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Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship

The School of Law at Queen Mary University of London now invites applications for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships. Find out more about the opportunity and the application process.

Expressions of interest must be submitted to dolresearch@qmul.ac.uk by 9am on Friday 8 November 2024.

We welcome expressions of interest from candidates with an outstanding research proposal and an excellent academic and publication track record.

Applicants wishing to consider applying for the Early Career Fellowships are strongly encouraged to contact a member of staff in the appropriate area of expertise, to ask if they will act as their mentor, ahead of the internal deadline.

We are able to support a limited number of fellowship applications and will offer individual support and feedback in preparing applications to candidates selected to be put forward to the funder, following our internal section process.

For your application, please provide the following in a single Word or PDF document (using a 12 pt font):

  • Statement of eligibility: please state in a series of bullet points how you meet the Leverhulme Trust’s eligibility requirements
  • Include an academic CV of not more than two pages to demonstrate your research track record.
  • Include an outline research proposal including title, non-technical abstract (250 words), statement of past and current research (250 words) and a two page (A4) project outline. The project outline should include aims, objectives, methodology and outcome (e.g. publication plans). It should also make clear the scope and importance of the proposal. The methodology should be clear, explicit, and comprehensible to a non-expert.
  • Reason for choosing Queen Mary University of London as the host institution: This should include details of research being conducted in the School which is relevant to your own proposed project and any other additional reasons for choosing QMUL School of Law as your host institution (150 words max)
  • The name of your proposed mentor at QMUL (please confirm whether they have agreed to provide mentorship)

For questions and the submission of expressions of interest, please contact the School’s Research Managers by email at: dolresearch@qmul.ac.uk.

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