The British Society of Criminology invites nominations for its criminology book prize. The prize is designed to encourage and recognise the achievements of new or aspiring members of the criminology profession. Nominated books should show evidence of particular distinction or innovation in methodology or theorising in the general field of criminology, or in the application of criminological theory or research to crime policy or penal practice.
To be eligible, nominated books must have been published between 1 January and 31 December 2008 and be the author's first sole-authored book. Nominated authors, proposers and seconders must be members of the society. The prize includes £100 of books from the Willan publishing list and £500 cash.
More information at:
http://www.britsoccrim.org/othernews.htm#005
Thursday 22 January 2009
Small grants for Roman research
The Roman Research Trust invites applications for its grants. This programme supports research projects in the archaeology of the Romano-British period, educational programmes such as museum exhibitions, conferences, summer schools and seminars and publications.
Minor and major grants may be awarded up to twice a year. Minor grants will not normally exceed £5,000 and will be awarded for a one year period with the possibility of renewal for up to two further years.
Deadlines: 15 April and 15 November annually
More information at:
http://rrt.classics.ox.ac.uk/grants.html
The Roman Research Trust was established as a British Registered Charity in January 1990 to support education and research in Romano-British Archaeology.
Minor and major grants may be awarded up to twice a year. Minor grants will not normally exceed £5,000 and will be awarded for a one year period with the possibility of renewal for up to two further years.
Deadlines: 15 April and 15 November annually
More information at:
http://rrt.classics.ox.ac.uk/grants.html
The Roman Research Trust was established as a British Registered Charity in January 1990 to support education and research in Romano-British Archaeology.
Small Grants from the Classical Association
The Classical Association awards in the region of £50,000 each year to classical projects and conferences, mainly in the UK. Past examples of awards have been in the range £250 to £30,000.
The Association will consider applications for:
The CA runs its own bursary scheme for students (undergraduate, graduate, PGCE) and teachers attending the annual CA Conference held in April each year. This has been widened to include subventions to individuals.
It is a condition of all grants awarded that the Classical Association's support be recognised in any literature and that a report be provided of how the funds were used, including final accounts where appropriate.
Decisions on grant applications are normally made by Council which meets at the start of April and in mid-November each year.
The deadline for applications for the next Council meeting is 20 March 2009.
More information on the Classical Association website:
http://www.classicalassociation.org/Grants/Grants.html
The Association will consider applications for:
- Subventions to summer schools and to institutions offering extra-mural courses in Greek, Latin and Classical Civilisation.
- Bursaries for teachers attending courses abroad, notably the British School at Athens Easter Course.
- Support of Greek and Latin reading competitions arranged by CA branches.
- Support of regional Greek or Roman days or of school conferences.
- Subventions to academic conferences particularly when of broad appeal and held in major centres, with a view especially to assisting students, teachers and scholars from East European and developing countries.
The CA runs its own bursary scheme for students (undergraduate, graduate, PGCE) and teachers attending the annual CA Conference held in April each year. This has been widened to include subventions to individuals.
It is a condition of all grants awarded that the Classical Association's support be recognised in any literature and that a report be provided of how the funds were used, including final accounts where appropriate.
Decisions on grant applications are normally made by Council which meets at the start of April and in mid-November each year.
The deadline for applications for the next Council meeting is 20 March 2009.
More information on the Classical Association website:
http://www.classicalassociation.org/Grants/Grants.html
Monday 19 January 2009
Applications invited for Philip Leverhulme Prize 2009
Philip Leverhulme Prizes are awarded to outstanding scholars or practitioners (normally under the age of 36) who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their particular field of study, recognised at an international level, and whose future contributions are held to be of correspondingly high promise. Approximately 25 Prizes are available each year across the five topics which are offered.
The Prizes commemorate the contribution to the work of the Trust made by Philip Leverhulme, the Third Viscount Leverhulme and grandson of the Founder.
For the 2009 competition the selected disciplines are:
Each Prize has a value of £70,000; use should be made of the award over a two or three year period. Prizes can be used for any purpose which can advance the Prize holder's research or practice, with the exception of enhancing the Prize holder's salary.
This involves an electronic application form and the deadline for submission is 4pm on 18 May 2009.
For more information see the Leverhulme Trust website: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/philip_leverhulme_prizes/
Although this is an application for a prize, if you are considering applying for this funding, please contact Arts-REST. You will need to go through the normal RED form approval process.
