Deadline: 14 May 2025
The Leverhulme Trust is pleased to invite applications for the Philip Leverhulme Prizes designed to recognize and facilitate the work of outstanding research scholars of proven achievement, who have made and are continuing to make original and significant contributions to knowledge in their particular field.
The Prize is for researchers at an early stage of their careers whose work has had international impact and whose future research career is exceptionally promising – to use for any research purpose.
Focus Areas
- Up to thirty Prizes will be awarded in 2025, across the following subject areas:
- Archaeology
- Chemistry
- Economics
- Engineering
- Geography
- Languages and Literatures
Prize Information
- Each Prize has a value of £100,000. This is paid in two equal instalments to the Prize Winner’s employing institution.
Eligible Activities
- The prize funds may be used for any purpose related to the advancement of the research of the Prize Winner, provided that the items of expenditure fall within the categories classically eligible for the support of the Trust. Examples include research assistance, teaching replacement, travel and subsistence, consumables (including specialist books, databases and similar materials), technical support, or computing and software. The principal ineligible items are sites, buildings or other capital expenditure, augmentation of the Prize holder’s salary, and institutional overheads.
Nomination Criteria
- Nominees must hold either a permanent post or a long-term Fellowship in a UK university with research degree awarding powers that would extend beyond the duration of the Philip Leverhulme Prize. Those otherwise without salary are not eligible to be nominated. Nominees should normally have been awarded their doctoral degree not more than ten years prior to the closing date. The award date is considered to be the date shown on the degree certificate. However, nominations are accepted for those who do not meet this requirement if they have had a distinct career break. The only eligible career breaks for this funding scheme are for caring responsibilities or due to illness.
- Prizes are awarded to individuals. The Trust Board will not consider making an award where two (or more) nominations are received for substantially the same body of work.
- No institution may submit more than three nominations in any prize subject.
For more information, visit The Leverhulme Trust.
