The call for the next round of BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants will be opening soon, expected 9th April.
We are welcoming your proposals for the upcoming BA/Leverhulme Small grants call.
The below deadlines will be in place to ensure that the pre-award team can provide all interested academics with optimal support.
| 26th February 2025
26th Feb – 9th April
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Guidance Session – follow the link below-
—————————————————————————————-Work on your proposal between the allotted time- things to accomplish during that time by the 9th April: -Brainstorm idea with peers/mentors and discuss the design, methods and approach you are planning to take -Consider if you require additional funding development support, ie Research Facilitator support, External Application Reviewers, Bid writing – speak to RDS -Organise your team, will you have a coi or the max of two at hand, do you need any further wider team (panel). -Start a Flexi-Grant account and start an application in the system -Submit your ITB and attach your draft proposal |
| 9th April 2025 | Call Opens -expected- |
| 9th April 2025
9th -25th April |
Latest date to submit your ITB Remember to advise your referee that you will be sending them your completed application on Flexi-Grant and that their expected statement to be submitted by the 23rd May
Internal Peer review taking place |
| 25th April 2025 | If you are Grade 8 or below and you wish to use the support of an External Application Reviewer (EAR), you must submit your quality approved by the Faculty draft application to RDS by this date. |
| 23rd May 2025 | Nominated referee supporting statement to be completed via Flexi-Grant |
| 24th May 2025 | Your final application must be submitted on Flexi-Grant by this date at the latest.Click ‘submit’ and the form will be sent to BU’s accounts for RDS checks. |
| 24th May – 4th June 2025 | Institutional checks to take place by RDS and final submissions. – submission final dates estimated currently till call opens. |












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