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The Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships

***Accepting applications on a rolling basis!*** Read on for more information about departmental application processes and deadlines.

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For UK institutions to invite an eminent senior professor from overseas, to bring genuinely novel expertise and enhance the skills and knowledge of academic staff and students in an underrepresented area in the UK.


Value

Applications are invited for a minimum of £10,000 and a maximum of £150,000. 

Duration

A Visiting Professorship may last for between 3 and 12 months, and tenures of 6 months or more can be spread over 2 or more visits.

Before beginning your application, please read the information below or download it as a PDF Guidance for Applicants. Please visit the Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships webpage for detailed information and deadlines

Initial expressions of interest and questions about the application process can be directed to Dr Néstor Castañeda in the first instance.
For the 1st 2024 round, expressions of interest should be received by 15 August, and submit a draft proposal by 6 September 2023. Applications to the funder close 5 October 2023.
For the 2nd 2024 round, expressions of interest should be received by 1 March, and submit a draft proposal by 28 March 2024. Applications to the funder close 2 May 2024.

Links:

The Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships

Guidance for Applicants | link to PDF within the Leverhulme Trust website