Palaeontology Association: Small Grants Scheme

Palaeontology Association: Small Grants Scheme

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Palaeontological Association
Amount: Up to £1,500
Last Updated: September 17, 2025

Summary

The Palaeontology Association offers the Small Grants Scheme to support research, travel, and fieldwork in palaeontology. Multiple awards of up to £1500 are available, with preference for students, early career researchers, and retired members of the Association. Notably, these grants do not support meeting attendance or salary costs, and projects must be distinct without overlapping with other funding applications. This scheme encourages innovative palaeontological advancements and fosters community engagement.

Overview

In honour of three donors the Association offers multiple awards each year to fund palaeontological research, travel and fieldwork. These are integrated under the Small Grants Scheme. All are open to any member of the Association, although preference is given to students, early career researchers, and members of the Association who are retired. Awards are as follows: Sylvester-Bradley Awards: Multiple awards up to £1500 GBP each, for palaeontological research.Whittington Award: An award up to £1500 GBP for a project which is normally based on museum collections.Stan Wood Award: A maximum of two awards of up to £1500 GBP for projects in vertebrate palaeontology, and ideally involving fieldwork and fossil collecting.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The total project should be achievable within the sum requested. The project should not be a component of a larger project and this should be made clear in the applicationIf applications to other bodies for funding the same project are successful, then payments will not be granted, or will be withheld.If your current research project significantly overlaps with this application, provide an explanation of why funding is required above that available for the normal degree programme, together with details of all relevant work that has been or will be undertaken prior to the commencement of the work for which funding is being sought. We also ask for informaiton on current reserach funding and any plans for the proposed research forming a chapter in any PhD thesis. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.

Ineligibility

Grants are not made to attend meetings. Grants will not cover salary costs.We do not fund credit-bearing elements of BSc/MSci/MSc projects.Funding will not be made retrospectively.