Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships at the School of Arts, University of Liverpool

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The School of the Arts at the University of Liverpool invites expressions of interest for the 2025 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship scheme. These awards offer opportunities for outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment – further information, including eligibility criteria, can be found on the Leverhulme Trust website.

The University of Liverpool is one of the United Kingdom’s leading research institutions with an annual turnover of £400 million, including £140 million for research. Liverpool is ranked in the top 1% of universities worldwide and is a member of the prestigious Russell Group, comprising the leading research universities in the United Kingdom.

The Department of Philosophy seeks to maintain the highest standard in research excellence while pursuing fruitful civic engagements, collaborative relationships and opportunities for knowledge exchange and research impact. Our work encompasses a wide range of philosophical topics and traditions. We are particularly interested in applications that relate to our pioneering research theme Philosophy and the Future or to Social Imagination and Social Change.

Since 2010, we have been part of the School of Arts, one of four Schools in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The School also includes the departments of Architecture, English, Music, and Communication & Media.

Those interested in applying for a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship are invited to submit expressions of interest to the Research & Impact Team at sotares@liverpool.ac.uk, by Monday 4th November 2024, consisting of:

  • The completed Leverhulme ECF Expression of Interest pro-forma 
  • CV (2 pages max)
  • A list of publications (1 page max – please use the following headings: ‘In preparation’, ‘Submitted’ and ‘Published’)

You can find more guidance and a downloadable ECF Expression of Interest pro-forma on the  University’s Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship information page.

The School Research Team will notify selected candidates of the outcome by week commencing 16th December 2024. All shortlisted candidates will then be invited to attend a Faculty workshop over Zoom, taking place during week commencing 6th January 2025, date/time tbc, which will include presentations and advice about the scheme.

Following the workshop, candidates will be asked to submit their fully developed application outline for final peer-review and selection by a cross-Faculty panel by Monday 20th January 2025, by 12pm. The final application is to be completed and submitted on the Leverhulme Grants Management System in advance to allow time for internal checks and approvals) by Thursday 13th February 2025, 5pm.  The deadline for final submission to the Leverhulme Trust is Thursday 20th February 2025, 4pm.