Deadline: 22 November 2024
The British Academy is pleased to announce its Research Projects to produce primary resources for research which will be accessible to the research community for collective benefit and fundamental works of scholarship, rather than to produce interpretative works or monographs.
The British Academy Research Projects are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences.
The Academy grants the title of Academy Research Project to around 55 long-term enterprises, each organized and run by its own project committee. So long as the projects continue to work towards their agreed objectives and remain active and productive, the Academy expects to maintain long-term support. Current projects include some supported since the 1920s and 1930s but new projects should ideally aim to complete or to be self-financing within 10 years.
Funding Information
- Up to £25,000 in the first instance (over 5 years) with the expectation that the projects will be reviewed for further funding if necessary.
- Applicants will be asked to specify the expected duration of their project, understanding that the projects should set out a clear plan to move to financial self-stability after a fixed period of core funding from the Academy.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Applicants should be at postdoctoral or equivalent level, in the fields of the humanities and or the social sciences. Equivalent experience may include holding, or having held, an established post, having a record of publications in the field and or having teaching experience.
- 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 recognized UK overseas research organization.
- UK research organizations based overseas may apply to be recognized by demonstrating that they satisfy both the following conditions:
- Organizations which are, or which are constituent parts of, charities registered with the Charity Commission.
- 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.
- Applications are welcome from existing collaborations/research infrastructure projects that are already in progress and have prepared or published material previously. Awards of funding under this scheme will, however, only be made to support new work, not retrospectively providing reimbursement for work already undertaken.
For more information, visit The British Academy.
