Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2025/2026

6 August 2024

Departmental deadline to apply is 9th September 2024, at 9am.

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最准的六合彩论坛 Political Science and School of Public Policy听is now welcoming applications for the scheme. Funder鈥檚 deadline is 20th February 2025, and the new guidelines can be found below. The Faculty deadline is mid-November 2024. Therefore, in order to give everyone a chance to prepare properly and to give听our Departmental Research Committee the time manage applications easily within the start of term 1, we have set the departmental deadline on 9th September 2024, at 9am.

The Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers, but who have a proven record of research. The expectation is that Fellows should undertake a significant piece of publishable work during their tenure and that the Fellowships should lead to a more permanent academic position. The Trust will contribute to the Fellow鈥檚 total salary costs and annual research expenses of up to 拢6,000. Fellowships are expected to last for three years on a full-time basis and should commence between 1 September 2025 and 1 May 2026.

Main eligibility points to keep in mind:

Applicants must not yet have held a full-time permanent academic post in a UK university or comparable UK institution, nor may Fellows hold such a post concurrently with the Early Career Fellowship. The Trust will consider applications from candidates whose permanent post does not include any research. Those in receipt of a stipendiary Fellowship may not hold this at the same time as an Early Career Fellowship.
All candidates must hold a doctorate by the time they take up the Fellowship. Those who are or have been registered for a doctorate at any time may apply only if they have submitted their doctoral thesis for viva voce examination by the closing date of 4pm on 20 February 2025. Those who at the time of commencing the Fellowship are registered for or are intending to register for degrees, professional or vocational qualifications are not eligible.
All candidates must have submitted their doctoral thesis for viva voce examination not more than four years prior to the application closing date. Hence those who formally submitted their doctoral thesis for viva voce examination before 20 February 2021 are not eligible unless they have since had a career break. Those wishing to make a case for a career break should present the case for interruption by a period of maternity leave, family commitments, illness, or other exceptional circumstances. Please note that time spent working outside academia does not qualify as a career break.
Applicants must either hold a degree (any degree) from a UK higher education institution at the time of taking up the Fellowship or at the time of the application deadline must hold an academic position in the UK (e.g. fixed-term lectureship, fellowship) which commenced no less than 4 months prior to the closing date. Hence, those who do not hold a UK degree and whose UK academic position commenced after October 2024 are not eligible. The Trust will consider candidates without a UK degree whose UK academic post commenced after October 2024 if they have been in continuous UK academic employment for more than 4 months prior to the deadline. The intention is to support the career development of those building an academic career within the UK.
Candidates who have held or currently hold postdoctoral positions to pursue their own independent research totalling 3 or more years are not eligible to apply.
The Research Awards Advisory Committee believes that the development of an academic career is best served by gaining experience at different institutions. Applicants who have not already moved institutions in the course of their academic career (i.e. between their undergraduate university and proposed host university) should nominate a new host university, or otherwise demonstrate clear evidence of the academic and/or personal reasons for remaining at the same university, such as access to highly specialist equipment or a highly specialised research team.
A candidate may submit only one application per year. Previously unsuccessful applicants can reapply.
Candidates may not apply for both an Early Career Fellowship and a Study Abroad Studentship in the same year. Candidates who have held a Leverhulme Study Abroad Studentship for postdoctoral research are not eligible to apply for an Early Career Fellowship. Candidates should consider carefully which of these two schemes best suit their requirements. Please note, this only applies to the 2019 award schemes onwards.

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Please note that candidates must have the support of an academic member of staff who will act as the mentor and who has reviewed and commented on the proposal before it is submitted to the department for consideration. Referee statements are not required at this stage, however, please note that Faculty is expecting a budget draft for the research costs (拢6K/year).

Please let polsci.research@ucl.ac.uk know if there are any questions.
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