Primary funder name: Leverhulme Trust

Closing date: 08 Oct 20

Full text: The Leverhulme Trust invites applications for its visiting professorships. These enable UK institutions to host distinguished researchers from overseas, primarily to enhance the skills of academic staff or students at the host institution. Visiting professors may also wish to use the opportunity to further their own academic interests and visit more than one UK institution. Any field of research is eligible, excluding 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. Applications must be made by a member of academic staff, based in a UK university or other HEI, who will be responsible for coordinating the visit. Priority is given to new or recent collaborative ventures. Funding is worth between £10,000 and £150,000 for visits of between three months and a year, and covers maintenance, travel expenses and research costs. Tenures of six months or more may be spread over two or more visits. Travel within the UK, laboratory consumables and essential technical assistance may also be covered. Funds for accommodation and utilities may be covered if costs are also payable in the home country during tenure of the award of if UK costs are significantly higher than in the home country.

Website: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/visiting-professorships

Disciplines: Arts and Humanities; Social Sciences; Physical Sciences and Engineering; Biological Sciences; Food Science; Agriculture; Soil Sciences