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 for the best undergraduate dissertation in medieval archaeology

The John Hurst Award will be made annually to the undergraduate dissertation that makes the most original contribution to medieval archaeology (from ADc.400 to c.1600), submitted to a United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland university.

Each Department of Archaeology is invited to submit the dissertation of their best candidate who completed their degree in 2008 to Dr Sarah Semple (address below) by the end of July 2008. The dissertations will be read by Dr Sarah Semple and the Society’s Secretary (Dr Dawn Hadley), with a short list of four also being read by a third member of Council (Prof James Graham-Campbell).

The winner will be offered three year’s free membership of the Society, one of the Society’s in print Monographs (to be chosen by the winner), and £100. An abridged version or an abstract of the winning dissertation will be considered for publication in the Society’s journal, Medieval Archaeology, at the discretion of the Editor. The other short-listed candidates will be commended.

Dr Sarah Semple, Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road , Durham , DH1 3LE.

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).