Leverhulme Trust
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- The Trust is pleased to invest £1.9 million in enhancing skills and knowledge of UK academic staff and students through its Visiting Professorships scheme. A complete listing of awards made across 2025 are available on the Trust’s website: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2025-vi...
- The Trust's Major Research Fellowships scheme enables experienced researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a piece of original research. For more details and to apply, visit: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/major-resear... Deadline: 8 May 2026
- Read about the work from some of our successful applicants: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/mper... media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/alie... media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/pgreen
- What advice would you give to someone putting together a funding proposal? Tune into this funding-focused episode of #ConfessionsOfAnECR where Professor @annavignoles.bsky.social demystifies the steps to an effective proposal and what funders are really looking for. 🎬 youtu.be/AjyHKRjC-v4?...
- Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, a podcast by ECRs, for ECRs. Brought to you by @britishacademy.bsky.social and the Leverhulme Trust. Visit the 🎙️ hub for more information: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
- Dr Helen Russell @uniofnottingham.bsky.social speaks to BBC Radio Nottingham about her work on super massive black holes and how they shape the galaxies around us, and her recent Leverhulme Research Leadership Award. Listen here (from 49:30-59:40): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- Applying for funding and grants are a continual part of academic life. Hear from Dr Pavan Mano @kingsinterhums.bsky.social as he unpacks his real-life experiences with funding throughout his career in Ep 2 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR with Dr Leonie Smith. 🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjyH...
- Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, a podcast by ECRs, for ECRs. Brought to you by the @britishacademy.bsky.social and the Leverhulme Trust. Visit the 🎙️ hub for more information: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
- What can a pop song teach us about grammar? Drawing on examples from different forms of popular culture, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @emhumps.bsky.social explores prescriptivism. Listen to her TED talk: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/ehumph... @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
