Early Career Fellowships (ECF) from the Leverhulme Trust are designed for early career researchers, with a research record, who have not yet held a full-time, permanent academic post. Fellows should undertake a significant piece of publishable research during this three-year tenure with a host institution.
The School of Humanities is inviting Expressions of Interest in archaeology, classics, history, philosophy, music, religious studies and theology, for stage one of the internal application process. Successful candidates will receive support and mentoring in completion of the final application.
Interested applicants should submit a 1-page document outlining their fellowship project idea and a short CV (no more than two pages). The deadline for Expressions of Interest to receive support for your application is 4 December 2019.
Overview of the Early Career Fellowship
• Approximately 100 Fellowships will be available through the Leverhulme Trust in 2020.
• All candidates must hold a doctorate or have equivalent research experience by the time they take up the Fellowship.
• Fellowships are tenable for 3 years on a full-time basis.
• The host institution will be expected to fund at least 50% of the overall Fellowship cost.
• The primary aim is to undertake a significant piece of publishable research, therefore the project put forward should not be a reworking or mere extension of the candidate’s doctoral research project.
• Applications will be considered in all subject areas with the following exceptions: studies of disease, illness and disabilities in humans and animals, and research that is intended to inform clinical practice or the development of medical applications. The Trust excludes these areas because substantial funding is available from other sources for applied medical research, and the Trust’s priority is to support investigations of a fundamental nature.
Leverhulme Trust’s criteria to prioritise work of outstanding scholarship:
• Originality—the research achieves more than the incremental development of a single discipline.
• Importance—the work will enable further research or enquiry.
• Significance—the proposed research has relevance outside a single field, and is able to excite those working in other disciplines.
• Merit—the quality of the research design and methodology, and the suitability of the researchers and institution for the realisation of the proposed research objectives.
Internal Application Process 2020 for the School of Humanities
If you are interested in applying, you must first check that you meet the Leverhulme Trust's eligibility criteria. The Trust offers Guidance for Applicants and Application Help Notes, alongside other useful information available on the Leverhulme Trust Website.
If you are eligible, and would like to apply to hold a Fellowship at the University of Nottingham, please get in touch with Peter Tomkins for the School of Humanities, before 4 December 2019 to find out about the internal application process. You will need to provide a short CV (2 pages maximum) and a 1-page Expression of Interest, outlining the project idea that you would like to take forward. Please note that if it is agreed that your application should go forward, you will be required to produce a full draft with the support of an academic mentor by 7 January 2020.
About the School of Humanities
The School of Humanities encompasses a range of departments: History; Theology and Religious Studies; Philosophy; Classics and Archaeology; Music.
All our disciplines offer perspectives on the most significant aspects of human life and culture: birth, love and death, questions of ethics and problems of knowledge and evidence, the relation of our future to our past, and the individual’s place in society and the world.
Posted on Monday 11th November 2019