Funder
Leverhulme Trust: International professorships
Added date
30/12/2021
Closing date
27/05/2022
Call summary
The Leverhulme Trust invites applications for its international professorships. These enable universities to recruit research leaders of any nationality, currently working outside the UK, in order to fill strategically important positions. The professorial candidates should conduct high-quality research, and by their appointment, also contribute significantly to the university’s strategic aims and objectives. This may be an appointment to consolidate or reshape an existing area or field of study or to allow the university to branch out into new areas or disciplines. Grants are worth up to £5 million each over five years. At least 75 per cent of the requested funding must be used to cover salaries and up to 25 per cent to cover associated research costs. Items of equipment, worth up to £250,000, may be included in exceptional circumstances.
Scientific scope
Arts and Humanities; Biological Sciences; Physical Sciences and Engineering; Social Sciences
PI eligibility
UK universities may apply. There are no restrictions on nationality of the professorial candidate but they must be working outside the UK at the time of application. Each institution is permitted to make one bid per round.