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Emeritus Fellowships
Deadline: 2 February 2010
Emeritus Fellowships assist senior established researchers to complete a research project that has already been begun and to prepare the results for publication.
Approximately 35 Emeritus Fellowships are available.
Themes: Applications will be considered in all subject areas.
Eligibility: Applicants
· Must be resident in the UK at the time of application.
· Should hold or have held a teaching and/or research post in a university or comparable institution in the UK at the time of retirement.
· Should have retired by the time of taking up the Fellowship and no longer have a normal contract of employment.
Funding: Fellowships are tenable for between 3 and 24 months. The maximum value of a Fellowship is £22,000. Eligible costs include:
· travel and subsistence costs for periods away from home;
· the employment of a research, clerical or secretarial assistant to support (rather than conduct) the work of the applicant;
· photocopies;
· photographic expenses;
· office or laboratory consumables.
Application procedure: The online application form is available at http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/Online%20Application%20Login/. Applicants should submit completed forms online by the closing date of 4.00 pm on 2 February 2010; the Trust will report results, by letter, by the end of May 2010.
Contact Jean Cater, tel 020 7042 9861, email jcater@leverhulme.ac.uk; Andreas Heiner, tel 020 7042 9862, email aheiner@leverhulme.ac.uk; or Michael Cranny, tel 020 7042 9863, email mcranny@leverhulme.ac.uk.
Further information:
· Scheme web page at http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/emeritus_fellowships/
· Scheme Leaflet and Help Notes at http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/emeritus_fellowships/leaf
· Navigation Notes at http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/emeritus_fellowships/nav