BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Opens New Round

The British Academy (BA)/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are provided by the British Academy and, since January 2012, co-sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust. The grants are available to postdoctoral scholars conducting primary research in the humanities and social sciences.

Applicants may seek support for any combination of the following:

• Initial project planning and development.
• To support the direct costs of research.
• To enable the advancement of research through workshops or conferences, or visits by or to partner scholars.

Awards are open to postdoctoral scholars (or equivalent) who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

The maximum grant that can be applied for is £10,000 over two years. Applications will not be considered for less than £500.

Support of up to the overall limit of £10,000 may be sought for any combination of eligible activity including:

• Project planning and development costs (cost of travel for discussion in the UK and overseas; initial workshops with potential partners).
• Travel and maintenance for UK scholars – including travel to disseminate results of the research at conferences held either in the UK or abroad.
• Travel and maintenance for overseas scholars engaged in collaborative research activity with UK partner(s).
• Research assistance (based in UK or abroad).
• Workshops or conferences to advance the programme of research (principally the costs of travel and maintenance for key participants, though organisational costs may be considered).
• Consumables.
• Specialist software.
• Costs of interpreters in the field.

Applications should be submitted online by the deadline of 10 November 2021 (15:00 UK time).