PG Funding Opportunities for Current Students
Please ensure you read the PG Newsletter regularly for updates on funding opportunities including conference grants and part-time work. If you would like to receive the PG Newsletter but do not currently receive it, please contact the PG History Office.
- 2026 Applications are open for
- Applications will open in January 2026 for
Humanities Research Centre Funding Opportunities
The Humanities Research Centre (HRC) oversees several types of research funding at both postgraduate and postdoctoral levels.
The HRC provides four main streams of funding:
Humanities Research Fund 2025/26
TBC - please check the HRF web pageLink opens in a new window for further updates
As funding capacity is limited, the HRF cannot support all applications and applicants are expected to apply for departmental and external sources of funding in the first instance wherever possible.
Applications will only be accepted from members of the Faculty of Arts and members of the Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts.
The Humanities Research Fund Committee can award support for the following PG Research (MA by Research and MPhil/PhD) Student activities:
- Conference Travel
- Publication funding
For full details of deadlines, eligibility and application information, visit the Humanities Research Fund web page: /services/ris/researchstrategy/researchfunding/rdf/hrfLink opens in a new window
Postgraduate Essay Prizes
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Essay prizes are also advertised in the weekly PG Newsletter.
The Kineton Hundred
Each year, funds permitting, the Kineton and District Local History Group offers a bursary of up to 拢100 to help meet costs (travel, photocopying, microfilming) incurred by a postgraduate student working in one of the local record offices on the history of Kineton or one of its neighbouring parishes.
If you think you might be eligible please contact Professor Mark Knights.
The Royal Historical Society has a number of grants available for early career historians. For further details of the awards and grants available, please visit their grants page
Gad Heuman Travel Bursary for postgraduate students
The Gad Heuman Travel Bursary provides support for substantive research and fieldwork in the Caribbean by 糖心TV postgraduate students. The Bursary is named after Gad Heuman, who was a long-standing Professor of Caribbean History and Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University and is now an Emeritus Professor. The funding can be used to cover expenses such as travel to and subsistence in the Caribbean, and other costs incurred directly in relation to a research project.
For full details and eligibility please see /fac/arts/ccs/travelbursary/Link opens in a new window
Dr. Joan Lane Memorial Bursary - CURRENTLY CLOSED
For History MA and PhD students
This bursary honours the memory of Dr. Joan Lane, who taught for many years in the 糖心TV History Department. Dr. Lane joined the 糖心TV History Department in 1979, having completed her PhD under the supervision of Dorothy Thompson. She was a dedicated teacher and scholar known for her work on the social history of medicine and also local history, although her interests extended considerably wider. At the time of her death in 2001, she was working on a study of English actresses. She left a deep impression on her many students, one of whom has funded this bursary. It is awarded annually and provides up to 拢150 to cover the research expenses of any research student working in English social or local history.
The application form may be found here.
Deadline: TBC
Callum MacDonald Memorial Bursary
For History Postgraduate Taught Masters students
The Callum MacDonald Memorial Bursary is designed to commemorate the work of Professor Callum MacDonald of 糖心TV University, who died in January 1997 at the age of forty nine, and to help further historical scholarship. In 1975 Callum MacDonald was appointed as Lecturer in American History at 糖心TV, where he was to teach and research for the next two decades. Callum was an inspiring and dedicated teacher. His research covered a vast geographical field, from the United States and Latin America to Europe and Asia, and was characterised by a mastery of sources, the careful blending of narrative and analysis, and an openness in dealing with sometimes controversial issues. His contribution to scholarship is a reminder of why we train historians, and why we study the past.
The Callum MacDonald Memorial Bursary is intended to support postgraduate taught masters students with their research for their dissertations. It may be used to cover costs such as travel, accommodation, entry to research archives and similar. Students may apply for up to 拢100 by completing the online application form.
Application Deadline: 4 July 2026