

{"id":36859,"date":"2023-06-07T09:38:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T08:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/?page_id=36859"},"modified":"2026-04-09T06:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:47:25","slug":"rhs-workshop-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/research_funding\/workshop-grants\/rhs-workshop-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"RHS Workshop Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36862 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/07093755\/Screenshot-2023-06-07-at-09.37.11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/07093755\/Screenshot-2023-06-07-at-09.37.11.png 1300w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/07093755\/Screenshot-2023-06-07-at-09.37.11-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/07093755\/Screenshot-2023-06-07-at-09.37.11-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/07093755\/Screenshot-2023-06-07-at-09.37.11-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/07093755\/Screenshot-2023-06-07-at-09.37.11-200x110.png 200w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/07093755\/Screenshot-2023-06-07-at-09.37.11-624x343.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>RHS Workshop Grants<\/strong> enable historians to come together to pursue projects of shared interest. Projects are broadly defined and may focus not only on academic research but also a wider range of activities. <strong>Grants offer \u00a31,000 to host a day event.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Applications for RHS Workshop Grants, 2026, have now closed (23 January 2026).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is expected that the Society will its next call for this programme from late 2026 for awards in Spring 2027.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workshops support a wider range of group activities relating to history. These may include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">discussion of an existing research topic or project;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">beginning and testing a research idea, leading to a future project;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developing new teaching practices;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">piloting work relating to the teaching, research or communication of history;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">planning and writing a grant application;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">undertaking networking and building of academic communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each Workshop receives \u00a31,000 from the Royal Historical Society to cover attendance and the costs of a day meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Workshops will be supported by the Royal Historical Society, with updates on outcomes reported via the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.royalhistsoc.org\/\">RHS blog<\/a>\u00a0and social media. Projects leading to publishable work are warmly encouraged to submit content to the Society\u2019s journal,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/transactions-of-the-royal-historical-society\"><em>Transactions of the Royal Historical Society<\/em><\/a>, for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants are welcome to consider hosting Workshops at the Society\u2019s offices at University College London, if desirable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Society is particularly keen to support activities for which alternative sources of funding are very limited, or do not exist. The Society seeks to provide grants to those in greatest need of funding, where options for institutional support are minimal or not available.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Eligibility<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Society looks to award up to six Grants to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0projects in this latest round. Eligible applications will be for projects that:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">have applicants \/ lead organisers who are current Fellows or members of the Society. For more on how to join the Society,\u00a0please see here;<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">request funds to support travel, venue hire, hospitality and overnight accommodation when required, as well as travel bursaries for public events; grants will not be awarded to support paid work;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">may include participants travelling from Europe in line with the Society\u2019s carbon policy; attendance by participants from further afield will not be supported by the grant;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">remain in contact with the Society before and after the Workshop and agree to contribute an article on their project to the RHS blog, where appropriate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #003366;\">How to apply<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>If you have an idea for a workshop and would like to submit a proposal, please provide a\u00a0<strong>750 to 1,000 word<\/strong>\u00a0statement. This should outline:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the\u00a0<strong>academic focus<\/strong>\u00a0of the Workshop and the topic \/ activity under consideration<\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<strong>purpose and proposed outcome<\/strong>\u00a0from the Workshop<\/li>\n<li><strong>costings<\/strong>\u00a0for holding a one-day event<\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<strong>location<\/strong>\u00a0of the proposed Workshop, and whether this may be the RHS Office at University College London<\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<strong>lead organiser(s)<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>and proposed participants<\/strong>\u00a0who would be involved in the Workshop<\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<strong>proposed<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>date of the Workshop<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Workshop Grant Recipients for 2026<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The following six projects have been awarded funding in April 2026, for projects to be held in 2026 and early 2027:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Eleanor Bland<\/span><\/strong> (Oxford Brookes University), \u2018History in Motion: Integrating Historical Methods into Criminology and International Political Economy\u2019<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Wendy Davies<\/span><\/strong> (Independent historian), \u2018Making and Moving Consumables, 500-1000. From the Local to the Wider World\u2019<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Paul Dudman<\/span><\/strong> (University of East London), \u2018Refugee History: Community archives and lifelong learning &#8211; amplifying the experiences of displacement and solidarity in exile\u2019<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Jayne Gifford<\/span><\/strong> (University of East Anglia), \u2018\u201cInvisible Work\u201d: Diplomatic Wives and Spouses in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century\u2019<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Meg Kobza<\/span><\/strong> (Independent historian), \u2018The Person Behind the Pomp and Pageantry: Commemorating the 700th Mayoralty of London\u2019<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Jonathan Spangle<\/span>r<\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Alyssa Myers<\/span><\/strong> (Manchester Metropolitan University), \u2018Beyond the Country House\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For questions relating to the Grants please email: <a href=\"mailto:administration@royalhistsoc.org\">administration@royalhistsoc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; RHS Workshop Grants enable historians to come together to pursue projects of shared interest. Projects are broadly defined and may focus not only on academic research but also a wider range of activities. Grants offer \u00a31,000 to host a day event. Applications for RHS Workshop Grants, 2026, have now closed (23 January 2026). 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