Honor Frost Foundation Small Grant Awards

Objectives

The Foundation seeks to further its mission with the following objectives:

• To provide grants to independent scholars, individuals working in research establishments and to institutions for work on marine and maritime archaeology.
• To publish and disseminate research work which is a result of the HFF grants and papers from the Honor Frost archive.
• To provide grants to museums, galleries and other national institutions to assist in displaying works relevant to the study of maritime archaeology and for public education in the field.
• To sponsor public lectures and seminars within the field of marine and maritime archaeology.
• To support excavations of archaeological sites, including but not exclusively, ports, harbours, offshore anchorages, and ancient anchors found undersea relevant to Levantine archaeology.
• To support conservation, work relevant to marine and maritime archaeology in the region.
• To support exchange visits of museum staff from the Lebanon, Western Syria and Cyprus.
• To facilitate the training of individuals from the region in restoration and conservation techniques relevant to marine and maritime archaeology.
• To foster and promote the protection of underwater cultural heritage (UCH).

Categories

These small awards support the development of maritime archaeology with respect to:

• Regional Research          
  • The Foundation primarily supports regional projects which focus on maritime archaeology or underwater cultural heritage undertaken in the countries where Honor Frost worked. Broadly, this is the eastern Mediterranean, specifically Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria and also Egypt including the Red Sea. The Foundation is keen to support projects which will foster strong collaborations with regional partners, particularly those with local training opportunities.
• Capacity Building
  • The Foundation also offers broader support for activities in this field, including training and workshops, conferences with a regional involvement, conservation work, museum exhibitions, public engagement and education.
• Developing the Discipline
  • In exceptional cases, the Foundation is also interested in developing the discipline and the scope of maritime archaeology and underwater cultural heritage beyond the region. It may consider applications that support the development of new technologies and/or methodologies on a global scale, and in some cases research projects that were aligned with Honor Frost’s research interests beyond the immediate regional scope.

Funding Information

• The Honor Frost Foundation invites initial expressions of interest for grants over £10,000.

Criteria

• The Foundation currently supports projects primarily within the eastern Mediterranean, particularly Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria.
• Repeat funding will only apply for up to a maximum of three years.

For more information, visit Honor Frost Foundation.