Medieval Academy: Olivia Remie Constable Award Grant

Medieval Academy: Olivia Remie Constable Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Medieval Academy Of America
Amount: US $1,500
Last Updated: January 03, 2026

Summary

The Medieval Academy of America offers the Olivia Remie Constable Award, providing four annual grants of $1,500 for unaffiliated scholars, adjuncts, postdoctoral lecturers, and pre-tenure faculty to support research and travel. Applicants must be members in good standing as of January 15 of the application year. This award honors Remie Constable's legacy by fostering interdisciplinary research in Medieval Studies, including support for travel to archives and conferences, and other academic needs.

Overview

About The Medieval Academy of America is the largest organization in the United States promoting excellence in the field of medieval studies. It was founded in 1925 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. The academy publishes the quarterly journal Speculum, and awards prizes, grants, and fellowships. The Medieval Academy supports research, publication, and teaching in medieval art, archaeology, history, law, literature, music, philosophy, religion, science, social and economic institutions, and all other aspects of the Middle Ages. Olivia Remie Constable Award Four Olivia Remie Constable Awards of $1,500 will be granted annually in memory of Remie Constable. Unaffiliated scholars, adjuncts, postdoctoral lecturers, and other junior faculty members (pre-tenure) are invited to apply for research and travel. Ideally, at least one award should be reserved for a contingent faculty member (not on the tenure track) This award is meant to reflect the high standards of Remie’s scholarship, but is not limited to her own specialty in the economic history of Arabic Spain, as suggested by her publications, but her broader interdisciplinary interests in Medieval Studies (as exemplified by her teaching, her leadership, and her service to the discipline). The award may be used to fund travel to archives or scholarly conferences; for acquiring copies of documents; to pay for images, equipment, hardware, software, or digital access; and/or to purchase library privileges if necessary. The Olivia Remie Constable Awards will be granted on the basis of the quality of applicants’ proposed projects and estimations of the ways in which an award will facilitate their research.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Unaffiliated scholars, adjuncts, postdoctoral lecturers, and other junior faculty members (pre-tenure) are invited to apply for research and travel.Applicants must be members in good standing of the Medieval Academy as of 15 January of the year in which they apply. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Applicants must be members in good standing of the Medieval Academy as of 15 January of the year in which they apply.

Ineligibility

Please note that current graduate students are not eligible.