Research Leave Awards
Purpose
These awards allow university staff in the UK or Republic of Ireland to be released from their teaching and administrative duties so they can undertake an uninterrupted period of full-time research.
What's included
Awards are normally tenable for one to three years, and will provide the salary of a temporary lecturer (usually at a lesser level of seniority), research expenses and a travel allowance.
The personal salary support of a successful applicant will continue to be provided by the university.
A request for research leave can form part of a project grant or programme grant application, or can be awarded as a supplement to an existing programme grant.
Eligibility
You must be able to demonstrate that you are active in research, but have a high teaching/administrative load that is hampering research progress.
You should be based in the UK or Republic of Ireland and must be sponsored by your head of department.
Application process
You should submit a preliminary application in by e-mail or post, including:
- a brief CV, a full publication list and confirmation that your personal support is from the Higher Education Funding Council
- details of the research proposed (maximum one page)
- details of hours spent on teaching and administration
- the approximate cost of the proposal, broken down into staff salaries, equipment and running expenses.
If your preliminary application is successful, you will be invited to submit a full application.
Deadlines
Applications can be made three times a year.
Preliminary applications can submitted at any time up to six weeks before the full application deadline, as described below.
Full application deadline: 1 March, 1 August or 1 December
Late applications will not be accepted under any circumstances.
Contacts
Grants Management - History of Medicine
Wellcome Trust
Gibbs Building
215 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE, UK
T +44 (0)20 7611 8429/8736
F +44 (0)20 7611 8528
E
hom@wellcome.ac.uk