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Applying for
research funding
Louise Botley
Research Support Officer
Room 353, Malet Street extension
020 7631 6099
l.botley@bbk.ac.uk
Summary
British Academy
Leverhulme Trust.
Wellcome Trust – History of Medicine
Arts and Humanities Research Council –
Creative and Performing Arts
British Academy
Awards grants in humanities and social
sciences (inc. psychology)
Postdoctoral fellowships
3 years support for outstanding recent
postdoctoral scholars (up to 2 yrs post PhD)
Production of single publishable piece of
research
Closing date 28 February
2004: 518 applications submitted, 38 awards
made
http://www.britac.ac.uk
Leverhulme Trust
Early Career Fellowship
2 year award – all fields are eligible
Trust pays up to 50% of the employment
cost, plus research expenses up to £5,000
pa
Career development for researchers under
the age of 35 with track record.
Closing date March
www.leverhulme.ac.uk
Social Sciences
Economic and Social Research Council
(ESRC)
British Academy
Leverhulme Trust
Wellcome Trust – Biomedical Ethics
Nuffield Foundation
Economic and Social
Research Council (ESRC)
Budget of £77m for research in 2004/05
Postdoctoral Fellowship
1 year, immediately on completion of PhD
No closing dates
Open to all disciplines but preference given
to priority areas – economics, quantitative
methods.
Success rate in 2005: 24%.
www.esrc.ac.uk
Science and Engineering
Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council
Natural Environment Research Council
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research
Council
Leverhulme Trust
Wellcome Trust – Biomedical Sciences
Royal Society
Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council
Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Awards tenable for 5 years
Funders’ websites
Supervisor
Research grants website
www.bbk.ac.uk/rgco/index.shtml - for faculty
specific funding information and list of
forthcoming deadlines
www.ResearchResearch.com
Useful websites
AHRC: www.ahrb.ac.uk/cpa/
ESRC: www.esrc.ac.uk
MRC: www.mrc.ac.uk/index/funding/funding-
personal_awards/funding-fellowships.htm
Royal Academy of Engineering:
www.raeng.org.uk/research/researcher/postdoc
EPSRC: www.epsrc.ac.uk
NERC: www.nerc.ac.uk
PPARC: www.pparc.ac.uk
Useful websites (2)
British Academy: www.britac.ac.uk
Leverhulme Trust: www.leverhulme.ac.uk
Wellcome Trust: www.wellcome.ac.uk
Nuffield Foundation: www.nuffield.org.uk
The Royal Society: www.royalsoc.ac.uk
Medical Research Charities: www.amrc.org.uk