Leverhulme Trust
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
3-year fellowship with salary + research costs for early-career researchers at UK institutions.
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We are still researching the full guide for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. In the meantime, you will find the live open calls, eligibility basics and related programmes below.
Key facts
- Career stage
- 0-4 years post-PhD
- Duration
- 3 years
- Salary
- 50% Leverhulme + 50% host
- Scope
- All disciplines
- Success rate
- ~15-20%
Who is eligible?
- •PhD awarded within the last 4 years at the call deadline
- •Extensions possible for career interruptions
- •Host institution in the UK
- •Open to all disciplines (humanities, social sciences, sciences)
Curious who tends to win this grant?
See past Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship awardees →Related programmes
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European Research Council
ERC Starting Grant
Up to €1.5M for early-career researchers up to 10 years post-PhD (from the 2027 calls) conducting ground-breaking frontier research.
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