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Lever extended his business activities in ways that both served and profited from the rapid rise of a mass market for basic consumer products. He was also a philanthropist, supporting a variety of educational, religious, civic, community and medical causes. His achievements were recognised in 1922
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Provide training opportunities across the whole range of artistic disciplines in the fine and performing arts. Arts scholarships may be in the form of: (a) bursaries to enable individuals to develop their talent, and/or; (b) innovative teaching awards to provide new and original training
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Since its foundation in 1925, the Trust has provided funding for research projects, fellowships, studentships, bursaries and prizes. It operates across all academic disciplines with the intention of supporting individuals in research and professional training.
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Provide support for up to two years for experienced researchers, particularly those who have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research. Awards are not limited to those holding appointments in higher
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Awarded to outstanding scholars who have made a 'substantial and recognised' contribution to their particular field of study, are recognised at an international level, and where the expectation is that they have further progress to
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Available every three years. They support researchers who have begun a university career and need to build a research team able to tackle an identified but distinctive research problem. Each UK institution is limited to one bid
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Enable distinguished academics based overseas to spend up to ten months at a UK university, primarily in order to enhance the skills of academic staff or the student body within the host institution.
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Open to those holding a full-time post in a UK institution of higher education or comparable institution and support a period overseas in a stimulating academic environment for up to two years.
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Provide funds to employ research staff for up to five years on an original project of high quality and potential. Choice of theme and the design of the research depend on the applicant.
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Provide up to three years of full-time teaching replacement so that the applicant can concentrate on a piece of research, typically bringing it forward to publication as a monograph.
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Support doctoral studies in UK universities and nurture the future generation of young researchers. Each award funds 15 Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships at that institution.
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Provide career development opportunities of two or three years. For those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers but with a proven record of research.
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William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925), painting by William Strang († 1921), 1918. University of Liverpool Art Gallery and Collections.
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Support for up to two years of advanced study or research at a centre of learning in any overseas country, with the exception of the United States.
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The Trust seeks to provide mechanisms for the support of researchers and students, and currently offers the following schemes:
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Provide support for up to two years of research to be conducted by the applicant following retirement from an academic post.
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Dispensing over £100 million a year, the Trust is one of the largest providers of research funding in the UK.
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On his death in 1925, Lord Leverhulme left a proportion of his interest in the company he had founded,
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Charity overview, THE LEVERHULME TRUST - 1159154, Register of Charities - The Charity Commission
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when the title of Lord Leverhulme of the Western Isles was conferred upon him.
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the ability to judge and take appropriate risk in the project;
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Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts: Colonial Exploitation in the Congo
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the removal of barriers between traditional disciplines.
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THE LEVERHULME TRUST, registered charity no. 1159154
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Leverhulme

The 1st Viscount Leverhulme
/ˈlvərhjuːm/
United Kingdom
the 1st Viscount Leverhulme
registered charity
English law

William Hesketh Lever
Sunlight soap
the Congo
King Leopold
Lever Brothers
Unilever
Margarine Unie
Netherlands
Philip Leverhulme Prizes
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Leverhulme Medal
Royal Society
Leverhulme Medal
British Academy


"Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships"
"Leverhulme Trust - Organisations and Projects - Making History"
Archived
"THE LEVERHULME TRUST, registered charity no. 1159154"
Charity Commission for England and Wales

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