A new British Academy call has been issued for the Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund Awards. The purpose of these awards is 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. The Awards are normally tenable for up to 12 months. In general, awards do not exceed £2,500.
The deadline for applications is 15 March 2009. Awards will be announced at the end of June 2009.
Details and application forms are available from: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/sanfa.cfm
If you are considering applying for this funding, please contact Arts-REST. It will need to go through the normal RED form approval process.
Thursday 27 November 2008
Up to £2,000 to study Western Medieval Manuscripts
The British Academy has issued a new call for applications for the Neil Ker Memorial Fund Awards. The aims of the Neil Ker Memorial Fund are to promote the study of Western medieval manuscripts, in particular those of British interest. Normally, grants will only be given for monographs, secondary works, editions or studies of documents, texts or illustrations, that include analysis of the distinctive features of original manuscripts. Awards are normally tenable for up to 12 months. In general, awards do not exceed £2,000.
The deadline for applications is 15 March 2009 for awards to be taken up on or after 1 July 2009. Awards will be announced at the end of June 2009.
Details and application forms are available from: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/nkmf.cfm
If you are considering applying for this funding, please contact Arts-REST. It will need to go through the normal RED form approval process.
The deadline for applications is 15 March 2009 for awards to be taken up on or after 1 July 2009. Awards will be announced at the end of June 2009.
Details and application forms are available from: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/nkmf.cfm
If you are considering applying for this funding, please contact Arts-REST. It will need to go through the normal RED form approval process.
Monday 17 November 2008
Open University researcher receives prestigious prize for putting Renaissance Rome on art history map.
Dr Carol Richardson, Lecturer in Art History at The Open University, has scooped one of the prestigious Philip Leverhulme prizes for 2008. The prizes, worth £70,000 each, are awarded to outstanding young scholars who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their particular field of study.
One of Dr Richardson’s most significant research achievements to date has been to help put Renaissance Rome on the art historical map. Her scholarly initiatives and substantial archival research have enabled a series of articles, book chapters, conferences and international seminars, and a forthcoming monograph and edited collection, which have redrawn and enriched cultural and art historical assumptions about Renaissance Rome. Her work addresses the relationship between history, culture and art, as is illustrated in her pioneering studies of artefacts created to mark, celebrate or defend monuments of triumph and crisis in Papal Rome.
In her nomination, Professor Gill Perry, Head of Art History, praised Dr Richardson for being a researcher of exceptional abilities, and said: “Her commitment to disseminate and enhance art historical research has led to the production of several important collaborative publications and projects, and her planned future research shows enormous promise.”
Commenting on the award, Dr Richardson said: “I am delighted to receive recognition for this exciting part of my work. Renaissance Rome is generally viewed as a poor cousin of Florence, and my research involves careful reconstruction of fifteenth century monuments, those in old St. Peter’s being the prime example; close scrutiny of some renaissance stereotypes, such as the unchanging nature of the papacy; and an approach that combines the study of art, architecture, archaeology, religion and history.”
Dr Richardson's book "Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Fifteenth Century" will be available from Brill in Spring 2009. For more information see: http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=210&pid=23897
For full list of Philip Leverhulme Prize 2008 winners see: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/PLP/2008
One of Dr Richardson’s most significant research achievements to date has been to help put Renaissance Rome on the art historical map. Her scholarly initiatives and substantial archival research have enabled a series of articles, book chapters, conferences and international seminars, and a forthcoming monograph and edited collection, which have redrawn and enriched cultural and art historical assumptions about Renaissance Rome. Her work addresses the relationship between history, culture and art, as is illustrated in her pioneering studies of artefacts created to mark, celebrate or defend monuments of triumph and crisis in Papal Rome.
In her nomination, Professor Gill Perry, Head of Art History, praised Dr Richardson for being a researcher of exceptional abilities, and said: “Her commitment to disseminate and enhance art historical research has led to the production of several important collaborative publications and projects, and her planned future research shows enormous promise.”
