Grants for Early Career Scholars in the United Kingdom 2021

The Royal Society is offering the Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme for early career scholars to exploit the 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 and arts to seek to expand their interests in the history of science and related interdisciplinary studies by traveling in order to use archival resources and to build relationships with the Royal Society and other institutions.

This scheme provides:

Research subsistence grants

Up to £2,000 per month to a maximum of 3 months, for travel and living expenses while attending the Royal Society collections and other, nearby scholarly collections.

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.

and/or

Travel grants

Up to £2,000 for international travel to any relevant research destination, for short exploratory research trips (no more than 1 month), or one-off event attendance. Scholars based in UK organizations 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 organization provides written permission to access research material;
• The period of overseas research is not more than 1 month; or
• Grant is to fund the attendance at a specific, relevant event such as a conference.

Scholars based in non-UK organizations may only apply to travel to the UK and are required to incorporate research at the Royal Society as part of their proposal under this travel strand of the scheme.

If applying for both the panel may decide to award one or both.

Applicants must be either:

• Researchers holding PhDs awarded within the last ten years, in early research positions at universities and other eligible organizations (e.g. museums, galleries). The applicant must hold a permanent or fixed-term contract for the duration of the award in an eligible organization.
• Doctoral candidates with at least one year’s experience towards the thesis stage.

PhD students are encouraged to apply but are advised to begin with a smaller, exploratory visit travel grant, before submitting a larger proposal especially if their research is at an early stage of development.

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.

The UK and international applications are welcomed. Scholars based in non-UK organizations are required to incorporate research at The Royal Society as part of any proposal.

Both the UK and international applicants applying for subsistence grants for extended research trips (1-3 months) must incorporate research at the Royal Society collections as part of their proposal.

About the Royal Society:

The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. The Society has one of the most important scientific heritage collections in the world. It uses its collections to support academic research in the history of science and to engage the public with science by sharing stories of past Fellows who include some of the most famous scientists in history. Science is a global endeavor that bridges national boundaries and requires international discussion and collaboration. The Royal Society has a long history of working internationally and it continues to run programs to develop partnerships between UK researchers and scientists based overseas, as well as bring together policymakers and scientists from around the world.

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