Research Awards

The Society administers three research funds, and members are invited to apply by the end of January each year for grants awarded in March or April.

The Eric Fletcher Fund was established in 1984, and is available to individual members of the Society, with preference given to younger members, wishing to undertake personal archaeological research. Applications for assistance to attend relevant conferences, or for study tours, are also invited. Awards do not normally exceed £500.

The Sudreys Fund was set up in 1992 to offer an annual award or awards totalling in the region of £500 for travel related to research in the field of Viking studies. The award is not available for the completion of post-graduate dissertations. Sudreys travel grants are available five weeks before the start of the journey so that full advantage may be taken of reduced fares, etc.

The Medieval Archaeology Research Grant was established in 1990 and offers a single award of up to £2000. Applicants must be individual members of the Society wishing to carry out personal research. Excluded are the costs of any excavation or the payment of academic fees.

Applicants should download an application form (Microsoft Word format) and return it to the Honorary Secretary.

Also:

The John Hurst Award will be made annually to the undergraduate dissertation that makes the most original contribution to medieval archaeology (from AD400 to 1500), submitted to a United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland university. The first award will be made in 2007 for a Dissertation completed in the years 2006 or 2007; subsequent awards will be made annually.

Each Department of Archaeology is invited to submit their best candidate to Dr Stephen Rippon by the end of July 2007. The Dissertations will be read by Dr Stephen Rippon and the Society’s Secretary (Dr Andrew Reynolds), with a short list of four also being read by a third member of Council (currently Prof James Graham-Campbell).

The winner will be offered three year’s free membership of the Society, and one of the Society’s in print Monographs (to be chosen by the winner). The first recipient will also be offered a bursary to attend the 2007 Medieval Europe conference in Paris. An abridged version of the Dissertation will be considered for publication in the Society’s journal, Medieval Archaeology. The other short-listed candidates will be commended.

Martyn Jope Award
In 2007, with Volume 51, the Society is introducing an annual award of £200 for the best novel interpretation, application of analytical method or presentation of new findings published in its journal. The Editorial Committee of the Society will consider all articles and notes for eligibility, and the President will make a presentation at the December AGM, very shortly after publication of the award-winning paper.

For more information about contributing to the journal, please see www.maney.co.uk/journals/notes/ma, particularly guidance on approaching the Editor with suggestions for publication, and the annual submission deadline of 28 February (unfortunately we cannot guarantee to consider later submissions received for the award).