Funder: Centre for Research in the Arts Social Sciences and Humanities
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (Leverhulme final application) | October 2027 (CRASSH internal application) | October 2027 (CRASSH references)
Funding Amounts: Three years: salary support up to £56,000 in year one and £28,000 annually thereafter, plus research expenses up to £6,000 annually
Summary: Supports early career researchers undertaking significant publishable research within participating CRASSH centres at the University of Cambridge.
Key Information: Applicants must confirm a mentor and host department before the internal deadline and apply through only one centre.
Description
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships support researchers with a research record who have not yet held a full-time permanent academic post. The CRASSH route at the University of Cambridge hosts fellows within the Centre for Geopolitics, Cambridge Digital Humanities, or the Centre for Pandemic Risk Management. An internal Cambridge competition determines which applications receive Isaac Newton Trust matching support.
The fellowship enables a significant piece of publishable research and is intended to help researchers progress towards a more permanent academic position. Projects may address a different topic from the doctorate, but must demonstrate progression rather than merely rework or extend doctoral research. CRASSH places particular importance on explaining how the chosen centre’s expertise and interdisciplinary strengths provide an appropriate research environment.
