LISA JARDINE GRANT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY - APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED to 29th AUGUST 2019

The Lisa Jardine Grant is available to PhD students and early career researchers in history of science, and other interdisciplinary studies combining humanities and the natural sciences.

The scheme offers funding for:

• Extended research trips for UK and overseas-based researchers to use the Royal Society’s own rich historical collections (up to £8,000 available for travel and subsistence costs depending on destination and length of research, 1 - 3 months (£2,000 international travel, £2,000/month subsistence)).
• UK based students wishing to travel overseas to carry out short, exploratory archival research trips (up to £2,000 available for trips up to 1 month)
• International travel and expenses for UK based students to attend conferences and networking or training events (up to £2,000 available for trips up to 1 month)

This round funding is available for research taking place between November 2019 and April 2020. The award panel will meet on 2 October 2019 and applicants will be notified of the outcome shortly after.

The grant is open to researchers based in cultural organisations such as museums and archives as well as Universities. Full details, eligibility conditions and application information are available online http://bit.ly/LJMusetc

Please do pass on this information to your colleagues or any students or researchers based at your organisations who may be interested.