Research Leadership Awards
Funding
Up to £1,000,000
Location
England
Applications
Rolling (always open)
The Leverhulme Trust offers Research Leadership Awards for early-career university researchers. The next round is called Centenary Research Leadership Awards. You can get up to £1 million over 4 to 5 years. This money helps you build a research team to tackle big research problems. You must be a talented scholar starting your university career. The funding is for researchers in England. No specific deadline is mentioned, so applications may be rolling.
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Must be embarking on a university career
- Must need to build a research team
This grant is for early-career academics who are starting their university careers. You need to be a talented scholar who wants to build a research team. It is not for established researchers or those outside the university sector.
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Full details from The Leverhulme Trust
For talented scholars who are embarking on a university career who need to build a research team of sufficient scale to tackle a distinctive research problem. The next round will be the Centenary Research Leadership Awards with up to £1 million over 4 to 5 years.
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