Commenting on the award, Dr Richardson said: “I am delighted to receive recognition for this exciting part of my work. Renaissance Rome is generally viewed as a poor cousin of Florence, and my research involves careful reconstruction of fifteenth century monuments, those in old St. Peter’s being the prime example; close scrutiny of some renaissance stereotypes, such as the unchanging nature of the papacy; and an approach that combines the study of art, architecture, archaeology, religion and history.”
Dr Richardson's book "Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Fifteenth Century" will be available from Brill in Spring 2009. For more information see: http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=210&pid=23897
For full list of Philip Leverhulme Prize 2008 winners see: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/PLP/2008
Friday 14 November 2008
The Nuffield Foundation - Social Science Small Grants Scheme
This Scheme makes small grants for social science research expenses. Awards are normally up to £7,500, although in exceptional circumstances awards may be made of up to a maximum of £12,000. The Scheme has no closing date. Applicants must be resident and working at a UK institution, although the research may be undertaken outside the UK.
The Scheme has three priorities for funding:
All applicants to the Social Science Schemes need to comply with Nuffield Foundation policy on independent ethical scrutiny.
Please read the statement on the ethical review of research projects before completing your application. You must address this issue in the research statement you submit as part of your application.
Elgibility
The Nuffield Foundation make awards only to people who have a post with a permanent contract, or a research contract of three years or more, in a university or independent research institute in the United Kingdom. The grants are administered by the researcher’s institution and are not paid to applicants personally.
You can apply to the Scheme even if you have applied before, once any current award is completed. Each project will be judged on its merits, but they accept resubmissions only if these have been invited by trustees.
Exclusions
Research students, whether working for a PhD or other higher degrees, are NOT eligible.
Grants are not usually given for:
Information from www.nuffieldfoundation.org on 14/11/08.
Please check website for up to date guidance before making any application and if you are a member of staff in the OU faculty of Arts, please make sure you discuss your proposed application with the Research and Enterprise Support Team (REST) at least 4 weeks before you intend to submit your application.
For more information see: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/go/grants/smallgrants/page_123.html
The Scheme has three priorities for funding:
- projects that develop social science research capacity particularly by supporting the work of those new to social science research;
- self-contained or pilot or preliminary projects that address the wider objects of the Foundation, namely a broad concern with the 'advancement of social well-being';
- outstanding small projects in the social sciences.
All applicants to the Social Science Schemes need to comply with Nuffield Foundation policy on independent ethical scrutiny.
Please read the statement on the ethical review of research projects before completing your application. You must address this issue in the research statement you submit as part of your application.
Elgibility
The Nuffield Foundation make awards only to people who have a post with a permanent contract, or a research contract of three years or more, in a university or independent research institute in the United Kingdom. The grants are administered by the researcher’s institution and are not paid to applicants personally.
You can apply to the Scheme even if you have applied before, once any current award is completed. Each project will be judged on its merits, but they accept resubmissions only if these have been invited by trustees.
Exclusions
Research students, whether working for a PhD or other higher degrees, are NOT eligible.
Grants are not usually given for:
- subsistence for work from home
- attendance at conferences or courses
- conferring with colleagues in other institutions
- the organisation or holding of academic conferences or seminars
- the purchase of computer hardware or software
- work in progress or projects that are already grant aided (but see point 9 in Notes for completing the application form)
- literature and systematic reviews
- publication and printing costs
- health and medical research
Information from www.nuffieldfoundation.org on 14/11/08.
Please check website for up to date guidance before making any application and if you are a member of staff in the OU faculty of Arts, please make sure you discuss your proposed application with the Research and Enterprise Support Team (REST) at least 4 weeks before you intend to submit your application.
For more information see: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/go/grants/smallgrants/page_123.html
Tuesday 4 November 2008
Lessons from the past: Modern religious history explored
Fascinating insights into the history of modern religion in the UK will be revealed by a unique knowledge exchange partnership between The Open University, King’s College London and the Church of England. The project, funded by a £234,000 Knowledge Transfer grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, should bring the Church a better understanding of lessons from its own history and so help to inform Church interactions with wider society.
