Applications are accepted from the ‘ranking units’ (Host Institutions) listed below. This list is based on the University’s departmental/faculty structure, and reflects the way in which the Leverhulme Trust is prepared to set up their awards. However, please note:
- Applicants can only make one application to the Leverhulme Trust.
- Departmental Centres and Museums listed here should apply through the body under which they are grouped.
- Applicants from other bodies (e.g. the Fitzwilliam Museum) should apply to the most appropriate ranking unit from the list below.
School of Arts and Humanities
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Centre for Research in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CRASSH)
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) incorporating the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER)
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Social Anthropology (includes Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology)
Geography (Human) - See also Physical Sciences below
History & Philosophy of Science
POLIS (including the Centres for African Studies, Development Studies, Latin American Studies, South Asian Studies and the Centre for Gender Studies)
Psychology - see Biological Sciences
School of Clinical Medicine
NB applicants from clinical departments should ensure that their project falls within the classification of ‘basic science’: the Leverhulme Trust will not award fellowships in clinical/medical research.
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR)
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
School of Biological Sciences
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
School of Physical Sciences
Geography (Physical - including Scott Polar Research Institute) - see also Humanities & Social Sciences above
Materials Science and Metallurgy
Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
School of Technology
Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology
Non-School Institutions
Fitzwilliam Museum includes Hamilton Kerr Institute and Kettle's Yard
University Library Research Institute
If you are in doubt about the unit to which an applicant belongs, please contact the Trust Administrator.