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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 2021
London Film School
Future filmmakers at London Film School
Arts Scholarships 2021
National Youth Arts Wales
Youth arts training for all
Early Career Fellowships
Early Career Fellowships 2021
University of Warwick
Dr Sree Hari Perumanath Dharmapalan
Development of molEcular-Fidelity RObust...
Early Career Fellowships 2021
University of Edinburgh
Dr Rebecca Macklin
Entwined futures: indigeneity, gender violence...
Emeritus Fellowships
Emeritus Fellowships 2021
University of Worcester
Professor Maggie Andrews
Privilege, politics, pragmatism: Lady Denman and...
Emeritus Fellowships 2021
University College London
Professor Philip Steadman
Canaletto’s camera
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 2021
University of St Andrews
Dr Laura Moretti
Object history and museum display. The...
International Fellowships 2021
University of Liverpool
Dr Alfred M. Hirt
Becoming Roman through mining? Economic...
Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships
Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships 2020
Professor Steven Miles    
Manchester Metropolitan University
The playful city
Leverhulme International Professorships
Leverhulme Research Centres
Leverhulme Research Centres 2015
University of Liverpool
Professor Andy Cooper
Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional...
Leverhulme Research Centres 2015
University of Cambridge
Dr Stephen Cave
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Major Research Fellowships
Major Research Fellowships 2020
University of St Andrews
Professor Rhiannon Purdie
Mapping medieval Scots literature, beginnings to...
Major Research Fellowships 2020
University of Oxford
Professor Lyndal Roper    
The German Peasants’ War, 1524–1525
Philip Leverhulme Prizes
Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2020
University of Oxford
Professor Heather Harrington
Applied mathematics: algebraic systems biology...
Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2019
University of Oxford
Dr Fiona McConnell    
Hidden geographies of diplomacy
Research Fellowships
Research Fellowships 2021
University College London
Dr Erin Goeres
What really happened in 1066?
Research Fellowships 2021
Birkbeck, University of London
Professor Kate Retford
Cutting and pasting: making print rooms in...
Research Leadership Awards
Research Leadership Awards 2019
University of Leeds
Dr Zlatko Papić
New paradigms of order amidst quantum chaos
Research Leadership Awards 2012
University of St Andrews
Dr Gordon Florence
Taking inspiration from nature: a novel approach...
Research Project Grants
Research Project Grants 2018
Northumbria University
Dr Martin Birkett  
Super hard biocompatible coatings of beta Ti3Au
Research Project Grants 2018
University of Plymouth  
Dr Mick Hanley
Geographical patterns in seedling defence and...
Study Abroad Studentships
Study Abroad Studentships 2021
British School at Athens, Greece
Alice Clinch
Of earth and stone: material culture and natural...
Study Abroad Studentships 2021
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Lucy Millichamp
MSc in Architecture
Visiting Professorships
Visiting Professorships 2020
Professor Kristin Bluemel, Monmouth University, New Jersey
Professor Matthew Grenby, Newcastle University    
Illustrating rural modernity: Thomas Bewick,...
Visiting Professorships 2020
Professor Nader El-Bizri, American University of Beirut
Professor Giles Gasper, Durham University
Revolutionising optics: Ibn al-Haytham and...
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