2014 Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships
King’s College London would like to invite applications to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
scheme. Each year the four Arts and Sciences Schools support a limited number of applications.
Those who are successful will join a vibrant community of postdoctoral research fellows at the
College who have been supported through this and other external and internal competitions in
recent years. The College is fully committed to supporting the scholarship and career development
of these fellows who will each be assigned an academic mentor and will be fully integrated into the
life of the Department.
Internal selection process
The College operates a two stage internal selection process. Each Department has been allocated a
quota of candidates who they are able to put forward for final selection by Heads of Schools and VP
Arts and Sciences. The timeline for this selection process is set out below:
Date/ Deadline
Now – 17 January
2014
12pm on Friday
17 January 2014
17 – 27 January
2014
12pm on Monday
27 January 2014
27 January – 6
February 2014
Friday 7 February
2014
12pm Thursday
20 February 2014
20 – 27 February
2014
12pm Thursday
27 February 2014
4 pm on
Thursday 6
March 2014
Action
The call officially opens on 2nd January 2014, however applicants should start
preparing their application before this date as application material has already
been published (http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/ecf/ecf.cfm ).
Applicants should submit applications to the relevant Head of Department.
Heads of department (or nominated lead) assess applications and choose
applicants (within quota) to put forward.
Heads of department forward selected applications (within assigned quota) to
researchofficestrand@kcl.ac.uk with the chosen applications ranked and with a
brief summary of the reasons for support , a brief summary of how the selection
process was made and a brief summary of the source of matched funding.
Departments make applicants aware of their decision.
VP Arts & Sciences and Head of Schools assess nominated applicants and make
final decisions on applications to go forward to the LT.
Applicants made aware of final decisions and successful applicants are given
feedback and invited to make full applications online:
https://grants.leverhulme.ac.uk/Login.aspx
Applicants should make referees aware that they will need to provide referee
statements at this point.
Successful applicants submit their forms online (at which point it goes to the
Head of Department to complete their section of the form). Applicants also
complete and send RGA form to the School Research Development Manager for
approvals.
Head of Department completes section of form with details about the relevance
of the applicant’s research to the department, the facilities and resources the
applicant will have access to, the applicant’s starting salary, and the source of
the matching funding.
Head of Department submits to the Research Grants and Contracts Pre Award
Office for institutional approval having completed nomination statement for
candidate.
Leverhulme application deadline. Institutional approval given by this date.
Note that Institutional approval is required both from the head of the host
department and from the relevant Research Grants and Contracts Pre Award
Associate on behalf of the host institution. Nominated referees will also be
required to provide their references via the on-line system.
End May 2014
Decisions communicated to applicants by the Trust
If you are interested in applying you should:
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Read the full details for the scheme at the Leverhulme Trust’s website and ensure that you
are eligible to apply.
Make contact with your chosen host Department as soon as possible. You should make
contact with an academic member of staff closest to your area or the Head of Department
and ask if they will advise you on your application and act as your mentor if you are
successful. Unsupported applications will not be considered.
Candidates must submit their application for consideration by Departments by 12pm on Friday 17
January 2014. Applications should be submitted to the relevant Head of Department. They will
refer you for further advice if necessary to the College’s Arts & Sciences Research Office (see contact
details at the end of this document).
An application for each candidate must include the following information (we recommend that you
use Arial font size 11)
1. Eligibility Confirmation
 Date of doctoral viva or anticipated date (Only candidates who have submitted their
doctoral thesis by 6 March 2014 will be eligible, unless there are special circumstances
such as a career break, maternity leave, illness or carers leave which can be
documented.)
 Current employment details and career history. Please include details of your current
salary. (Applicants must not yet have held a full-time established academic post in a UK
University)
 Evidence of association with UK academic community (Applicants must hold a degree
from a UK HEI, or at the time of application must hold an academic position in the UK
(e.g. fixed term lectureship/ fellowship))
1. Academic track record
 CV (2 pages maximum to include publications)
2. Research record and plans, to include:
 Title
 Abstract written in non-specialist language (250 words)
 Details of current and past research (250 words)
 Proposed research project (2 pages): This should include aims, objectives, methodology
and outcome (e.g. publication plans). Include any bibliographic references in full,
including page numbers where relevant. This statement and the bibliographic references
may not exceed two sides of A4.
