The Royal Historical Society is a learned society and charity that primarily supports historians, especially early-career researchers, postgraduate students, and mid-career scholars developing major research outputs. Its funding is tightly aligned to the practice of historical scholarship: archive visits, short research trips, writing fellowships, workshops, conference panels, and teaching innovation. It also supports a small number of more specialized fellowships, such as work on Scottish history, and often requires membership or a clear fit with the history profession.
Modest, targeted grants and fellowships, typically short-term and project-specific. Funding ranges from small research support awards of about $500-$1,000 to fellowship-style grants and workshop/panel support, with recurring deadlines for some programs and likely committee-based review rather than open, continuous funding.
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Check eligibility carefully: several schemes are limited to RHS members or postgraduate members, and early-career awards are often restricted to researchers within five years of PhD completion. Use the published deadlines for the small grants programs (next closing date listed as Friday 5 June 2026), and tailor applications to a defined historical project, archive visit, workshop, or publication plan rather than general research support.
Current and upcoming funding from Royal Historical Society that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Reserved for applicants from groups underrepresented in academic history; further eligibility details on the grant page.
Deadline: Next closing date: (stated alongside other June deadlines) Friday 5 June 2026 (page truncated but listed with June calls)
Who can apply: One of the two lead applicants must be a current member of the Royal Historical Society. The project should support innovative practice in public history and involve historians in higher education working with practitioners from other sectors.
Deadline: Next closing date: Friday 5 June 2026
Who can apply: The lead applicant must be a current member of the Royal Historical Society. Awards support participation by panellists with no alternative source of funding.
Deadline: Next closing date: Friday 5 June 2026
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