Additional Sources of Conference Funding

CRASSH provides seed funding for conferences convened by Cambridge graduate students or faculty researchers in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Conveners are strongly advised to seek additional funding to top up what CRASSH is able to offer, for instance to bring overseas speakers or offer student bursaries. Colleges and departments in Cambridge are sometimes able to make additional funds available to conference conveners. Some publishers, such as CUP and Heffers, will sometimes pay a small fee towards a conference in return for hosting a book stand. A number of funds, foundations and organisations that make conference grants are listed below by subject area. It is also worth searching Research Professional (from a Cambridge-networked computer).  Please note that the list below is by no means exhaustive!

General

Anthropology

• The Wenner-Gren Foundation makes grants of up to $20,000 available to bring international scholars together to develop anthropological knowledge and debate.
  Deadline: June 1 (for conferences/ workshops to be held no earlier than January of the following year) and December 1 (for conferences/ workshops to be held no earlier than July of the following year).
  More information: please click here.

History

• The George Macaulay Trevelyan Fund, based within the Cambridge Faculty of History, supports conferences on a historical subject convened by senior members of the University or graduate students
  Deadline: Applications received by the mid term division will be considered the same term. Applications cannot be considered outside of the managers' meetings so please apply well in advance of your event (at least two terms).
  More information: please click here.
• The Royal Historical Society makes grants to conference organisers (of any status) to assist in the financing of small, specialised historical conferences where there is substantial involvement of junior researchers. They are intended to subsidize registration fees (which in this scheme may include accommodation costs) and travel costs for these junior researchers.
  Deadline: April and November
  More information: please click here. 
  

History and Philosophy of Science

• The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness funds symposia, small conferences or workshops which address important issues in the development of the sociology of health and illness. A maximum of £2,500 will be provided for one-day meetings and £3,500 for two-day or longer meetings.
  Deadline: Please check website.
  More information: please click here.
• Wellcome Trust provides grants of up to £5,000 for conferences or symposia on Medical History and Humanities
  Deadline: Open all year, but please allow eight weeks for a decision to be made.
  More information: please click here.

MML

• In 2011, the Modern Humanities Research Association announced that they would make up to ten grants of up to £1,500 each to support conferences or colloquia within the field of medieval and modern European languages and literatures (including English) held in the UK.
  Deadline: check website; More information: please click here. 
• The Society for French Studies offers grants in support of conferences held in the UK or Ireland and concerned with research in any area of French Studies. 
  Deadline: 1 Sept for events 1 Jan to 31 August, 1 Dec for events 1 May to 1 Jan, 1 April for events 1 Sept to 30 April. Applicants will normally be notified of the outcome of their application within two months of the date of the application.
  More information: please click here.
  

Music

• The Royal Musical Association welcomes proposals from conference organisers for the affiliation of their events to the RMA and will consider applications for financial support of generally not more than £500.
  Deadline: 15 March, 15 June, 30 November. Applications received by the deadlines will receive consideration within three months.
  More information: please click here.

Philosophy

• The British Society of Aesthetics gives small grants in support of UK activities in aesthetics, including conferences and lecture series, of up to £1,000.
  Deadline: 1 November (for a decision by mid-January), 1 March (for a decision by mid-April), 15 August (for a decision by end-September).
  More information: please click here.
• The Aristotelian Society considers applications of up to £1,000 for conferences.
  Deadline: September 30th (Autumn meeting) and April 1st (Spring meeting).
  More information: please click here. 

Social Sciences

• The Galton Institute offers grants of up to £1,000 to Galton Institute members to help meet the costs of conferences or workshops concerned with biosocial sciences in the most liberal sense.
  Deadline: please check website. More information: please click here.

If you have any additional suggestions for this page, please drop Ruth Rushworth an email and we will be happy to include them. 

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