British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
General information about research grants and funding
- All awards are for scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- All awards are for scholars at postdoctoral level, i.e. after the award of a PhD. The Academy has no funding schemes for postgraduate students, masters students or candidates studying for other professional qualifications
- For most schemes, the Principal Applicant must be resident in the UK
- Generally the Academy’s awards are for support of ideas and individuals rather than large-scale institutional projects
- With a few exceptions for specific geographic regions, the Academy’s awards are non-directive, wholly responsive in mode
- The Academy seeks to match its assessment procedures proportionately to the scale of funding being offered. For larger-scale awards, such as the Postdoctoral Fellowships and BARDAs, a two-stage assessment procedure is used.
- For all awards, the primary criterion for award is scholarly excellence.
- Recommendations for award are made by relevant Academy Committees in the light of the available budget for the specific scheme.
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