The Society distributes a number of small grants, twice annually, to support research in architectural history, in either of the two categories of Publication and Education. The Dorothy Stroud Bursary provides for publication, while the Margaret Ramsden and Annabel Ricketts Bursaries are awarded for research expenses. All applications are made through the following procedure; details of the coverage of each award follow below.
Individual grants will not normally exceed £500, but in exceptional circumstances a grant of up to £1,000 may be awarded.
(a) Awards are open to members of the Society, and non-members, in any category.
(b) Candidates may apply for a second award, but in cases of equal merit priority will be given to the first-time applicant. No one may receive more than two awards.
(c) The topic in the application may relate to any aspect of the history of architecture.
(d) Applicants must either be resident in the British Isles, or working on the history of British architecture.
Applications should include the following information:
• title and description of project
• CV
• detailed estimate of costs
• date of start of project and estimated completion date
• two letters of recommendation to be sent directly by referees to the Secretary
Applicants are responsible for asking their referees to write.
Six copies of the application should be submitted to the Honorary Secretary, with a sae if acknowledgement is required. (See Contact Us for the address).
The deadlines for application are 30 April and 31 October each year.
The award decisions will be made annually in May and November.
Payments to successful applicants will be made only after documentary evidence of each major item in the proposed expenditure has been supplied. This may be a receipt or invoice, or confirmation of travel booking or conference enrolment.
The Society must be acknowledged in any published work arising out of the application. Copies of books, or in the case of shorter publications, an offprint or photocopy, should be sent to the Secretary of the Society. A brief report of the use made of the grant must be submitted to the Secretary within a year of its receipt and, if the work extends beyond twelve months, a second report should be submitted on its completion.
Any of the following expenses may be claimed:
• subsidy to defray publication costs
• cost of purchase of illustrations
• payment of copyright fees
• contribution to the costs of mounting an exhibition
Applicants must normally be students registered for higher degrees. Awards will be given for research expenses, such as:
• travel
• building survey
• photography
• conference attendance
Grants will not be awarded for:
• maintenance at home
• purchase of books or equipment
• secretarial help
• tuition fees
Awarded in memory of Dr Annabel Ricketts (1945-2003), writer and lecturer on architectural history, particularly that of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Applicants will be intending to publish the fruits of their research or to make them publicly available at a bona fide academic conference. They will be students registered for higher degrees or other persons, in both cases able to establish that they would have difficulty in affording the research expenses for which they are applying from their own means. Preference may be given to applicants wishing to work on the architectural history of England in the sixteenth and/or seventeenth centuries. Admissible expenses and exclusions and application procedures are as for Ramsden Bursaries.