Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships at the School of Arts, University of Liverpool 

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The School of the Arts at the University of Liverpool invites expressions of interest for the 2023 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship scheme. These awards offer opportunities for outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment – further information, including eligibility criteria, can be found on the Leverhulme Trust website. 

The University of Liverpool is one of the United Kingdom’s leading research institutions with an annual turnover of £400 million, including £140 million for research. Liverpool is ranked in the top 1% of universities worldwide and is a member of the prestigious Russell Group, comprising the leading research universities in the United Kingdom. 

Research in the Department of Music encompasses the broad spectrum of music studies. We specialise in cross-repertoire, multi-disciplinary research that encompasses the broad spectrum of music studies. It is organised around three principal themes that describe related research emphases and over-lapping interests rather than separate groups of researchers: 

Research activity is supported by a regular series of seminars and performances, an annual postgraduate research symposium, and special symposia and conferences. 

Specialist in-house resources and facilities for research include extensive library and archival collections, a state-of-the-art recording studio and computing suites, and an interactive music/gaming room 

The department houses the Institute of Popular Music which has four broad and overlapping themes provide a focus for shared interests: 

  • Heritage & Place 
  • Industry & Technology 
  • Gender, Age & Identity 
  • Analysis & Aesthetics 

Those interested in applying for a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship are invited to submit expressions of interest to the Research & Impact Team at sotares@liverpool.ac.uk, by Wednesday 9th November 2022, consisting of: 

  • The completed Leverhulme ECF Expression of Interest pro-forma   
  • CV (2 pages max)  
  • A list of publications (1 page max – please use the following headings: ‘In preparation’, ‘Submitted’ and ‘Published’) 

You can find more guidance and a downloadable ECF Expression of Interest pro-forma on the  University’s Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship information page 

The School Research Team will notify selected candidates of the outcome by week commencing 12th December 2022. All shortlisted candidates will then be invited to attend a Faculty workshop over Zoom, taking place during week commencing 9th January 2022, date/time tbc, which will include presentations and advice about the scheme. 
 
Following the workshop, candidates will be asked to submit their fully developed application outline for final peer-review and selection by a cross-Faculty panel by Monday 23rd January 2023, by 12pm. The final application is to be completed and submitted on the Leverhulme Grants Management System in advance to allow time for internal checks and approvals) by Thursday 16th February 2023, 5pm.  The deadline for final submission to the Leverhulme Trust is Thursday 23rd February 2023, 4pm.