Primary funder name: Leverhulme Trust

Closing date: 07 Nov 20

Full text: *** This opportunity will be available soon. The next call is expected to open in September 2020. The following information is subject to change. *** The Leverhulme Trust invites applications for its international academic fellowships. These enable established researchers to spend a period of time in one or more research centres outside the UK in order to develop new knowledge, skills and ideas. Awards may be used for the following purposes: •observing and learning groundbreaking techniques or practices; •developing new lines of research through overseas collaboration; •making discipline-hopping excursions into new areas of research; •developing innovations in teaching; •exchanging ideas. Applications are considered in all subject areas except the studies of disease, illness and disabilities in humans and animals, and research that intends to inform clinical practice or the development of medical applications. Applicants must have held an established post at a UK HEI, or in a museum, art gallery or comparable institution, for at least three years. Fellowships may be held in any country or countries outside the UK. Fellowships are worth up to £45,000 each for a period of between three and 24 months. Eligible costs include reasonable replacement cover whilst the fellow is overseas; travel to and within the overseas country or countries, a maintenance grant to meet the increased expense of living overseas, and essential research costs. A maximum of £150 per day will be provided for overseas subsistence.

Website: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/international-academic-fellowships

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