Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships: Call for Applications

27 November 2020

The School of Art History at the University of St Andrews offers support for applications to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme on a competitive basis. The deadline for applications to the School’s internal competition is Monday 14 December 2020.

In one document (you may like to use the draft application form available from the Leverhulme website), candidates should send the following information to arthistdor@st-andrews.ac.uk:

  • Title of research proposal: No more than 80 characters including spaces.
  • Fields of study: Select the fields of study which most closely reflect the area of research of the current application.
  • Abstract: This account should be given in non-technical terms so as to be easily comprehensible to a non-expert (maximum 100 words).
  • Details of current and past research: Give details of your current and past research experience (maximum 250 words). If this is too extensive to be summarised in 250 words focus on the research most relevant to the current application.
  • Detailed statement of proposed research: This should include aims, objectives, methodology and outcome (e.g. publication plans). This statement and the bibliographic references may not exceed two sides of A4. It is recommended that you use Arial font size 11
  • A statement of "Research relevant to your proposal being carried out in the host department"
  • Any further details or additional reasons for selecting your chosen host department and institution.
  • Major publications: Please list your publications (maximum one side of A4) under three main headings; ‘In preparation’, ‘Submitted’ and ‘Published’, as appropriate. It is recommended that you use Arial font size 11. If a full list of your publications exceeds one page, then include only the publications most relevant to the current application.
  • 3 Referees: Name, email address and current institution. No more than one referee should be from the proposed host institution. The Head of department from your proposed host institution may not act as a referee.
  • PhD Award Date: Please advise as to your PhD award date.

For further information, please contact the School’s Director of Research, Dr Natalie Adamson at arthistdor@st-andrews.ac.uk

See also: Full details of the Leverhulme ECF scheme