| Research Project Grants |
…provide funds to employ research staff for up to five years on an innovative and original project of high quality and potential, the choice of theme and the design of the research lying with the applicant. |
| Research Leadership Awards |
...to support those who have succeeded in beginning a university career but who are then confronted with the task of building a research team adequately able to tackle an identified but distinctive research problem. Provided to those who have held a university post for at least two years. |
| Research Programme Grants |
…provide funds to research teams for up to five years to enable them to explore significant issues based on themes that are selected by the Trust each year. |
| Study Abroad Studentships |
…support up to two years of advanced study or research at a centre of learning in any overseas country, with the exception of the USA. |
| Early Career Fellowships |
…provide career development opportunities, of three years, for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers but with a proven record of research. |
| Research Fellowships |
…provide support for up to two years for experienced researchers, particularly those who have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research. Awards are not limited to those holding appointments in higher education. |
| International Academic Fellowships |
…are open to those holding an established post in a UK institution of higher education or comparable institution and support a period overseas in a stimulating academic environment for up to one year. |
| Major Research Fellowships |
…provide up to three years of full-time teaching replacement so that the applicant can concentrate on a piece of research, typically bringing it forward to publication as a monograph. |
| Emeritus Fellowships |
…provide support for up to two years of research to be conducted by the applicant following retirement from an academic post. |
| International Networks |
…enable a Principal Investigator based in the UK to lead a research project, of up to three years, where its successful completion is dependant on the participation of relevant overseas institutions. |
| Visiting Professorships |
…enable distinguished academics based overseas to spend up to twelve months at a UK university, primarily in order to enhance the skills of academic staff or the student body within the host institution. |
| Philip Leverhulme Prizes |
…are awarded to outstanding scholars who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their particular field of study, are recognised at an international level, and where the expectation is that their greatest achievements are yet to come. |
| Artists in Residence |
…support the residency of an artist of any kind or nationality in a UK institution in order to foster a creative collaboration between the artist and members of that institution, where creative art is not part of the normal curriculum or activity. |
| Arts Scholarships |
…provide funds for three years for training opportunities across the whole range of artistic disciplines in the fine and performing arts, but not normally within universities. |
