust offers a range of funding opportunities – across all disciplines. This includes research grants, international networks, early career fellowships, research fellowships and more.
The session will cover:
This session is for you if:
Details:
** To book your place please click here. **
If you have any questions please contact Caroline O’Kane
The Leverhulme Trust has announced that the Research Leadership Awards are now open to applications. Each university is only allowed to put forward one candidate for this scheme.
The aim of these awards is to support those who have succeeded in beginning a university career but who are then confronted with the task of building a research team able to tackle an identified but distinctive research problem. The awards provide support for research assistants and research students led by the award holder. Applicants will have held a university post for at least two years.
The awards:
• are each for a sum of between £800,000 and £1 million;
• are for the provision of research assistants and research students to build a research group under the direction of the grant holder. A fraction of the award (up to a maximum of 25%) can be used for associated costs;
• are for research activity over a five year period;
• are offered in any subject area within the Trust’s normal remit;
• will be allocated with attention to three selection criteria; namely, first the record and promise of the group leader, secondly the fit of the group’s research involvement and resources, and thirdly the extent to which the work of the group can be seen to bring about a fruitful reshaping of the disciplinary landscape.
More information is available on the Leverhulme website. If you are considering applying please register your interest with Susan Dowdle asap.
On 1st February 2012 Jean Cater from the Leverhulme Trust is coming to BU.
This is a fantastic opportunity to find out more about how the Leverhulme works, what they are looking for in a proposal and what they fund.
The Leverhulme Trust offers a range of funding opportunities – across all disciplines. This includes research grants, international networks, early career fellowships, research fellowships and more.
The session will cover:
This session is for you if:
Details:
Information about how to book will come in January 2012. There is limited space so please watch this space for more information.
In the meantime, if you have any questions please email Caroline O’Kane
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