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To see what type of research the Trust funds, take a look at grant holders’ accounts of their projects below.
Arts Scholarships
Man previewing film camera
Arts Scholarships 2021
London Film School
Future filmmakers at London Film School
Summer residencies in 2018. Photographer: Kirsten McTernan.
Arts Scholarships 2021
National Youth Arts Wales
Youth arts training for all
Early Career Fellowships
Early Career Fellowships 2018
University of Liverpool
Dr Liam Dougherty
Understanding the link between animal mate choice...
Early Career Fellowships 2018
University of Cambridge
Dr Nathaniel Miller
Arabic poetry of the Crusades-era Mediterranean:...
Emeritus Fellowships
First folio of the oldest complete manuscript of the Latin Alexander, depicting the 'wise doctor' Alexander and Holy Cross
Emeritus Fellowships 2023
University of Manchester
Professor David Langslow
A Latin medical translation from Ravenna in print...
A ternary plot showing vote shares among the three main parties in England at the 2019 General Election.
Emeritus Fellowships 2023
University of Warwick
Professor David Firth
It’s all relative: a fresh approach to...
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 2018
Lancaster University
Professor Graham Mort
Taking Liberties: ideals of freedom in...
Antique Print – ANATOMY-HUMAN HEART-TAB III-HUIJBERTS after RUYSCH – 1701
International Fellowships 2018
University of Aberdeen
Professor Catherine Jones
Historiography of anatomy in the northern...
Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships
Photo of Dr Imani Strong, Dr Marina Bazhydai, Nuni Jorgensen and Benedetta Zocchi
Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships 2023
Doctoral Scholar case studies
Doctoral Scholars over the years
Plan of the village of port sunlight
Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships 2020
Professor Steven Miles    
Manchester Metropolitan University
The playful city
Leverhulme International Professorships
Muon g-2 magnet at Fermilab. Photograph by Ryan Postel.
Leverhulme International Professorships 2021
University of Liverpool
Professor Graziano Venanzoni
The muon: studying a tiny particle to unveil the...
Leverhulme Research Centres
Autonomous Kuka mobile robot
Leverhulme Research Centres 2015
University of Liverpool
Professor Andy Cooper
Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional...
LCFI Image
Leverhulme Research Centres 2015
University of Cambridge
Dr Stephen Cave
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Major Research Fellowships
Ambulances in a queue
Major Research Fellowships 2022
University of York
Professor Martin Smith
The rise of the chaotic state: decline, decadence...
Grey brick castle.
Major Research Fellowships 2022
Canterbury Christ Church University
Dr Leonie Hicks
Landscapes of the Normans: ways of seeing
Philip Leverhulme Prizes
Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2017
University of Cambridge
Professor Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb
Deep inversion – towards adaptive physical...
Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2017
University of Warwick
Dr Alice Mah
Global environmental injustice
Research Fellowships
Cemetery including burial mound.
Research Fellowships 2022
University of Chester
Professor Tim Grady
‘The unwelcome gravediggers’: war, memory and...
sketch of a desk
Research Fellowships 2022
University of Oxford
Dr Jennifer Altehenger
Revolutionary designs: furnishing life in...
Research Leadership Awards
A visualisation of quantum many-body scars
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 2017
University of Liverpool
Professor Jonathan Tonge
An evaluation of historical and contemporary...
Research Project Grants 2017
University of Cambridge
Professor Martin Jones
Crops, pollinators and people: the long-term...
Study Abroad Studentships
People protest with pans and banners over decision Pamplona court to dismiss rape allegations in the infamous La Manada sexual
Study Abroad Studentships 2020
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Dr Deborah Madden
Víctimas, violencia y violación: sexual violence...
Antwerp and the River Scheldt
Study Abroad Studentships 2019
University of Antwerp
Mr Samuel Grinsell
A history of estuary ports and the North Sea, c....
Visiting Professorships
Niagara Suspension Bridge in 1859
Visiting Professorships 2021
Professor Felix Driver, Royal Holloway, University of London
Professor Joan M Schwartz, Queen’s University, Canada
Photographs, archives and the geographical...
Portrait of Professor Maria Helena Pereira Toledo Machado
Visiting Professorships 2021
Professor Maria Helena Pereira Toledo Machado, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Professor Emily West, University of Reading
Enslaved women in the Atlantic world: comparative...
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