Over three years, beginning this November, historians Professor John Wolffe (The Open University) and Professor Arthur Burns (King’s College London) will be working closely with the diocese of London and Lambeth Palace Library – the leading national repository for English religious history - on the project, Modern Religious History and the Contemporary Church. They will be unlocking the rich archives in the Library’s care to bring valuable historical insights on current challenges facing clergy, congregations and the broader multi-ethnic community of contemporary London. Seminars to discuss historical insights into modern-day problems will be convened with leading figures in the diocese responsible for formulating both diocesan and national policy, while the project will also establish training programmes for clergy and other local leaders to provide historical perspectives on practical concerns.
The last twenty years have transformed academic understanding of the place of religion in modern English society, and produced a sophisticated appreciation of the dynamics of the Anglican church's relations with both national and local communities, as a pastoral and missionary enterprise, as an influence on public policy, and as a community in an increasingly multifaith environment. This project will enable these insights to be shared with much wider groups of people.
John Wolffe, Professor of Religious History at The Open University, said: “The project will give historians of modern British religion invaluable exposure to the current thinking of an institution central to their work. Much historical scholarship and many of the original documents available in archives and libraries, provide invaluable insight relevant to many current challenges. There are striking contemporary parallels with many of the issues that confronted the Victorian and Edwardian church.”
Arthur Burns, Professor of Modern British History at King’s College London added: ”While knowledge transfer between the Humanities and cultural institutions such as galleries and museums is well established, projects like this will provide invaluable experience in the ways insights from the Humanities can be applied in institutions less directly concerned in the cultural sphere or education.”
(Press Release date 04/11/08)
Over three years, beginning this November, historians Professor John Wolffe (The Open University) and Professor Arthur Burns (King’s College London) will be working closely with the diocese of London and Lambeth Palace Library – the leading national repository for English religious history - on the project, Modern Religious History and the Contemporary Church. They will be unlocking the rich archives in the Library’s care to bring valuable historical insights on current challenges facing clergy, congregations and the broader multi-ethnic community of contemporary London. Seminars to discuss historical insights into modern-day problems will be convened with leading figures in the diocese responsible for formulating both diocesan and national policy, while the project will also establish training programmes for clergy and other local leaders to provide historical perspectives on practical concerns.
The last twenty years have transformed academic understanding of the place of religion in modern English society, and produced a sophisticated appreciation of the dynamics of the Anglican church's relations with both national and local communities, as a pastoral and missionary enterprise, as an influence on public policy, and as a community in an increasingly multifaith environment. This project will enable these insights to be shared with much wider groups of people.
John Wolffe, Professor of Religious History at The Open University, said: “The project will give historians of modern British religion invaluable exposure to the current thinking of an institution central to their work. Much historical scholarship and many of the original documents available in archives and libraries, provide invaluable insight relevant to many current challenges. There are striking contemporary parallels with many of the issues that confronted the Victorian and Edwardian church.”
Arthur Burns, Professor of Modern British History at King’s College London added: ”While knowledge transfer between the Humanities and cultural institutions such as galleries and museums is well established, projects like this will provide invaluable experience in the ways insights from the Humanities can be applied in institutions less directly concerned in the cultural sphere or education.”
(Press Release date 04/11/08)
Monday 3 November 2008
AHRC Standard Grants move to open deadlines
Next year, the AHRC will move to ‘open deadlines’ for research grant applications. This means that from January 2009 applicants will be able to submit standard, speculative and early career research grant applications at any time without having to worry about submitting for specific deadlines.
If you are thinking about, or working on, a bid and have in mind that you want to submit in January, early consultation with a member of REST is advised, please email Arts-REST in the first instance.
We also have had advance notification of some other changes to the application and approval process. There may be an additional couple of sections asking the applicant to consider who the beneficiaries of the research will be and asking you to outline how the project will ensure these beneficiaries benefit. Also, the AHRC will be seeking three peer reviews and the panels will be operating in a moderating rather than a re-reviewing role.
The March 2009 closing date of the research leave scheme is not affected by this move to open dates for research grants nor are any other deadlines under strategic programmes or other funding schemes.
