Funder: Leverhulme Trust
Due Dates: February 18, 2027, 4pm UK time (Applications)
Funding Amounts: Three years: salary support up to £56,000 in year one and £28,000 annually thereafter, plus £6,000 annual research expenses
Summary: Supports early career researchers at UK universities to undertake significant publishable research progressing beyond their doctorate.
Key Information: Host universities must secure individually allocated matching funding before the application deadline.
Description
The Leverhulme Trust’s Early Career Fellowships support researchers with a research record who have not yet held a full-time permanent academic post. Fellows undertake a significant piece of publishable research at a UK university with research degree awarding powers. The scheme aims to develop academic careers in the UK, with the hope that the fellowship leads to a more permanent position at the same or another university.
The Trust prioritises fundamental investigations across a broad range of subjects. Projects must demonstrate clear progression beyond doctoral research, rather than reworking or merely extending it, and be achievable within the fellowship. Joint support from the Trust and host university provides salary funding and research expenses. Research is the primary focus; teaching is optional and limited.
