Call for applications for Grants by the Scottish Church History Society

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Since 1922 the Scottish Church History Society has existed to advance our understanding of the history of Christianity in Scotland. To aid further research, the Society offers annual grants of up to £750 to support researchers in any aspect of Scottish church history. The awards are intended to help with expenses, including copying of source material and travel.

 

Eligibility

 

Recipients must meet one or more of the following criteria during the proposed period of research.

• Postgraduate researcher.

• Independent researcher. Please outline your eligibility in the application form. 

• Early career researcher. Within five years of graduating from PhD; please note the five years does not include any periods of maternity or paternity leave or leave due to illness or other caring responsibilities. Please detail this in your application form. 

• Minister or clergyman of any denomination (excluding those who also hold academic posts). 

 

Application

 

The below application form must be completed and submitted along with a CV (2 pages maximum). 

 

You will need to include:

• Details of your eligibility. 

• An overview of your proposed research (up to 500 words).

• An outline of the budget (up to 250 words). Accepted expenses are for travel (flight, train, mileage where necessary) and accommodation, or the digitisation/copying of records (including access and scanning fees). Subsistence costs, hardware, and software expenses will not be covered. 

• An overview of any ethical considerations (where relevant) (up to 250 words).

• You will also be asked to accept the below conditions when applying for a grant.

 

Conditions of grant

 

If you are awarded a grant, you must submit a report concerning your work to the Scottish Church History Society within nine months of receiving the grant.

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You will also be expected to offer a paper at a conference organised by the Scottish Church History Society or submit an article for the Society’s journal, Scottish Church History, based on the research for which a grant is awarded. 

 

You are asked to accept these conditions when applying for a grant.

 

Decision process

 

All applications are peer-reviewed and then the final decision made by the SCHS Grant Committee, formed of members of the Society’s Council. Review of applications will not take place until the deadline for submission has passed. An average timeline for review, ratification and notification of the outcome of an application is around 8 weeks after the deadline. 

 

Please note that all applications, successful or otherwise, will be directly notified of their outcome.

 

Applicants that are not successful are welcome to re-apply to the next round. Successful applicants are also eligible to re-apply in subsequent years.

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Please remember to include all the information that you are asked to provide, and submit it to the Secretary of the Society, Dr Nicole Maceira Cumming, at schssec@outlook.com.

 

The deadline for applications is 15 January 2027.