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Grants

 

The Maltwood Fund:
A fund set up to encourage high quality research into the archaeology, history and vernacular building history of Somerset. Details and Application Form

The Gray Fund:
A fund set up to promote archaeology, fund exploration, and training, encouraging all engagement, amateur and professional, including younger people in order to broaden our understanding of archaeology in Somerset. Details and Application Form

The Desmond Williams Bequest:
A fund to support the publishing of research into the vernacular buildings in and around Somerset, under the editorial responsibility of the SANHS Historic Buildings Committee. Details and Application Form


Diary and Details for Applications for the Maltwood and Gray Funds:

June & October                                 - Letters and emails to Universities, Societies, museums marketing the grants, online forms available here
November                                          - Board reviews the funds and sets the allocations for each fund for the following financial year
August 31st & December 31st            - Deadlines for completed application forms to be submitted for consideration
February & October                           - Grant committee meets to decide awards
March & November                            - Applicants will be sent notice of approved or rejected applications

Reports on completed work submitted by successful applicants will be kept at Castle until the next grant committee meeting, then submitted to the SANHS library within 12 months of notification of successful application.
Payment will be made to the applicant within 30 days of receipt of the report.

Applications are invited from representatives of University Departments and other qualified organisations and persons engaged in archaeological and antiquarian research to be carried out in, or relating to the County of Somerset during the year 2009.

An amount of approximately £4000 in total for the year will be available for distribution. It will be allocated by the Society's Council on the advice of an expert Committee representative of various qualified Organisations and Universities.

 

Applications should include detailed information on the application form under the following headings:

· A description of the proposed scheme for the year 2009 and, in the case of schemes already in hand, a description of the progress so far achieved.

· An assessment of the archaeological or antiquarian importance of the scheme, in relation to other projects of a like nature.

· Sufficient details of the organisation responsible for, or sponsoring the work, to satisfy the Committee that it will be efficiently and economically conducted and that the results will be published. Also, details of any previous projects or publications.

· A clear and realistic estimate, however approximate, of the probable cost of the work to be carried out in 2009, with separate costing of differing items wherever possible, and

· An indication of any funds likely to be available from other sources. These sources should be stated, because money from the Fund is limited.

· For the Gray Fund, proposals to promote the training or the engagement of amateurs or younger people in archaeology will be considered.

Applications need not be limited to projects of excavation of archaeological sites. Proposals for research by means of field study not involving excavation, for historical research or for the investigation or publication of material already in museums, libraries, Record Offices, and the like will also be entertained. Print and paper costs of final publication will not be met by this grant.


Completed application forms for the Maltwood and Gray Funds should be submitted by 31st December 2008 to:

The Administrator, Maltwood Fund, Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society,
Roger Taylor, Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset TA1 4AA

 

 

Details of the Desmond Williams Bequest:

This is a smaller fund set up by Commander Desmond Williams, a great recorder of the vernacular buildings of historic Somerset, to encourage publication in this field.

Applications will be considered quarterly by the SANHS Historic Buildings Committee.

Please print and complete the application form, giving as much information as possible as indicated, and submit to:

Anthony Bruce, Hon Sec Historic Buildings Committee, Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society,
c/o Cards Farm, Stawley, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 0HS.