The Department will then select which applications to put forward (within an agreed quota) an
agreed quota of applications which will be submitted to the Arts and Sciences Research Office by
12pm on Monday 27 January 2014. They will be in a ranked list with a brief statement for each
candidate outlining the reasons for support, an explanation of how the selection process was made
and an explanation of the source of the matched funding. The Department will make applicants
aware of the decision at this stage of the process.
Final submission process
Final decisions will be communicated to all applicants by the Arts & Sciences Research Office by
Friday 7 February 2014 and those selected to go forward should finalise their application in
consultation with their mentor or Head of Department.
In order to make a final application you should:
 Read the online application instructions at the Leverhulme Trust’s website.
 Complete the application form online (https://grants.leverhulme.ac.uk/Login.aspx)
 If you have not already done so, contact your three referees as soon as possible to make
arrangements for them to submit their statements online.
 Seek support from your Host Department in completing the section of the application which
asks you to describe research relevant to your proposal that is being carried out in the host
Department.
 Confirm start date and details of your current or most recent salary if you have held a
temporary research or teaching post to the pre-award team in Research Grants and
Contracts (see contact details at the end of the document).
 Complete an RGA form for internal approvals to be confirmed (this can be downloaded here:
https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/support/grants/rgforms.aspx . If you cannot access this
form please contact the ASRO or RG&C (details below) to send you a copy.
In order to give the Head of Department and the College time to give institutional approval to your
application, chosen applicants must submit their online application by 12pm Thursday 20 February
2014. At this point you and the Head of Department will receive notification from the Leverhulme’s
online system. The Heads of Department had been asked to approve the applications (see below) by
12pm Thursday 27 February 2014 at the latest. The College’s Central Research Grants & Contracts
office will then need to provide institutional approval for the application before the Leverhulme’s
deadline of 4 pm Thursday 6 March 2014. If your Head of Department is not able to approve the
application between 20-27 February, s/he will contact you directly to agree an earlier mutually
convenient timescale.
Once the application has been given full institutional approval and been submitted, you will receive
an email from the Leverhulme’s online system confirming this. The Trust will report results to
applicants by the end of May 2014.
Arts & Sciences Research Office:
Currently vacant
Research Development Manager
Arts and Humanities (excluding Department of European and International Studies)
In the interim period please contact one of the RDMs for the other schools
Dr Chris Bird
Research Development Manager
Natural and Mathematical Sciences
christopher.d.bird@kcl.ac.uk
020 7848 1498
Dr Rachel Baker
Research Development Manager
Social Science and Public Policy (excluding Department of
Education & Professional Studies and Department of Management )
Department of European and International Studies in Arts & Humanities
rachel.1.baker@kcl.ac.uk
020 7848 1157
Ms Kati Rowell
Research Development Manager
Law and Global Institutes
Department of Education & Professional Studies and
Department of Management in Social Science & Public Policy
kati.rowell@kcl.ac.uk
020 7848 2341
Research Grants and Contracts:
Mrs Ratha Saravanakumar
Research Grants & Contracts Associate Pre Award Arts & Humanities and SSPP
(excluding Education & Professional Studies and Management)
For applications to Charities, Research Councils, Royal Society, British Academy,
NIHR and NIH
ratha.saravanakumar@kcl.ac.uk
020 7848 7936
Ms Jemma Heath
Research Grants and Contracts Associate Pre Award
Global Institutes, Institute for Contemporary History, Law,m Natural & Mathematical
Sciences and 2 SSPP Departments: Education & Professional Studies and Management
For applications to Charities, Research Councils, Royal Society, British Academy, NIHR
and NIH
jemma.heath@kcl.ac.uk
020 7848 7935