Leverhulme Early Career Scholarship 2027 in UK

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship opportunities are invited by the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies for suitably qualified researchers in the early stages of an academic career who wish to base their research in the Faculty at the University of Oxford.

The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford invites expressions of interest and will normally support one application to the Leverhulme Trust, working with selected candidates and Research Facilitators to strengthen submissions.

Leverhulme Early Career Benefits

• Fellowships are tenable for three years on a full-time basis

Leverhulme Early Career Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must have submitted their doctoral thesis for examination by the closing date and no more than four years before the closing date, i.e. not before 19 February 2023
• Applicants must not hold or have held a permanent academic position in a UK university or comparable institution
• Applicants must have a doctorate or equivalent research experience
• Applicants 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, hold an academic position in the UK which commenced no less than 4 months prior to the closing date
• Applicants who do not hold a UK degree and whose UK academic position commenced after October 2026 are not eligible
• The eligibility rules are complex and applicants should check them at https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career-fellowships

How to Apply for Leverhulme Early Career

• Apply to the Faculty
• If put forward by the Faculty, enter into discussion with the Research Facilitator to strengthen your application
• Submit your application to Leverhulme for consideration
• Identify a named mentor from among the permanent members of the Faculty who must provide a statement of support
• Send applications electronically to rachel.kowalski@humanities.ox.ac.uk by the above date marked ‘Leverhulme ECF 2026’ in the subject header
• Include a completed expression of interest form
• Include a CV, maximum 2 pages
• Include a statement of proposed research, maximum 2 pages, including aims, objectives, methodology and outcome
• Include a Mentor Support Statement as detailed in the application form
• You may include details of any circumstances that have affected your research progress
• You cannot apply to Leverhulme identifying Oxford as your place for holding the Fellowship without first applying through the Faculty

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Here are the most frequently asked questions about the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at Oxford FAMES. These answers cover eligibility, deadlines, benefits, application steps, and supporting documents.