Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship (LTECF): Application Selection Process
Leverhulme Trust are offering three year (36 month) full-time fellowships in any subject area (other than some health-related disciplines), open to candidates within four years of their PhD submission by the application due date of 20th February 2025, and who have not previously held a full-time academic post at a UK university. Full details of the LTECF scheme can be found here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career-fellowships
The fellowships are tenable at any university in the UK, with the Trust encouraging movement between institutions since a candidate’s undergraduate experience. Thus, applicants wishing to hold a LTECF at the University of Glasgow (UoG) may come from within UoG or from another University. Applications require approval from the host institution and from the relevant Head of Department.
The award offers joint support from LT and the host University, with each covering half the salary costs of the Fellowship: LT offer up to £28,000 maximum per year for salary plus £6,000 per annum in research costs.
An internal LKAS Leadership Fellowship application to secure the institutional match funding will need to be submitted in January 2025, ahead of the LT submission.
To manage the submissions process for LTECF proposals from candidates wishing to be hosted within one of the Subjects within SPS @ UoG, we require candidates to submit a synopsis template to socpol-researchsupport@glasgow.ac.uk by 5pm on Friday 25th October 2024. The template can be downloaded here: Leverhulme ECF application template (Microsoft Word Document). Details of what is required are given below in this document.
Applicants must make contact with the Research Director of the Subject within which they wish to hold their Fellowship in order to discuss their research idea and to agree the mentor to be allocated to the applicant, who can help with discussions about the development of the proposal. The Subject RDs are listed below:
Central and East European Studies: Adrian Florea
Economic and Social History: Helen Yaffe
Politics and Internal Relations: Patrick Bayer
Sociology: Jude Robinson
Urban Studies: Morag Treanor
The School Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee will consider all submissions and select those it wishes to offer institutional and departmental support for during the applications process. Candidates will be notified of this decision by Friday 15th November 2024.
Thereafter, we would expect to receive the applicant’s full proposal for internal peer review by Friday 10th January 2025 prior to submission to LT by 20th February 2025.
SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSAL
This should consist of the following, contained in a single document:
Applicant Name:
Title of research proposal: No more than 80 characters including spaces.
Statement of Eligibility: Explain briefly how you meet the eligibitiity criteria for the scheme.
Host Subject: State which Subject within SPS you wish to be hosted within (CEES, ESH, SOC, PIR, URB).
Proposed Mentor: Name your mentor within the host Subject.
Abstract: This account should be given in non-technical terms so as to be easily comprehensible to a non-expert (maximum 100 words).
Details of current and past research: Give details of your current and past research experience (maximum 250 words). Focus on the research most relevant to the current application.
Proposed Research: Short statement of aims, objectives, methodology and outcomes. 500 words max.
Major Publications: List your main or most relevant publications, identifying ‘submitted’ and ‘published’. One page max.
Relevant Research in Host Subject: What research within the Subject is relevant to your project. (Max 100 words).
Other Institutional Applications: Please confirm whether you are also considering applying for the Leverhulme ECF 2024 Scheme via other institutions in addition to Unviversity of Glasgow.
Statement from Subject Research Director: Fit with Subject research agenda and benefits of hosting the candidate. (max 150 words)