The Prizes commemorate the contribution to the work of the Trust made by Philip Leverhulme, the Third Viscount Leverhulme and grandson of the Founder.
For the 2009 competition the selected disciplines are:
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Engineering
- Geography
- Modern European Languages and Literature
- Performing and Visual Arts
Each Prize has a value of £70,000; use should be made of the award over a two or three year period. Prizes can be used for any purpose which can advance the Prize holder's research or practice, with the exception of enhancing the Prize holder's salary.
This involves an electronic application form and the deadline for submission is 4pm on 18 May 2009.
For more information see the Leverhulme Trust website: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/philip_leverhulme_prizes/
Although this is an application for a prize, if you are considering applying for this funding, please contact Arts-REST. You will need to go through the normal RED form approval process.
JISC Funding call for transatlantic humanities digitising projects
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) invites institutions to submit funding proposals for digitisation projects in the humanities. These grants provide funding for 18 months of development from August 2009. All projects must be completed by the end of March 2011.
Funding of up to £600,000 (approximately $900,000) will be available to support digitisation projects in the humanities that will support international collaboration. Awards for each project will range from £135,000-£200,000 (approximately $200,000 to $300,000) for a period of eighteen months to share between the two project partners.
The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12 noon on Thursday 26 March 2009.
Further information can be found on the JISC website at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2008/12/grant1308.aspx.
Funding of up to £600,000 (approximately $900,000) will be available to support digitisation projects in the humanities that will support international collaboration. Awards for each project will range from £135,000-£200,000 (approximately $200,000 to $300,000) for a period of eighteen months to share between the two project partners.
The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12 noon on Thursday 26 March 2009.
Further information can be found on the JISC website at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2008/12/grant1308.aspx.
Up to £100,000 Small Research Grants for AHRC Religion and Society Programme
The Religion and Society Programme is offering approximately eight Small Research Grants. These grants will support projects from less established as well as established senior scholars, and from those wishing to undertake small scale innovative or short projects of up to one year.
The project can be for between £20,000 and £100,000 fEC.
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 4pm on the 30th April 2009.
For more information see: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/ReligionandSociety-SmallGrants.aspx
If you are considering applying for this funding, please contact Arts-REST. You will need to go through the normal RED form approval process.
The project can be for between £20,000 and £100,000 fEC.
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 4pm on the 30th April 2009.
For more information see: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/ReligionandSociety-SmallGrants.aspx
If you are considering applying for this funding, please contact Arts-REST. You will need to go through the normal RED form approval process.
Monday 12 January 2009
Professor's publication receives 'outstanding academic title' award
The Novels of Daniel Defoe has been awarded an ‘Outstanding Academic Title’ by Choice, the review journal of the American Library Association.
Bob Owens, Professor of English Literature at the Open University, has been joint General Editor of The Works of Daniel Defoe, an edition in 44 volumes that has been appearing at the rate of 4 or 5 volumes every year, since 2000. The first part of the final set, The Novels, appeared in late 2007, and included Prof Owens' editions of Robinson Crusoe and the Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
The award of ‘Outstanding Academic Title’ is given to about ten percent of some 7,000 works reviewed in Choice over the year. The 2008 list, published in the January 2009 issue (vol. 46, no. 5) includes 679 titles from 54 disciplines. There were 38 titles in the section on English and American Language and Literature, in which the Defoe edition was included.
The criteria for the award are:
Professor Owens says, "For the edition to have been given this accolade in its final stages is very pleasing indeed, not only for me but for my dear friend and colleague and joint General Editor, Nick Furbank, Emeritus Professor of The Open University. Now in his 88th year of age, but as intellectually indefatigable as ever, Nick completed a magnificent edition of Defoe’s The Fortunate Mistress in the final set which has just appeared. It has been quite a job seeing 4 or 5 volumes through the press every year for ten years, though it has been enjoyable too."
Edited from email 12/12/2008.
Bob Owens, Professor of English Literature at the Open University, has been joint General Editor of The Works of Daniel Defoe, an edition in 44 volumes that has been appearing at the rate of 4 or 5 volumes every year, since 2000. The first part of the final set, The Novels, appeared in late 2007, and included Prof Owens' editions of Robinson Crusoe and the Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
The award of ‘Outstanding Academic Title’ is given to about ten percent of some 7,000 works reviewed in Choice over the year. The 2008 list, published in the January 2009 issue (vol. 46, no. 5) includes 679 titles from 54 disciplines. There were 38 titles in the section on English and American Language and Literature, in which the Defoe edition was included.
