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The Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Competition

The Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships (LECF) is a prestigious national competition for early career researchers, normally no more than 4 years after submitting their doctoral dissertation. The Leverhulme Trust will provide 50% of the salary costs up to a limit of £28k per annum for each year of a 3 year fellowship. The Fellow's host institution has to find matching funds (and any shortfall in costs) and must provide a letter guaranteeing salary costs not covered by the Leverhulme Trust as a requirement for entry to the national competition.

The Isaac Newton Trust (in some subjects, jointly with the host Department) undertakes to match the salary costs up to the limit set by the Leverhulme Trust for any full- or part-time candidate successful in the national competition up to £28k pa.   In order to identify which candidates can be supported with offers of matched funding, an internal competition is held. INT typically makes about 50 offers of support in the event of success nationally.

Cambridge applicants have an exceptional record of securing LECFs. 25 awards were made in the previous round (2024) to candidates wishing to carry out research in Cambridge.

 

 

INT Funding Rounds

For Research Grants:

Easter: 28 April 2025

Michaelmas: 25 September 2025

Lent: 9 January 2026

 

For Colleges:

Academic Career Development Fellowships

Colleges and Departments interested in making partnerships should contact the Director at the earliest opportunity. 
Partnerships should be agreed in Lent Term and no later than 21 February 2025

Widening Participation & Induction Fund

Next application deadline: 16 May 2025 

Junior Research Fellowship Programme

Next application deadline: 09 May 2025

 

For Early Career Fellows:

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2025

Application deadline: candidates’ applications must reach the University's Research Operations Office by 18 February 2025 in order to submit an application to the Leverhulme Trust no later than 20 February 4pm 2025. Please consult your departmental Research Grant Administrator for additional guidance regarding this internal deadline

Trustees' Meeting Dates

Thursday 20 March 2025

Thursday 03 July 2025

Thursday 20 November 2025

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