Leverhulme Trust: Major Research Fellowships Grant

Leverhulme Trust: Major Research Fellowships Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Leverhulme Trust
Amount: Up to £6,000
Last Updated: March 24, 2026

Summary

The Leverhulme Trust offers Major Research Fellowships aimed at distinguished researchers in the humanities and social sciences to support original research. These fellowships, lasting two to three years, provide replacement salary costs, allowing applicants to focus on their research without routine duties hindering their progress. Additionally, applicants may request up to £6,000 for research expenses. This initiative is designed for those employed by UK institutions, encouraging high-level scholarship and innovative outcomes.

Overview

Major Research Fellowships For well-established, distinguished researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a piece of original research. Fellowships are particularly aimed at those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research. Value Replacement salary costs for the duration of the Fellowship. Duration The duration of a Fellowship is for two or three years, to start at the beginning of the academic year following receipt of the offer letter. What the Trust offers The Fellowships fund the salary costs (normally starting at the most junior point of the lecturer scale at the institution concerned) of an individual to undertake the normal duties of the applicant for the duration of the Fellowship. A Major Research Fellow may also request research expenses up to an annual maximum of £6,000. If such funds are required they must be requested as part of the application procedure.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must be employed by a UK university or other institution of higher education in the UK.They should be able to demonstrate scholarship at the highest level, but they need not already be of professorial standing.Candidates should state explicitly what the proposed outcomes of their research will be.

Ineligibility

Ineligible costs: When submitting an application to the Trust, applicants are advised that the Trust does not offer funding for the following costs, and hence none of these items may be included in any budget submitted to the Trust: Core funding or overheads for institutions. Note that the Trust does not make awards on a full economic costing basis. Please note, however, that a proportion of overheads may be recovered through the Charity Research Support Fund (CRSF). This is distributed as part of the block grant to universities from the relevant UK funding council.Individual items of equipment over £1,000. Please consult the Frequently Asked Questions section regarding individual items of equipment with a value of £1,000 and under.Sites, buildings or other capital expenditureContributions to appeals Endowments A shortfall resulting from a withdrawal of or deficiency in public financePlease refer to "Research we do not fund" for additional guidelines.