The School of Classics at the University of St Andrews welcomes applications from eligible scholars interested in applying for a fellowship at St Andrews through the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme.

The Fellowships aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers, but who have a proven record of research. More information can be found at Early Career Fellowships. Please read the eligibility criteria carefully.

The scheme requires universities to hold internal competitions to select the strongest applicants in advance of the final application deadline of 20 February.

Interested applicants should identify and make contact with a prospective mentor as soon as possible.

Successful applicants will be notified in mid-December, allowing time to refine the proposal in collaboration with the mentor and Director of Research before submission to the Leverhulme Trust.

Applicants must not yet have held a full-time permanent academic post in a UK university or comparable UK institution, nor may Fellows hold such a post concurrently with the Early Career Fellowship. 

All candidates must hold a doctorate by the time they take up the Fellowship. Those who are or have been registered for a doctorate at any time may apply only if they have submitted their doctoral thesis for viva voce examination by 4pm on the closing date of 20 February 2025. 

All candidates must have submitted their doctoral thesis for viva voce examination not more than four years prior to the application closing date. Hence those who formally submitted their doctoral thesis for viva voce examination before 20 February 2021 are not eligible unless they have since had a career break. 

Applicants must either hold a degree (any degree) from a UK higher education institution at the time of taking up the Fellowship or at the time of the application deadline must hold an academic position in the UK (e.g. fixed-term lectureship, fellowship) which commenced no less than 4 months prior to the closing date.