British Academy Leverhulme Small Research Grants (UK)

Funded as a public-private partnership, including the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), Leverhulme Trust, Welcome Trust and a number of Special Funds including British Accountancy and Finance Association, EY, Honor Frost Foundation, Journal of Moral Education Trust, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, Sino-British Fellowship Trust, and Society for the Advancement of Management Studies.

Funding Information

• The British Academy has partnered with the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of Taiwan who will co-fund two Small Research Grants for this round.
  • The application to the British Academy must indicate the total cost requested (up to £10,000) and if the award is recommended for co-funding the BA will cover costs of the participants from the UK side (up to £5,000) and NSTC will cover costs of the participants from the Taiwan side (up to £5,000).
  • There is a preference for applications under this partnership not to plan a research programme of longer than 12 months.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:
  • Grants are available for research, at postdoctoral or equivalent level, in the fields of the humanities and the social sciences. Equivalent experience may include holding, or having held, an established post, having a record of publications in the field and or having teaching experience.
  • Postgraduate students are not eligible to apply.
  • Applicants must be ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands (that is, classed as ‘ordinarily resident’ for tax purposes) or currently employed overseas by a recognised UK overseas research organisation.
  • UK research organisations based overseas may apply to be recognised by demonstrating that they satisfy both the following conditions:
    • Organisations which are, or which are constituent parts of, charities registered with the Charity Commission.
    • Which must be able to demonstrate an independent capability to undertake research in the field or discipline in which they wish to be funded, and to lead the research for which funding is received.
  • Awards will not be made retrospectively: this means that the work for which support is requested must not have commenced before the award is announced.

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