Application Process
Please see the Application Format page for all application forms
Step 1: Institution deadline: All applications are submitted through the applicant’s Head of Faculty/Department (Project, Emergency and Fellowship) or through the Chair of School/Pro Vice Chancellor (Strategic).
Step 2: Submission of draft applications to the INT
Step 3: Feedback from INT
Step 4: Submission of final applications to INT (strictly applied at 5pm on the date shown)
Step 5: INT takes up references
All decisions are made at Trustee meetings, which happen once a term on the dates given below. Applications cannot be considered between meetings.
Please note, the INT supports Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships under a separate programme - see Early Career Fellowships.
Application Timetable
| Funding Rounds | Lent 2025 | Easter 2025 | Michaelmas 2025 |
| Emergency Grants | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fellowship Support Grants | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Research Project Grants | - | - | Yes |
| Strategic Grants | Preliminary Round | Final Round | - |
| Deadlines | |||
| Submission of draft applications to HoD/Faculty/School | 03 January 2025 | 17 April 2025 | 18 September 2025 |
| Submission of draft applications to INT | 10 January 2025 | 25 April 2025 | 25 September 2025 |
| Submission of final applications to INT | 24 January 2025 | 05 May 2025 | 09 October 2025 |
| Trustees' Award Meeting | 20 March 2025 | 10 July 2025 | 20 November 2025 |
| Outcome Announced | 26 March 2025 | 17 July 2025 | 27 November 2025 |