Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship
The Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship enables senior and mid-career natural scientists to pursue full-time research for up to one year, free from teaching and administrative duties.
Funder: Royal Society
Due Dates: November 4, 2026 (Closing Date)
Funding Amounts: Salary cost of teaching replacement (up to minimum lectureship scale at host university) plus up to £5,000 research expenses; duration: one term to one year.
Summary: Enables senior and mid-career UK-based researchers in the natural sciences to undertake up to one year of full-time research, free from teaching and administrative duties.
Key Information: Applicants must not have had a year or more of similar relief in the past three years.
Description
This fellowship offers experienced senior and mid-career researchers in the natural sciences the opportunity to focus exclusively on research for up to one year, fully relieved of teaching, administrative, and pastoral responsibilities. The scheme is designed to support those who can demonstrate a critical need for such relief at a pivotal stage in their career, with a particular emphasis on mid-career applicants. The Royal Society, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, aims to foster innovation and creativity by encouraging applications from diverse backgrounds and by embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion principles throughout the process.