The criteria for the award are:
- Overall excellence in presentation and scholarship
- Importance relative to other literature in the field
- Distinction as a first treatment of a given subject in book or electronic form
- Originality or uniqueness of treatment
- Value to undergraduate students
- Importance in building undergraduate library collections.
Professor Owens says, "For the edition to have been given this accolade in its final stages is very pleasing indeed, not only for me but for my dear friend and colleague and joint General Editor, Nick Furbank, Emeritus Professor of The Open University. Now in his 88th year of age, but as intellectually indefatigable as ever, Nick completed a magnificent edition of Defoe’s The Fortunate Mistress in the final set which has just appeared. It has been quite a job seeing 4 or 5 volumes through the press every year for ten years, though it has been enjoyable too."
Edited from email 12/12/2008.
Tuesday 6 January 2009
ESRC Small Grants Scheme - no deadlines
The Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) Small Grants scheme is for applications between £15,000 and £99,999 (at 100% Full Economic Costing). This scheme is particularly useful for new researchers making their first application to the ESRC.
The remit of the Small Grants scheme is very similar to that of the ESRC Standard Grant scheme. Aspects such as topic choice, funding criteria and acceptance of proposals are the same for both schemes. The content and quality of the application you submit to the ESRC will determine whether or not you are successful.
A member of the Research Grants Board and one member of the Council’s Virtual Research College will assess the application. The Board Chair or Vice Chair makes the funding recommendation with the help of these assessments. Funding decisions are usually made within 14 weeks.
When should you aim to submit?
There are no specific deadlines for this scheme. You should work back from when you need to start the Research, to decide when you should submit. You should allow about 5 to 6 months between submission and decision. Although for Small Grants the decision can be quicker, it is better to plan for a longer processing time so that you do not receive a decision after your intended start date.
Application is by electronic form through the Je-S system. Always check the guidelines carefully before making an application. There are general guidance notes on constructing a good proposal to the ESRC Research Grants scheme on the ERSC website.
More information about the ERSC Small and Standard Grants scheme is available on the ESRC website.
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 remit of the Small Grants scheme is very similar to that of the ESRC Standard Grant scheme. Aspects such as topic choice, funding criteria and acceptance of proposals are the same for both schemes. The content and quality of the application you submit to the ESRC will determine whether or not you are successful.
A member of the Research Grants Board and one member of the Council’s Virtual Research College will assess the application. The Board Chair or Vice Chair makes the funding recommendation with the help of these assessments. Funding decisions are usually made within 14 weeks.
When should you aim to submit?
There are no specific deadlines for this scheme. You should work back from when you need to start the Research, to decide when you should submit. You should allow about 5 to 6 months between submission and decision. Although for Small Grants the decision can be quicker, it is better to plan for a longer processing time so that you do not receive a decision after your intended start date.
Application is by electronic form through the Je-S system. Always check the guidelines carefully before making an application. There are general guidance notes on constructing a good proposal to the ESRC Research Grants scheme on the ERSC website.
More information about the ERSC Small and Standard Grants scheme is available on the ESRC website.
If you are considering applying for this funding, please contact Arts-REST. It will need to go through the normal RED form approval process.
Sunday 4 January 2009
Open University academic wins prize for essay on Marlowe
Dr David Mateer is the joint winner of the 2008 Calvin and Rose G Hoffman Prize for a Distinguished Publication on Christopher Marlowe. He has received half of the £9,000 prize money for his essay 'New Sightings of Christopher Marlowe in London', which is an account of the legal consequences of Marlowe's transgressive behaviour in the capital after he left Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It also fills in some details relating to his early career that were hitherto unknown.
The Calvin and Rose G Hoffman Prize for a Distinguished Publication on Christopher Marlowe is offered annually. This is awarded to the person who submits to The King's School, Canterbury, prior to the first day of September in any year, an essay that, in the opinion of The King's School, most convincingly, authoritatively and informatively examines and discusses in depth the life and works of Christopher Marlowe and the authorship of the plays and poems now commonly attributed to William Shakespeare, with particular regard to the possibility that Christopher Marlowe wrote some or all of those plays and poems, or made some inspirational creative or compositional contributions towards the authorship of them.
