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      • 44th International Congress of Americanists Fund
      • Ancient Persia Fund
      • Elie Kedourie Memorial Fund
      • Neil Ker Memorial Fund
      • Sir Ernest Cassel Educational Trust Fund
      • Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund
      • Elisabeth Barker Fund
      • Sino-British Fellowship Trust
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Special Funds

British Academy awards are offered for postdoctoral research in the humanities and social sciences.

The Academy has the following private funds, from which grants are made for particular and restricted purposes:

• Ancient Persia Fund: For the study of Iranian or Central Asian studies in the pre-Islamic period
• Elisabeth Barker Fund: For studies in recent European history, particularly the history of Central and Eastern Europe
• Sir Ernest Cassel Educational Trust Fund: For travel costs relating to a research project (particularly aimed at recent postdoctoral scholars)
• 44th International Congress of Americanists Fund: For travel costs relating to Latin American studies
• Elie Kedourie Memorial Fund: For the study of Middle Eastern and Modern European History, and the History of Political Thought
• Neil Ker Memorial Fund: For the study of Western medieval manuscripts
• Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund: For research on the antiquities, historical geography, early history, or arts of India, China, and Iran, including Central Asia
• Sino-British Fellowship Trust: For individual or co-operative research projects in Britain or China