Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships
Early Career Fellowships aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers but with a proven record of research.
Oxford Humanities faculties currently have four ECFs: one in Classics and History, and two in English.
To be an eligible applicant, you must meet the Leverhulme Trust's eligibility criteria. These are that you:
- May not currently hold, or have already held, a full-time established (i.e. permanent) academic position in a UK university or comparable institution in the UK.
- Should normally hold a degree from a UK higher education institution by the time of taking up the Fellowship. Those without a UK degree will be considered if, at the time of application, they hold an academic position in the UK. It is likely that applications from candidates having an association with the UK academic community of less than two years' duration will be strengthened by a move of employing institution.
- Should normally be under age 35 and hold an awarded doctorate or have equivalent research experience at the time of taking up the award. Applications from those aged 35 and over will be considered if they began their academic studies at a later age than is usual or if they have had a career change or break.
- May, when registered for a doctorate, apply only if they have submitted their doctoral thesis by the closing date, and confirmation of this will be required as part of the application procedure.
For more information, see http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/early_career_fellowships/
The Leverhulme Trust require the university to fund 50% of the overall fellowship cost. The Oxford Humanities Division is able to fund one applicant per faculty, per year through the generosity of the John Fell Fund. Faculties have their own processes for choosing who that applicant is for each round, and you must check what these are.
Do not apply to Leverhulme citing Oxford University as the supporting institution unless you have been chosen as a Faculty's candidate.