The Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship internal competition 2025 is now open. The University of Cambridge provides matched funding for successful candidates through its Isaac Newton Trust. Full information for applicants may be found at https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career-fellowships and https://www.newtontrust.cam.ac.uk/ECFs/LeverhulmeECF.
If you would like to apply through the University of Cambridge, please submit a draft application to the Faculty of Music by 12 noon on THURSDAY 24 October 2024, UK time. Applications will initially be scrutinised by the Faculty, but the final decision as to whether we can host your application will be made at University level. If you are successful in the University competitions, we shall ask you to commit to applying through Cambridge alone, and we will work with you to refine your application in advance of the national deadline of 4pm on 20 FEBRUARY 2025.
The documentation we require for LECF applications is as follows:
* an academic CV (maximum two sides of A4)
* a list of your major publications (maximum one side)
* a statement of your current research (maximum 250 words)
* a detailed statement of your proposed research (maximum two sides). This should be structured as shown below.
* two references, one of which should be from beyond Cambridge, sent directly to the Faculty of Music by the deadline below
These documents should be supplied as Microsoft Word documents (not PDFs) emailed to the Faculty Manager, Juliet Margerison, at facultymanager@mus.cam.ac.ukby 12 noon on THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER 2024, UK time. You may also use this address for any general queries. In advance of the deadline you are advised to contact a potential mentor within the Faculty, to discuss your application.
Please note that current or previous holders of full-time permanent academic posts in UK universities or comparable institutions, and current or former stipendiary JRFs at Cambridge or Oxford, are not eligible to apply.
STRUCTURE FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS
1) Title of proposed research; 2) Name of proposed mentor; 3) Abstract of proposed research (about 200 words); 4) Proposed programme, including methodology. (Applicants should be aware of the importance that assessors place on the viability, specificity and originality of the research programme and of its achievability within the timescale, which should be specified under Plan of Action.) 5) Planned research outputs (e.g. monograph, journal article(s), book chapter(s), digital resources; 6) Plan of action: a clear timetable for your research programme over the three years of the Fellowship. Your chances of award will be affected by the assessors' perception of how viable and realistic this plan is. 7) Plans for publication / dissemination, including potential publishers or journals for your work.