Leverhulme International Academic Fellowships provide established researchers with a concentrated period based in one or more research centres outside the UK. The intention of the scheme is to provide opportunities to develop new knowledge, skills and ideas, and may for example be used for the following:

• observing and learning ground-breaking techniques or practices
• developing new lines of research through overseas collaboration
• making "discipline-hopping excursions" into new areas of research
• developing innovations in teaching
• exchanging ideas

Fellowships are tenable for between 3 and 12 months, and the current round of awards must commence between 1 June 2016 and 1 May 2017.

ELIGIBILITY

• Applicants must be resident in the UK at the time of application;
• Applicants should have held an established post in a UK institution of higher education, or in a museum, art gallery or comparable institution for at least 3 years;
• Applicants may not be registered for a degree, for doctoral studies, or for professional or vocational qualifications.

ELIGIBLE FIELDS
Applications will be considered in all subject areas with the following exceptions: both because of the substantial funding available from other sources for applied medical research, and the Trust’s priority to support investigations of a fundamental nature, we do not fund studies of disease, illness and disabilities in humans and animals, or research that is intended to inform clinical practice or the development of medical applications.