Deadline: 28 March 2025
Applications are now open for the Society for Theatre Research Grant Programme for scholars investigating aspects of the British theatre requiring access to archives, collections, specific sites or people, or help with compiling and disseminating original research.
You may be an early career academic needing help with a particular piece of research, or an independent scholar digging up traces of local theatre or performers, in which case the Research Grants would be suitable for you.
These grants are available for academic and non-academic researchers alike, though the standard of work expected will be equivalent to post-graduate level.
Focus Areas
- Topics they can consider include buildings, people, historical or contemporary concerns, theories and practices, and all kinds of performance arts, as long as there is a connection with theatre in Britain or British theatre people.
Funding Information
- Grants are typically between £100 and £600.
Eligibility Criteria
- Private scholars, theatre professionals, academic staff, and students, of any nationality, are welcome to apply for Grants.
- They could help you with such endeavours as the completion of work in progress; professional training in research techniques to assist established projects; a subvention towards the publication of completed work in which a publisher is already seriously interested. Grants are not given for subsistence, though they could help you for example with costs (including travel and accommodation) in accessing archives and collections, or costs of reproductions of images.
- No restriction is imposed on the status or nationality of applicants, nor on the location of the proposed research. However, the topic must be substantially concerned with one or more of the following areas: the history, historiography, art, and practice of the British theatre (including music-hall, opera, dance, and associated skills and crafts of performance).
- For the purposes of these grants, topics dealing with theatre in the island of Ireland are eligible for consideration if they have relevance to, or relate wholly or in large part to, British theatre and performance.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Exclusively textual, literary or aesthetic topics are not eligible, and please note they do not give grants for course fees, nor do they give grants towards wages for collaborators.
Application Requirements
- Project: a statement of the project for which the grant is requested, and the stage of completion currently reached.
- Purpose of the grant: the specific purpose or purposes for which the grant would be used, with an indication of approximate costing.
- Qualifications: the applicant’s competence to undertake the project, academic and/or practical, together with details of any relevant publications or other relevant experience. If desired, a more comprehensive C.V. abstract may be attached to the email.
- Budget: an itemised budget for the amount you wish to apply for, and an idea of the overall costs of your whole project.
- Circumstances: any other funding for the work and period in question for example study leave or grants from other sources. Unsalaried candidates may indicate here something of their age and personal situation if they wish.
- References: They require two professional, recent and relevant references, to be received by the same closing date as for applications. Applicants should state on the application form who their referees are, giving name, title, address and email address. Referees should not be a member of your family or other close friend or relative.
For more information, visit Society for Theatre Research.
