The British Academy: Funding call. Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund 2024-25

The British Academy is now accepting applications for the Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund 2024-25.

The deadline for applications is 17:00 (GMT) on Wednesday 8 January 2025.

Aims

The fund was established according to the terms of the will of Sir Aurel Stein FBA, to commemorate his friendship with Sir Thomas Arnold FBA, for ‘the encouragement of research on the antiquities or historical geography or early history or arts of those parts of Asia which come within the sphere of the ancient civilizations of India, China, and Iran, including Central Asia, or of one or more of these and so that special consideration shall be paid, if possible, to research of this character bearing upon the territories comprised in the present Kingdom of Afghanistan including the region of ancient Bactria and in the north-western frontier region of India’.

Eligibility requirements

Applications are invited from early career and established scholars to engage in research that

should be ‘so far as possible by means of exploratory work’. Awards are offered to support aspects of research including travel and research assistance and are not available to fund attendance at conferences or seminars.

Applicants must be British or Hungarian subjects of postdoctoral status or comparable experience.

Applications are not accepted from postgraduate students.

Value and duration

Awards are tenable for 24 months and do not normally exceed £2500.

Application process

Applications must be submitted online using the British Academy’s Grant Management System (GMS), Flexi-Grant®. Applicants will need to register themselves in the system (if not already registered).                              

Deadline for submission of applications: Wednesday 8 January 2025, 17:00 (GMT)

Results expected: by 31 March 2025

Earliest start date for research: 1 April 2025