The Economic History Society offers flexible funding for researchers at each career stage
Top tips:
- Ensure your application fits the scheme to which you apply; read the remit of each scheme carefully and spell out how your bid is aligned
- Ensure you are using the correct economic or social history methodologies in historical research
- Contact the society if you have any questions and ask for the criteria that panel members use to assess applications
The Economic History Society runs a range of schemes. The funder’s Research Grants, worth up to £1,000 each, support postgraduate students undertaking research into any aspect of economic and social history. Its Initiatives and Conference Fund provides grants of up to £2,000 to otherwise unfunded workshops, special meetings and other initiatives. And its Carnevali Small Research Grants offers grants of up to £5,000 for small-scale research initiatives or pilot studies.