The Philip Leverhulme Prize, awarded by the Leverhulme Trust

Leverhulme Trust

The Leverhulme Trust was established in 1925 under the will of the First Viscount Leverhulme, William Hesketh Lever, with the instruction that its resources should be used to support "scholarships for the purposes of research and education."...

, is to recognise outstanding young scholars who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their particular field of study, recognised at an international level, and where the expectation is that their greatest achievement is yet to come.

The award is named after Philip Leverhulme who died in 2000. He was the grandson of William Leverhulme, and was the third Viscount Leverhulme

Viscount Leverhulme

Viscount Leverhulme, of the Western Isles in the Counties of Inverness and Ross and Cromarty, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1922 for the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Baron Leverhulme...

. The Philip Leverhulme Prize stands at £70,000. The awards are payable, in instalments, over a period of two to three years.

Awards in 2001

The research areas covered by the awards in 2001 are given below.

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Classics
• Engineering
• Geography
• Philosophy and Ethics

Awards in 2002

The research areas covered by the awards in 2002 are given below.

• Software Technology for Information and Communications Technology
• Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Modern History since 1800
• Economics
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Awards in 2003

The research areas covered by the awards in 2003 are given below.

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Classics
• Engineering
• Geography
• Philosophy and Ethics

Awards in 2004

The research areas covered by the awards in 2004 are given below.

• Anthropology
• Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
• Economics
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History

Awards in 2005

The research areas covered by the awards in 2005 are given below.

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Engineering
• Geography
• Modern European Languages and Literature
• Philosophy and Ethics

Awards in 2006

The research areas covered by the awards in 2006 are given below.

• Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
• History of Art
• Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Zoology

Awards in 2007

The research areas covered by the awards in 2007 are given below.

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Engineering
• Geography
• Modern European Languages and Literature
• Philosophy and Ethics

Awards in 2008

The research areas covered by the awards in 2008 are given below.

• Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
• History of Art
• Medieval, Early Modern, And Modern History
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Zoology

Awards in 2009

The research areas covered by the awards in 2009 are given below.

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Engineering
• Geography
• Modern European Languages and Literature
• Performing and Visual Arts

Awards in 2010

The research areas covered by the awards in 2010 are given below:

• Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
• History of Art
• Law
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History

Awards in 2011

The research areas covered by the awards in 2011 are given below:

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Engineering
• Geography
• Modern European Languages & Literatures
• Performing & Visual Arts