Dr David Mateer is Lecturer in the Department of Music at the Open University, Milton Keynes, and has published widely in the field of English music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, most recently in the form of editions of William Byrd’s Songs of sundrie natures (Byrd Edition 13) and two volumes of pre-Reformation liturgical settings from the Gyffard partbooks (Early English Church Music 48 and 51). From an interest in legal records as musicological documents, he has developed a theatre-historical side to his research, with recent articles appearing in Review of English Studies (on relations between Richard Perkins, Francis Langley and Edward Alleyn) and English Literary Renaissance (on the early history of the Theatre in Shoreditch).
Abstract - 'New Sightings of Christopher Marlowe in London'
Two lawsuits – one certainly relating to Christopher Marlowe, the other probably relating to him – have been discovered among the records of the court of King’s Bench at The National Archives in Kew, London. In the first, one Edward Elvyn, a friend from his student days at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, sued ‘Christopher Marley’ in debt for the unpaid sum of £10 lent to him in London in April 1588. In the second, James Wheatley, a hackney-man from the parish of Allhallows London Wall, brought suit against ‘Christopher Marlo’ in conversion for the non-delivery of a horse and tackle that the latter had hired from him in August 1587. These documents help to fill a yawning gap in Marlowe’s biography by locating him in the theatrical community living around Bishopsgate, in London’s north-east suburbs, immediately after leaving Cambridge on completion of his studies there. His difficulties with the hackney-man are tentatively linked with the horse-courser episode in Doctor Faustus, which, it is suggested, may have implications for the dating of the play. The transgressive nature of Marlowe’s behaviour, as revealed by the new documents, appears to confirm at an early date his reputation as the ‘bad boy’ of Elizabethan theatre.
Abstract copied from http://www.earlytheatre.ca/et11_2.pdf. The full essay appears in the journal ‘Early Theatre’ Vol 11.2 (2008).
The Calvin and Rose G Hoffman Prize for a Distinguished Publication on Christopher Marlowe is offered annually. This is awarded to the person who submits to The King's School, Canterbury, prior to the first day of September in any year, an essay that, in the opinion of The King's School, most convincingly, authoritatively and informatively examines and discusses in depth the life and works of Christopher Marlowe and the authorship of the plays and poems now commonly attributed to William Shakespeare, with particular regard to the possibility that Christopher Marlowe wrote some or all of those plays and poems, or made some inspirational creative or compositional contributions towards the authorship of them.
Dr David Mateer is Lecturer in the Department of Music at the Open University, Milton Keynes, and has published widely in the field of English music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, most recently in the form of editions of William Byrd’s Songs of sundrie natures (Byrd Edition 13) and two volumes of pre-Reformation liturgical settings from the Gyffard partbooks (Early English Church Music 48 and 51). From an interest in legal records as musicological documents, he has developed a theatre-historical side to his research, with recent articles appearing in Review of English Studies (on relations between Richard Perkins, Francis Langley and Edward Alleyn) and English Literary Renaissance (on the early history of the Theatre in Shoreditch).
Abstract - 'New Sightings of Christopher Marlowe in London'
Two lawsuits – one certainly relating to Christopher Marlowe, the other probably relating to him – have been discovered among the records of the court of King’s Bench at The National Archives in Kew, London. In the first, one Edward Elvyn, a friend from his student days at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, sued ‘Christopher Marley’ in debt for the unpaid sum of £10 lent to him in London in April 1588. In the second, James Wheatley, a hackney-man from the parish of Allhallows London Wall, brought suit against ‘Christopher Marlo’ in conversion for the non-delivery of a horse and tackle that the latter had hired from him in August 1587. These documents help to fill a yawning gap in Marlowe’s biography by locating him in the theatrical community living around Bishopsgate, in London’s north-east suburbs, immediately after leaving Cambridge on completion of his studies there. His difficulties with the hackney-man are tentatively linked with the horse-courser episode in Doctor Faustus, which, it is suggested, may have implications for the dating of the play. The transgressive nature of Marlowe’s behaviour, as revealed by the new documents, appears to confirm at an early date his reputation as the ‘bad boy’ of Elizabethan theatre.
Abstract copied from http://www.earlytheatre.ca/et11_2.pdf. The full essay appears in the journal ‘Early Theatre’ Vol 11.2 (2008).
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