Submit Applications for Lisa Jardine History of Science Grant

Aims

• The Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme is designed to offer the opportunity for early career scholars to exploit history of science collections, including the Royal Society’s own, in support of their research in the field of intellectual history. The scheme encourages junior researchers in the humanities, arts and science to seek to expand their interests in history of science and related interdisciplinary studies by travelling in order to use archival resources and to build relationships with the Royal Society and other institutions.
• Grants are intended to encourage the free movement of researchers across disciplines and countries and to stimulate academics studying intellectual history to consider science in their research. Applicants are encouraged to look at the Royal Society’s strategic objectives, in order to be able to demonstrate how their research might further these general goals, but applications will be judged on the strength of their academic content in intellectual history, history of science and related disciplines. Special consideration will be given to topics that were of interest to Professor Jardine, notably in seventeenth century studies.

Subjects Covered

• All activities must be on a subject combining the humanities and the natural sciences. This includes, but is not limited to: intellectual history, cultural history, history of science, philosophy of science, history of art, and historical geography. The scheme places special emphasis on Early Modern science and European networks of the period.

Funding Information

• The standard programme is available in two parts: firstly for travel and subsistence in order to study at length within the Royal Society’s collections; secondly for short international study visits for the purpose of conference attendance, workshop, research or other academic visits in order to strengthen the applicant’s knowledge and academic networks. The funding available is dependent upon the length of the visit. Applicants may request one or both of the following:
  • Research subsistence grants. Up to £2,000 per month to a maximum of three months, for travel, living and research expenses while carrying out research at the Royal Society collections (proposals may also incorporate research at other related collections in the UK). Both international and UK based scholars are required to incorporate research at The Royal Society as part of their proposal if applying under this subsistence strand of the scheme.
  • Maximum subsistence award £6,000
• Travel grants. Up to £2,000 for international travel to a relevant research destination, for short exploratory research trips (no more than 1 month), one-off event attendance, or international travel in consort with a longer subsistence grant
• Scholars based in UK organisations can apply for this travel strand of the scheme in order to visit any relevant international research destination or event on the condition that:
  • The intended destination organisation provides written permission to access research material
  • The period of overseas research is not more than 1 month
  • Grant is to fund attendance of a specific, relevant event such as a conference
  • International travel applied to facilitate a longer research trip funded under the subsistence strand of the grant
• Non-UK based scholars may apply for a travel grant to visit the UK only, and must incorporate use of the Royal Society collections in their proposal.
  • Maximum travel award £2,000
• Awards provide a maximum of three months financial support which must be used within a 12-month period.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be either:
  • Doctoral candidates with at least one year’s experience towards thesis stage.
  • Applicants at an early stage of their research career, who have either completed their PhD in the last ten years or have no more than ten years of actual research experience since their PhD. Career breaks and part-time working are taken into consideration.

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