If you are thinking about, or working on, a bid and have in mind that you want to submit in January, early consultation with a member of REST is advised, please email Arts-REST in the first instance.
We also have had advance notification of some other changes to the application and approval process. There may be an additional couple of sections asking the applicant to consider who the beneficiaries of the research will be and asking you to outline how the project will ensure these beneficiaries benefit. Also, the AHRC will be seeking three peer reviews and the panels will be operating in a moderating rather than a re-reviewing role.
The March 2009 closing date of the research leave scheme is not affected by this move to open dates for research grants nor are any other deadlines under strategic programmes or other funding schemes.
New Round of Newton Fellowships
A new round of Newton Fellowships - an initiative to fund research collaborations and improve links between UK and overseas researchers - has opened.
The Newton International Fellowships are funded by the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society and aim to attract the most promising post-doctoral researchers working overseas in the fields of humanities, engineering, natural and social sciences. The Fellowships enable researchers to work for two years with a UK research institution, thus establishing long-term international collaborations.
The funding will be distributed in the form of 50 research fellowships, awarded annually, each providing support of up to £100,000 for a two year placement. The scheme is open to post-doctoral (and equivalent) early-career researchers working outside the UK who do not hold UK citizenship.
The closing date for applications is Monday 12 January 2009.
Further details are available from the Newton International Fellowships website: www.newtonfellowships.org or call 00 44 (0)20 7451 2559
Newton International Fellowships 6-9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG tel: +44 (0)20 7451 2559 fax: +44 (0)20 7451 2543
The Newton International Fellowships are funded by the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society and aim to attract the most promising post-doctoral researchers working overseas in the fields of humanities, engineering, natural and social sciences. The Fellowships enable researchers to work for two years with a UK research institution, thus establishing long-term international collaborations.
The funding will be distributed in the form of 50 research fellowships, awarded annually, each providing support of up to £100,000 for a two year placement. The scheme is open to post-doctoral (and equivalent) early-career researchers working outside the UK who do not hold UK citizenship.
The closing date for applications is Monday 12 January 2009.
Further details are available from the Newton International Fellowships website: www.newtonfellowships.org or call 00 44 (0)20 7451 2559
Newton International Fellowships 6-9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG tel: +44 (0)20 7451 2559 fax: +44 (0)20 7451 2543
British Academy invites applications for its Visiting Fellowships schemes
The British Academy is pleased to announce a call for applications for its Visiting Fellowship scheme, and for the joint British Academy, AHRC and ESRC Visiting Fellowships for South Asia and the Middle East. The schemes are intended to enable early-career overseas postdoctoral academics to come to the UK for two to six months in order to carry out research in a British institution, in conjunction with a UK academic.
The general scheme is open to application by any scholar from outside the UK, and the British Academy, AHRC and ESRC scheme to scholars from the Middle East and South Asia (a list of eligible countries is available on the scheme website).
Applicants should have obtained a PhD after January 2003, or be able to demonstrate equivalent status. Application must be made with a UK-based academic sponsor whose home institution is willing to host the visit.
The closing date for applications is Monday 12 January 2009, for visits to take place after 1 May 2009.
Further information together with application forms and notes of guidance (for both candidates and host institutions) are available from the Academy's website: http://email.britac.ac.uk/_act/link.php?mId=A8610669366696526416866373421&tId=7617289 or email vf@britac.ac.uk or call 020 7969 5220.
The general scheme is open to application by any scholar from outside the UK, and the British Academy, AHRC and ESRC scheme to scholars from the Middle East and South Asia (a list of eligible countries is available on the scheme website).
Applicants should have obtained a PhD after January 2003, or be able to demonstrate equivalent status. Application must be made with a UK-based academic sponsor whose home institution is willing to host the visit.
The closing date for applications is Monday 12 January 2009, for visits to take place after 1 May 2009.
Further information together with application forms and notes of guidance (for both candidates and host institutions) are available from the Academy's website: http://email.britac.ac.uk/_act/link.php?mId=A8610669366696526416866373421&tId=7617289 or email vf@britac.ac.uk or call 020 7969 5220.
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