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Grants in focus

To see what type of research the Trust funds, take a look at grant holders’ accounts of their projects below.
Arts Scholarships
Arts Scholarships 2018
Circomedia
The new direction of circus
Arts Scholarships 2018
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
World-class opportunities for young Midlands...
Early Career Fellowships
Early Career Fellowships 2020
University of Oxford
Dr Akanksha Awal    
Politics of anger: wilful women and the police in...
Early Career Fellowships 2020
Durham University
Dr Stephen Burrell
The climate crisis as masculine violence?...
Emeritus Fellowships
Emeritus Fellowships 2020
University of Oxford
Professor Robert Gildea
Class, community and family: the 1984–1985 miners...
Emeritus Fellowships 2020
University of Westminster
Professor Marion Roberts
Urban design and the urban night
Former Schemes
Former Scheme 2015
Queen’s University of Belfast
Artist in Residence Grants, Dr Tancredi Caruso
BeSA – Belowground visions of life: Soil makes Art
Former Scheme 2015
University of Oxford
Artist in Residence Grants, Professor Tonia Vincent and Miss Francesca Corra
Healing hands: the art and science of arthritis
International Fellowships
International Fellowships 2020
University of Liverpool
Dr Bruce Routledge
Reusing and rethinking archaeological data
International Fellowships 2019
University of Bath
Dr Apala Majumdar
Nematic shells: mathematics and experiments for...
Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships
Leverhulme International Professorships
Leverhulme Research Centres
Leverhulme Research Centres 2018
University of Dundee
Professor Sue Black
The Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic...
Leverhulme Research Centres 2015
University of Cambridge
Dr Stephen Cave
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Major Research Fellowships
Major Research Fellowships 2019
University of Reading
Dr John Creighton
Money and the rise of inequality and the market...
Major Research Fellowships 2019
University of Bristol  
Professor Patrick Finglass
Sappho and Alcaeus: a new critical edition
Philip Leverhulme Prizes
Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2019
University of Oxford
Dr Fiona McConnell    
Hidden geographies of diplomacy
Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2019
Loughborough University
Dr Alister Smith
Listening to infrastructure
Research Fellowships
Research Fellowships 2020
University of Nottingham
Dr Sascha Auerbach
Race, labour and the ‘overseer state’ in the...
Research Fellowships 2020
University of York
Dr Rob Jenkins  
Systematic review of weekday effects
Research Leadership Awards
Research Leadership Awards 2012
University of St Andrews
Dr Gordon Florence
Taking inspiration from nature: a novel approach...
Research Leadership Awards 2012
Newcastle University 
Professor Clare Bambra
Local health inequalities in an age of austerity...
Research Project Grants
Research Project Grants 2017
University of Leeds
Professor Fiona Meldrum
Understanding confinement effects on...
Research Project Grants 2017
Newcastle University
Dr Nick Aldred
Going back to basics: reverse engineering the...
Study Abroad Studentships
Study Abroad Studentships 2020
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Dr Deborah Madden
Víctimas, violencia y violación: sexual violence...
Study Abroad Studentships 2019
University of Antwerp
Mr Samuel Grinsell
A history of estuary ports and the North Sea, c....
Visiting Professorships
Visiting Professorships 2017
University of Kent
Dr Alex Marlow-Mann
Vito Zagarrio, Italian film director and...
Visiting Professorships 2016
University of Copenhagen
Professor M J Driscoll
Scandinavian and Celtic studies: towards a common...
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