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Wellcome Seed Awards in Humanities and Social Science

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(Closing Date: Deadline to be confirmed)

Wellcome Seed Awards in Humanities and Social Science

https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/seed-awards-humanities-and-social-science

Wellcome Seed Awards help researchers develop compelling and innovative ideas that may go on to form part of larger grant applications.

Offered for proposals that aim to develop new approaches or collaborations in the humanities and social sciences. Activities can include:

  • pilot and scoping studies
  • planning sessions
  • meetings of collaborative networks.

Application Type: Submit your application through the Wellcome Trust Grant Tracker.

Max amount: £25,000 to £50,000

Max Duration: 6 to 12 months

Discipline(s): Humanities and Social Science

Applicant status: Early, Intermediate, Senior, Returning to research

Collaboration/ Partnership: Yes

Leverhulme International Academic Fellowships

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(Closing Date: 10 November 2016)

Leverhulme International Academic Fellowships

International Academic Fellowships provide established researchers with a concentrated period based in one or more research centres outside the UK. The intention of the scheme is to provide opportunities to develop new knowledge, skills and ideas, and may for example be used for the following:

  • observing and learning ground-breaking techniques or practices
  • developing new lines of research through overseas collaboration
  • making “discipline-hopping excursions” into new areas of research
  • developing innovations in teaching
  • exchanging ideas

Application Type: Online application on eGap system

Web Link: http://bit.ly/1https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/grant-schemes/international-academic-fellowshipsCS5PWV

Project Type: International networking for the development of ideas and innovations

Max amount: £30,000

Funding Mode: NOT full Economic Costs. Provides teaching replacement rather than salary.

Max Duration: Between 3 and 12 months

Start Date or lead time: tbc

Discipline(s): Any (except medical). Cross/ inter/ transdisciplinary proposal are especially encouraged

Applicant status: UK resident who has held an established post in an eligible Research Organisation for at least 3 years.

Collaboration/ Partnership: required

International: required

Other: If you wish to dedicate a period abroad entirely to a research project you should apply to the Trust’s Research Fellowships scheme. Applications will be considered in all subject areas with the exception of research that is of direct relevance to studies of disease, illness and disabilities in humans and animals, or research that is intended to inform clinical practice or the development of medical applications.

Dr Anne Galliot is the Research Development Adviser for the College of Arts and Humanities, University of Brighton.

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships

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(Closing Date: 2 March 2017)

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships

https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/grant-schemes/early-career-fellowships

Offering fifty per cent match-funding for the salary costs of three-year academic research position, the scheme enables early career researchers to undertake a significant piece of publishable work. Applicants must have a track record of research, but should not have held an established academic appointment.

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.

Max amount: The Trust will contribute 50% of each Fellow’s total salary costs up to a maximum of £24,000 per annum and the balance is to be paid by the host institution. Given the prestige of the awards each Fellow may request annual research expenses of up to £6,000 to further his or her research activities.

Max Duration: 3 years

Start Date or lead time: 1 September 2017 and 1 May 2018.

Discipline(s): Any; must be Innovative, cross/ inter/ transdisciplinary

Applicant status: Must be within 5 years of doctorate’s viva, and must NOT yet have held a full-time permanent academic post in a UK university or research institution.

Application submssion: via the Leverhulme Trust Grant Application System

Other: The matching funding contributed by the host institution must be drawn from generally available funds and must not be associated with any other grants received by the institution. The host department must secure the matching funding for the applicant before the closing date. Applications that do not meet these conditions are ineligible and will be rejected.

Leverhulme Research Project Grants

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(Closing Date: Submit outline at any time)

Leverhulme Research Project Grants

Research Project Grants are assessed via a two-stage process:

  • There are no deadlines for Outline Applications, and their assessment is normally completed within three months
  • An invitation to progress to the second stage – preparation of a Detailed Application – will be sent to those whose Outline Application has been approved.

A Detailed Application is only accessible to applicants once they have received an invitation to progress from the Outline stage.

The aim of these awards is to provide financial support for innovative and original research projects of high quality and potential, the choice of theme and the design of the research lying entirely with the applicant (the Principal Investigator). The grants provide support for the salaries of research staff engaged on the project, plus associated costs directly related to the research proposed, and the award is paid directly to the institution at which the applicant is employed. At least 75% of the resources requested must be used to provide funding for research staff (research assistants, doctoral students) who will each work specifically on the project with the applicant, and at least one research assistant, local researcher or PhD student must spend at least 50% of their time on the project – of all the time.

Proposals must reflect the personal vision of the applicant and demonstrate compelling competence in the research design. The Trust favours applications that surmount traditional disciplinary academic boundaries and involve a willingness to take appropriate degrees of risk in setting research objectives.

Application Type: two stage process: outline, then detailed application.

Web Link: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/grant-schemes/research-project-grants

Project type: Highly innovative and inter-disciplinary collaborative research project

Max amount: £500,00

Funding Mode: At least 75% of resources to be used towards research assistants and/ or doctoral students.  NOT full Economic Cost.

Max Duration: 5 years

Start Date or lead time: Allow at least 6 months between outline application and project star date.

Discipline(s): Any, must be cross/ inter/ transdisciplinary

Applicant status: Must be employed by a UK research organisation

Collaboration/ Partnership: applicable

International: possible but little resources available for an international component

Other: Awards are not made to cover the salary costs of the applicant, or those of the co-applicants, although teaching replacement costs may be sought, to a maximum of one-third of the project’s duration.

Dr Anne Galliot is the Research Development Adviser for the College of Arts and Humanities, University of Brighton.