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Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship 2013 Competition
Please find below an outline of the application process for the Leverhulme Early Careers Scheme, for which we are now accepting proposals. Please read the information carefully as this includes steps to be taken by both applicants and mentors.
The Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship provides 3 years for an original research project conducted by a non-established member of staff with a proven track record of research, at an early stage of their career. Further details and an application form are available at http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/ECF/ECF.cfm
In view of both the financial implications associated with this scheme and the focus on peer review and demand management, we have implemented a two-tier application process to enable the School to hold an internal competition whereby outline applications (including mentor statements) must be sent to the Eve Equi by Friday 15 February.
Applications will be considered and graded by a panel of reviewers at a meeting on w/c 18 Feb. I would be grateful if you could distribute information amongst colleagues as appropriate and forward the details of any likely applicants to Eve as soon as possible. Please note that we can only put through the strongest applications and not all applicants may be successful.
- Applicant to confirm interest and gain approval from mentor/Subject Area. Eve Equi to be informed of all potential applicants.
- Applicant to provide a complete draft of the application form
- Mentor to prepare a statement in support of research (i.e. relevance of the applicant's project to the department and details of the facilities and resources with which the Fellow would be provided by the host Subject Area).
- Application form and mentor statements to be sent to Eve Equi by 15 February.
- A panel of reviewers including Head of School will meet w/c 18 February to sift and grade all applications.
Following successful endorsement from the School:
- Applicant to be notified of the preliminary School outcome no later than Mon 25th February.
- Eve Equi to obtain costings from ERI for successful candidates and prepare IRG form.
- Successful candidate(s) to check all contact details on application are correct (Head of School's details MUST be given in the field marked Head of Department), make any amendments following feedback from School meeting and submit form to Leverhulme (via ERI) by Friday 1 March.
- Leverhulme trust will email HoS for institutional approval and costings. To be completed and submitted via ERI no later than Tuesday 6 March.
- ERI to perform final check and submit details to Leverhulme by Thursday 7 March.
Note for Mentors
The supporting statement, to be submitted to the School Office by 15 February, should comprise the following points:
1. The relevance of the applicant’s research to the department 2. The facilities and resources the applicant will have access to. 3. Why this department is the best place for the applicant to undertake their research project. 4. The benefits to your institution by hosting this particular project. 5. Mentoring arrangements. 6. How the applicant might contribute to teaching and the wider intellectual life of the department?
Please feel free to distribute this message around colleagues where relevant. Any queries should be directed to Eve Equi in the first instance.
This article was published on Feb 5, 2013