Submit Applications for Werner Mark Linz Memorial Grant

Focus Areas

• The WMLM Grant can fund an academic research project, conference or symposium. The primary focus of the research project, conference or symposium must be at least one of GINGKO’s academic subject areas – the history, art history or religions of the MENA region – in any period.

Funding Information

• GINGKO awards up to one WMLM Grant per year, normally up to a maximum of £10,000 for each grant.

Expected Outcomes

• Applicants should indicate their expected outcomes in their application. Outcomes should be specific and clearly defined. GINGKO expects that a project receiving a WMLM Grant will have a significant concrete outcome or outcomes.
• Where an outcome of the research is expected to be a published book, grant recipients are encouraged but not required to submit their book proposal to GINGKO. In any case, GINGKO’s support must be acknowledged in any outcome.
• Grant recipients must submit a report (of 1500 to 2000 words) to GINGKO no later than two months after the completion of their project, detailing how the project turned out, assessing how well the project achieved its expected outcomes, and providing final accounts for the project. The report must state how the project has furthered the mission of GINGKO, to improve mutual understanding between MENA and the West. Where possible, photos taken during the course of the project should also be included.

Eligible Costs

• WMLM Grants can cover direct costs of research projects, conferences or symposiums, but will not normally cover salary costs or institutional overheads. Allowable costs include fieldwork and research costs, equipment, travel, event costs, and article-processing fees. They can fund some short-term wage costs, e.g. for research assistants, but they do not generally expect to fund salary costs, teaching replacements, normal living costs, or institutional overheads.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Werner Mark Linz Memorial Grant is for professional academic researchers based anywhere in the world. They must work for or have an official connection with a higher education institution or be able to provide other evidence of their status as professional academic researchers. Applicants must hold a PhD or equivalent qualification. In cases including two or more applicants, at least one of the applicants must hold a PhD or equivalent.
• GINGKO also particularly welcomes:
  • applications for collaborative projects, conferences or symposiums involving researchers both from the MENA region (and/or with MENA heritage) and the West;
  •  applications from researchers based at academic institutions in the MENA region or researchers of MENA heritage who plan to return to academia in the MENA region; and
  • applications for projects in regions and countries where there is limited financial support available for research.

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