The Leverhulme Trust

The Leverhulme Trust was established in 1925 under the will of the Trust’s founder, William Hesketh Lever with the instruction that its resources should be used to support "scholarships for the purposes of research and education." With annual funding of some £80 million, the Trust is amongst the largest all-subject providers of research funding in the UK. The Leverhulme Trust provides funding for research projects, fellowships, studentships, bursaries and prizes; it operates across all the academic disciplines, the intention being to support talented individuals as they realise their personal vision in research and professional training.

The Trust supports research based on the following criteria: 

• the originality of the projects put to them;
• the significance of the proposed work;
• the ability to judge and take appropriate risk in the project;
• the removal of barriers between traditional disciplines.

Department of Music, University of Bristol

The Department of Music at the University of Bristol is a centre of research excellence; its staff have won three major European Research Council grants in the last four years. There is firmly established cultural, administrative and practical support for grant holders, including provision of workspace for visiting researchers. 

Complutense University of Madrid

The Complutense University of Madrid is one of Spain’s largest and most research-intensive universities. The Department of Musicology of the Complutense University of Madrid contains faculty of accredited international prestige, with a deep dedication to the research of musical heritage, especially that of Spain and Latin America.