The Leverhulme Trust

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UK research has benefitted from talent and ideas from around the world and at the Trust we are proud to have supported eighteen Leverhulme International Professors to date.

Learn more and listen to some of them as they share their experiences 👉 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/leverh…

@ProfSLSondhi @EmmaWaterton1 @OxfordPhysics @OfficialUoM @UniOfYork @HuddersfieldUni @RoyalHolloway

ICYMI: Last week, the Leverhulme Trust Board announced a landmark £100 million commitment to mark our 100th anniversary. Find out more 👇

“The future of the sector really ultimately depends on the people working in it.”

ICYMI: In this podcast, Anna Vignoles, Director of the Trust, takes a deep dive into the Leverhulme Centenary Awards – an additional £100m commitment to support future research leaders.

Tune in: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/leverh… 🎙️

Led by Professor David Beerling @sheffielduni, the
@lc3m_cdr is using ordinary volcanic rock dust to absorb CO2 in the atmosphere and cool the planet.

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Through a Leverhulme Research Leadership Award, @ProfBambra @UniofNewcastle examined local health inequalities that had an impact on government policy.

Read now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/cbambra

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @peterbudrin @QMULCompLit, investigates the history of institutionalised intellectual autonomy under Stalinism, reconstructing the intellectual history of Moscow’s Institute of Philosophy, Literature, and History during the 1930s.

Read now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/pbudrin

What will the Trust’s major new initiative fund?

From strengthening the UK’s world-leading research base to fostering innovative interdisciplinary inquiry, the Leverhulme Centenary Awards are designed to support exceptional research talent.
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To mark our 100th anniversary, the Trust Board is pleased to announce the Leverhulme Centenary Awards – a £100 million investment to support pioneering research centres, doctoral scholars and rising academic leaders.

Read more here: leverhulme.ac.uk/news/100millio…

Supporting talented scholars who are the foundation of the UK’s higher education sector.

If you are considering applying for the Trust’s Early Career Fellowship scheme in 2026, hear what some of our current and former Fellows have to say: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/leverhul…

To mark the Trust’s centenary this year, the Leverhulme Trust Board has announced a funding boost in the Early Career Fellowship scheme: an additional investment of £3.35 million. Read more here: leverhulme.ac.uk/news/leverhulm…

“Borders do exist for a purpose.” In episode 6 of The We Society, @williamnhutton is joined by @hayward_katy @QUBSSESW @QUBelfast, to discuss what her research into the impact of Brexit on the Irish border can tell us about addressing cross border tension and transformation.
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In the latest @numberphile video, Philip Leverhulme Prize winner Michael Magee @durham_uni joins @BradyHaran to explore a simple equation that behaves weirdly. Watch and find out more: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/simple-e…

ICYMI: The latest episode of the @AcadSocSciences We Society podcast delves into the social science dimension of entrepreneurship. Professor @eleanorshaw @UniStrathclyde, joins @williamnhutton to discuss how we can make entrepreneurship thrive in the UK. Tune in: tinyurl.com/2s35stfv

ICYMI: You can now read about some of the amazing projects the Trust funds in our 2024 Annual Review. Last year alone, the Trust awarded 661 grants and committed over £120 million in grant funding. flipsnack.com/leverhulmetrus…

“I genuinely believe that when faced with the correct environment, the opportunity to be creative, to be innovative, to be entrepreneurial lies within all of us.” @eleanorshaw, @UniStrathclyde, joins @williamnhutton in Ep 4 of the @AcadSocSciences We Society to discuss her research on entrepreneurship🎙️media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/eleano…

ICYMI: In episode 3 of the @AcadSocSciences We Society podcast with @williamnhutton, @AndyTatem, Director of @WorldPopProject discusses how innovative approaches to population data can support better-informed decision-making. 🎙️podfollow.com/the-we-society…

The @BritishAcademy_ has announced eleven recipients of the BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships awards, supporting senior researchers on topics ranging from the psychology of social change to Russia’s first female crime writers. tinyurl.com/3c5993wj

What do you want to be buried with?
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, @JennieARiley1's TEDx talk draws on her research into contemporary grave goods, and why we need and want them.
Watch now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/what-do-…

In the latest episode of The We Society, @AndyTatem, Director of @WorldPopProject, joins @williamnhutton to discuss how innovative approaches to population data can help governments in the Global South with resource allocation and policymaking.
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