Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships at MCYS

Leverhulme Trust

www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/grant-schemes/early-career-fellowships

MCYS is an interdisciplinary research centre that brings together academics and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines including Sociology, History, Criminology, Linguistics, Politics, English and Classics (see our staff profiles here). We use our expertise in participatory and creative methodologies to explore areas such as identity and belonging, health and wellbeing, marginalisation and exclusion, migration and diversity, youth justice, and youth language. 

In addition to collaborating with young people and their communities, MCYS works with agencies and organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors, both in the UK and internationally. We welcome opportunities to work with third sector organisations, government bodies, the education sector, universities, professional societies, non-departmental public bodies, and advocacy groups.

These prestigious awards are intended to provide the holders with an opportunity to undertake a significant project of original research and to develop their academic career. The fellowships are for three years and are based upon a matched funding agreement between the Trust and the host institution. 

How to apply

Potential applicants should read the Leverhulme Trust’s guidance to applicants. All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are eligible to apply for the Fellowship. Applicants are typically expected to be within four years of their PhD award, and must either hold a degree from a UK higher education institution at the time of taking up the Fellowship or at the time of the application deadline must hold an academic position in the UK (e.g. fixed-term post) which commenced no less than four months prior to the closing date.

Potential applicants to Manchester Metropolitan should contact both Dr April Pudsey (a.pudsey@mmu.ac.uk) and their preferred mentor in the first instance, who will advise on support for applications. Our internal applications process is as follows. Applicants will work with their proposed mentor to prepare the internal application, which comprises: an academic CV and a two-page statement of their proposed research which should follow closely the Leverhulme Trust’s Applicant Help notes.

The deadline for this internal applications process to be complete is 5pm on January 17th 2020 and applications submitted without the support of a mentor will not be considered. An internal competition will take place in late January 2019 and candidates will be informed of the outcome by mid-February, and will need to be prepared to submit their application formally within a short time frame. Applicants whom we support will then be assisted in submitting their applications to the Leverhulme Trust in advance of the deadline of 27th February 2019.

Informal queries are welcome, and should be addressed to Dr April Pudsey a.pudsey@mmu.ac.uk