Leverhulme Trust Research programmes for 2010

The Leverhulme Trust have just published its annual call for Research programme bids, and this year’s two themes are

• Beauty

• The Impact of Diasporas.

Normally one grant is awarded for each theme. The grants provide funds to research teams for up to five years to enable them to explore significant issues in the social sciences, in the humanities and, to a lesser extent, in the sciences. The scale of the awards is set at a level where it is possible for a research team to study a significant theme in depth by conducting a group of interlinked research projects which taken together can lead to new understanding. The themes are selected not to exclude particular disciplines from the competition but rather to encourage research teams to look upon their established research interests from a set of refreshing viewpoints.

For each theme, a minimum of £500,000 and a maximum of £1.75 million is available for the support of work extending over periods of up to five years.

For further information see: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/research_programmes/