Funding Opportunities
CBRL aims to promote, sponsor and carry out high-quality research in the range of disciplines supported by the British Academy throughout the countries of the Levant.
In accordance with the Strategic Research Plan (2006-2009), the key research fields are:
- The spread of early humans through the Near East from Africa;
- The origins, development and practice of economic and cultural strategies in the Middle East from earliest times to the modern day;
- The development and workings of complex societies and their products;
- Long-term landscape and settlement studies; the relationship between people, past and present, and their built and natural environment;
- Synthetic studies of key historical periods;
- The interface between East and West;
- The investigation of multiple identities in the Middle East;
- The diachronic and synchronic study of the use of language, music and the written record in Middle Eastern society.
Our research funding is intended to complement the BA, AHRC and ESRC research programmes, while being consistent with our declared aims as a charity. Therefore we cannot award grants that are already covered by existing BA grants programmes, nor can we offer research funds to supplement the research budgets of projects already receiving funding from the BA, AHRC or ESRC. Potential applicants are therefore advised to check the British Academy website, our Strategic Research Plan (2006–9), updated summer 2006, and the relevant guidelines and conditions before making an application.
All applications are treated on the basis of the merit of the research design submitted. While priority will be normally be given to continuing projects that have been funded in previous years (up to three years) and post-fieldwork projects (that have already been funded), CBRL is still committed to the need to encourage new projects and to keep access to funding as wide as possible.
If your application is successful, your research project will subsequently be regarded as a CBRL-affiliated project and be eligible for reduced rates of car hire and equipment rental from the institute. CBRL affiliation is also available to projects that are not funded by us, please contact us for more details.
Currently CBRL offers the following awards:
Research Awards
CBRL Research Awards of up to £10,000 are offered for post-doctoral research in the humanities and social sciences to be undertaken in the countries of the Levant.
The period of research must fall between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011. Applications must be of British nationality or normally resident in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. Deadline for all applications is 1 December 2009.
Application Form
Guidance Notes
Conditions
Report Form
Travel Grants
Small grants (up to £800) are available to fund the basic costs of individual travel and are generally (but not exclusively) intended to fund junior researchers. Such grants are not awarded to assist individuals to join a project, where it could be seen as a hidden subsidy to the project in question.
The period of research must fall between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011. Applications must be of British nationality or normally resident in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. Deadline for all applications is 15 January 2010.
Application Form
Guidance Notes
Conditions
Report Form
Visiting Research Fellowships
CBRL Visiting Research Fellowships are offered for doctoral and postdoctoral research in the humanities and social sciences to be undertaken in the Levant (Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria). Fellowships are available to enable individuals to spend a period of between three and nine months in the Levant, which is to include a minimum of one month residence at the British Institute in Amman or the Kenyon Institute in Jerusalem. Applicants must be British or normally resident in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands or registered on a full-time doctoral degree in a UK university.
The period of research must fall between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011. Applications must be of British nationality or normally resident in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. Deadline for all applications is 15 January 2010.
Application Form (Junior Visiting Research Fellow)
Application Form (Senior Visiting Research Fellow)
Guidance Notes
Pilot Study/Pump Priming
This falls into two categories: (1) support for research projects from non-archaeological disciplines, where CBRL is actively seeking to encourage greater diversity among the projects that it supports; and (2) support for researchers undertaking initial exploratory work or a feasibility study with a view to preparing a later application for major funding from a research Council or the British Academy in due course. Awards under either heading may be used to cover travel, round tables, seminars, or initial exploratory fieldwork. In addition, CBRL will assist such feasibility studies through the provision of its facilities and in establishing local contacts. To be eligible under this scheme, a project must involve an element of travel to (or from) the Middle East.
The period of research must fall between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011. Applications must be of British nationality or normally resident in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. Deadline for all applications is 1 December 2009.
Application Form
Guidance Notes
Conference and Outreach Funding
CBRL holds, sponsors, and assists with conferences and other forms of outreach, such as exhibitions and museum displays. Conference and other outreach grants are awarded by CBRL on an annual basis to British citizens or members of the British academic community.
Application: Proposals for such events, or requests for assistance, can be made in writing to the UK Administrative Secretary at the London office. The proposal should be in the form of a letter and include a fully costed budget, details on what other support is available or being sought, and information on exactly what support is sought from CBRL.
Deadline: Conference and related proposals will be considered by the CBRL committee at the next quarterly meeting to take place eight weeks or more after they have been received.
It is recommended that those planning to organise a conference or other outreach project discuss their proposals with the Director in advance of making an application.
Awards will not normally be made to support conference attendance by participants from countries other than the UK or those of the Levant.
Project Affiliation
CBRL invites applications for Project Affiliation for postdoctoral research in the humanities and social sciences to be undertaken in the countries of the Levant (Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria). All applications should clearly demonstrate that CBRL affiliation is sought for a clearly defined piece of research, which will have an identifiable outcome on completion.
Application Form
Guidance Notes
Honorary Fellowships
Honorary Fellows are appointed to enhance the academic standing of the CBRL through the conduct and publication of research of high quality within the arts and humanities. In addition, they are expected to play an active role in the life of CBRL's overseas institutes, through participation in the academic life of these establishments.
For further information and current Honorary Fellows, please click here.
Project Affiliation is required.
Applications may be made for Honorary Fellowships at any time of the year.
Research Awards
Travel Grants
Visiting Research Fellowships
Pilot Study/Pump Priming
Conference and Outreach Funding
Project Affiliation
Honorary Fellowships
