Deadline: 01-Sep-21
The Leverhulme Trust is pleased to launch a call for proposals for the Research Project Grants Program for researchers based at universities, institutions of higher education or registered charities with university-equivalent research capacity, to undertake an innovative and original research project.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant value is £500,000.
- Research Project Grants may be held for up to five years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Institutions
- The following institutions are eligible to apply:
- UK universities and other institution of higher education in the UK
- National museums and galleries and registered charities in the UK which have a research capacity equivalent to that of a UK university
- The following institutions are eligible to apply:
- The applicant, or Principal Investigator
- The applicant (Principal Investigator) must take responsibility for directing the grant, and his/her employing institution must also agree to administer the grant.
- Eligible applicants will already be employed by the eligible institution or be an academic who has maintained close links with that institution following retirement.
- Applications can be submitted by those holding contract research posts provided that their appointment continues for a period at least equal to the span of the requested award.
- Up to 3 co-applicants from the same or different UK institutions may also be included. Overseas co-applicants are allowable.
- Fields of study
- Applications will be considered in all subject areas except:
- studies of disease, illness and disabilities in humans and animals
- research that is intended to inform clinical practice or the development of medical applications
- They exclude these areas because substantial funding is available from other sources for applied medical research; the Trust’s priority is to support investigations of a fundamental nature.
- Similarly, because of the availability of alternative sources of funding, the following types of research are also ineligible:
- research of which advocacy forms an explicit component
- policy-driven research where the principal objective is to assemble an evidence base for immediate policy initiatives
- research which is aimed principally at an immediate commercial application
- projects in which the balance between assembling a data bank or database and the related subsequent research is heavily inclined to the former
- projects in which the main focus is on capacity building, networking, or the development of the skills of those involved
- Applications will be considered in all subject areas except:
For more information, visit https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/research-project-grants