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Forthcoming Grant Deadlines

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Application forms for the following schemes are now available on e-GAP 
https://egap.britac.ac.uk

The British Academy is currently inviting applications from scholars in specific subject areas to apply for one of two special funds administered by the Academy.

Applications for both funds must be submitted via the e-GAP system, accessible at https://egap.britac.ac.uk Intending applicants need to register themselves in the system, if not already registered, and should access full details by following the links to ‘funding schemes’ from the personal welcome page, and then links to these specific schemes.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 5 December 2012

Neil Ker Memorial Fund
The object of this fund, established by the family and friends of Neil R Ker, FBA, is to promote the study of Western medieval manuscripts, in particular those of British interest. Applications are invited from both early career and established scholars of any nationality, engaged on original research intended to produce monographs, editions or studies of documents, texts or illustrations, that include the analysis of the distinctive features of original manuscripts. Applicants should be of postdoctoral status, or have comparable experience. Awards are offered to support any aspect of research, including travel and publication. Grants are not available to fund attendance at conferences or seminars.

Applicants should be of postdoctoral status or have comparable experience. Applications are not accepted from postgraduate students.

Level of grant: Awards do not normally exceed £2,000
Deadline for submission of applications: 5 December 2012
Results expected: end March 2013
Earliest Start Date for Research: 1 April 2013

Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund
The Fund was established according to the terms of the Will of Sir Aurel Stein, FBA, to commemorate his friendship with Sir Thomas Arnold, FBA, for ‘the encouragement of research on the antiquities or historical geography or early history or arts of those parts of Asia which come within the sphere of the ancient civilisations of India, China, and Iran, including Central Asia, or of one or more of these and so that special consideration shall be paid, if possible, to research of this character bearing upon the territories comprised in the present Kingdom of Afghanistan including the region of ancient Bactria and in the north-western frontier region of India’.

Research should be ‘so far as possible by means of exploratory work’, and applicants must be British or Hungarian subjects.

Applicants should be of postdoctoral status or have comparable experience. Applications are not accepted from postgraduate students.

Level of grant: Awards do not normally exceed £2,500.
Deadline for submission of applications: 5 December 2012
Results expected: end March 2013
Earliest Start Date for Research: 1 April 2013

British Academy Skills Acquisitions Awards

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The British Academy invites applications for its quantitative skills acquisitions awards. This pilot awards scheme aims to develop and enhance the quantitative skills of support career development of early-career scholars by enabling them to spend time with a mentor at a specialist centre in the field. The aim of the funding is to support specific skills acquisition, benefit outstanding researchers and encourage the development of networks and future partnerships.

Applicants must be within 10 years of receiving their doctorate and must be in an established academic post at a UK university. Unaffiliated researchers and short-term contract or fellowship holders may not apply. Mentors may be based abroad.

Eligible costs include travel, accommodation and subsistence; teaching relief for the applicant; and the time of the mentor. Funding of up to £10,000 is available, although the average award value is expected to be significantly lower. Approximately 20 awards will be made.

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British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants New Call for Proposals

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Application forms for the British Academy / Leverhulme Small Research Grants are now available on e-GAP
https://egap.britac.ac.uk

The British Academy is currently inviting applications from scholars for the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme, which is administered by the Academy.

Applications must be submitted via the e-GAP system, accessible at https://egap.britac.ac.uk Intending applicants need to register themselves in the system, if not already registered, and should access full details by following the links to ‘funding schemes’ from the personal welcome page, and then the link to this scheme.
The deadline for applications is Wednesday 7 November 2012.

Funding
The British Academy announced a major new partnership in January 2012 to support the funding of the Small Research Grants scheme. The scheme offers awards co-sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust, with funding of £1.5 million over 3 years, matching the public funding deriving from the grant made to the Academy via the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. In addition, the Academy continues to be able to offer some awards derived from funds generously donated by other funders, including the Sino-British Fellowship Trust, the Sir Ernest Cassel Educational Trust, the Modern Humanities Research Association, and from endowments held by the Academy. All successful applicants will be clearly informed of the source of the funding of their grant when an award has been offered, and will be expected to include due acknowledgement of the funder and the Academy when disseminating the results of the research funded under this scheme.

Purpose of grant
Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. The first recourse for funding should be to your own institution (where applicable). Applications will not be considered for less than £500. The maximum grant is £10,000 over two years. Applications for collaborative or individual research projects are equally welcome under this scheme. Applications from international groups of scholars are welcome, provided there is a UK-based scholar as lead applicant.

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. Applicants may seek support for any combination of eligible activity and cost up to the overall limit of £10,000. The Academy will assess applications equally on their merits, with no preference as to mode of enquiry.

Level of grant: Awards up to £10,000
Deadline for submission of applications: 7 November 2012
Results expected: end March 2013
Earliest Start Date for Research: 1 April 2013

British Academy-ASEASUK/BASAS ECAF Visiting Fellowships 2012-13

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Short Fellowship opportunities are available to enable scholars to make research visits to field-centres operated by the European Consortium for Asian Field Study (ECAF).  The purpose of the fellowships will be to advance the scholar’s personal research in Asia, build his/her wider networks and enable scholars to contribute to the academic life of the centres.

Awards are for a research visit of normally 1 – 4 months to be spent attached to one of the ECAF field-centres in Asia. Further details about ECAF are available here: http://www.ecafconsortium.com/centres.php

Eligibility
The fellowships are open to any scholar who holds a PhD and is currently affiliated with a UK higher education institution but who has not previously had substantial contact with the field centres.

Level of Grant
Each fellowship is to a maximum of £5,000 to cover personal travel, accommodation and research expenses, and the duration of the fellowship may be from one to four months.

Closing Date
The closing date for applications is 1 November 2012. Decisions will be announced by mid-December 2012. Research visits may take place up to and during summer 2013.

These fellowships are administered by the Association of South-East Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (ASEASUK) and the British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS);applications should be submitted to ASEASUK or BASAS.

For further information and questions, please visit the ASEASUK or BASAS website.

British Academy Skills Acquisition Awards

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The British Academy has announced a new scheme to support the career development of early career scholars (for the purposes of this funding scheme this is academics within 10 years of the award of their doctorate) who are in established academic posts.

The new Quantitative Skills Acquisition Awards aim to develop and enhance researchers’ quantitative skills by providing an award to enable early career researchers to spend some time with a mentor in a research group specialising in quantative methods in their field.

The scheme will initially be run on a pilot basis, with around 20 awards being made, and it is anticipated that there will be one call per year.

Funding from the scheme will be available to:

  • support specific skills aquisition
  • benefit outstanding researchers
  • encourage the development of networks and future partnerships

Up to £10,000 over a period of up to 12 months is available under this scheme, the average value of award is expected to be significantly lower. The cost of travel, accommodation and subsistence will be covered by the scheme, which will also provide some funding to meet the costs of the mentor and a contribution to the cost of teaching relief for the applicant.

The closing date for the pilot round is the 31st October 2012. Application forms are available now in e-GAP. The starting date of grants in this round will be not earlier than the 1st September 2013 and not later than the 1st January 2014.

For further details see the British Academy website.