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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
Magpie Dance
Promoting pathways for learning disabled dancers
Arts Scholarships 2018
Leeds Conservatoire
Leeds Conservatoire – a leading multidisciplinary...
Early Career Fellowships
Early Career Fellowships 2016
University of Surrey
Dr Kirsty Lohman
Punk, politics and gender in the UK
Early Career Fellowships 2016
Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr Amy Cutler
What does it mean to say that the British forest...
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 2011
Queen Mary, University of London
Artist in Residence Grants, Ranjit Kandalgaonkar
Experimental digital ethnography of the market...
Former Scheme 2011
Centre for Alternative Technology
Artist in Residence Grants, Jony Easterby
Living landscape and protection 
International Fellowships
International Fellowships 2015
University of Sheffield
Dr Renee Timmers
The role of cross-modal information in inter-...
International Fellowships 2015
University of Chester
Dr Peter Cox 
Developing cross-disciplinary research into...
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 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 2019
Bangor University
Dr David Carey
Can cerebral asymmetries be predicted from...
Research Project Grants 2018
Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr Steve Portugal 
Spots, stars or stripes? The evolution of...
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 2012
University of Exeter
Professor John Hunt
The gift of love: the evolution of the chemical...
Visiting Professorships 2012
Anglia Ruskin University
Dr Mick Gowar
The Irresistible Storyteller
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