Deadline: 24 May 2017
British Academy partnered with Leverhulme Trust has announced a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences.
Funding Information
Awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provided to cover the cost of the expenses arising from a defined research project.
Funding Criteria
- Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences.
- Funds are available to facilitate initial project planning and development; to support the direct costs of research; and to enable the advancement of research through workshops or conferences, or visits by or to partner scholars.
- Grants are not intended to support interchange between UK and overseas scholars where there is no planned programme of activity to meet a clearly specified research objective (dissemination of results of research conducted under the aegis of the project for which funding is sought is a permitted purpose, but applications purely to organise an international conference, whether held in the UK or overseas will not be considered); nor are grants intended solely to support attendance at open conferences organised by a third party or international organisation.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria.
- Grants are available for advanced research, at postdoctoral or equivalent level, in the fields of the humanities and the social sciences. Postgraduate students are not eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands (that is, classed as ‘ordinarily resident’ for tax purposes) or currently employed overseas by a recognised UK overseas research organisation.
- UK research organisations based overseas may apply to be recognised by demonstrating that they satisfy both the following conditions:
- Organisations which are, or which are constituent parts of, charities registered with the Charity Commission; and
- which must be able to demonstrate an independent capability to undertake research in the field or discipline in which they wish to be funded, and to lead the research for which funding is received.
- Awards will not be made retrospectively: this means that the work for which support is requested must not have commenced before the award is announced.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants.