The Estella Canziani Post-Graduate Bursary for Research Grant

The Estella Canziani Post-Graduate Bursary for Research, offered by The Folklore Society, supports research in Folklore Studies at UK universities. It covers expenses like materials and transport for field research but excludes tuition fees. Applicants must be registered in a PhD or equivalent program and may apply once per year. The bursary, valued up to £1,500, is available for one year and aims to promote the study and documentation of folklore globally.

About the Folklore Society
The Folklore Society (FLS) is a learned society devoted to the study of traditional culture in all its forms. The term ‘folklore’ describes the overarching concept that holds together a number of aspects of vernacular culture and cultural traditions, and is also the name of the discipline which studies them.
The Folklore Society’s interest and expertise covers such topics as traditional music, song, dance and drama, narrative, arts and crafts, customs and belief.
Under the terms of the registration of our charitable status, our aims are to foster the research and documentation of folklore worldwide, and to make the results of such study available to all, whether members of the Society or not.
The Bursary is intended to support the research aspects of an applicant's programme of study. Funding will not be provided for tuition fees or any fees related to registration and matriculation on a programme of study. The scope of an applicant's research may be on any aspect of Folklore Studies broadly defined, and may be conducted at any university in the United Kingdom. The Bursary may be used for assistance in the conduct of research such as:
the purchase of materials and equipment relevant to the applicant's research,costs of transport to a place of field research whether the location is inside or outside the United Kingdom, ormaintenance while conducting research in the field.
Other needs may be considered at the discretion of the Society's Post-Graduate Bursary Committee. Requests for assistance in attending a conference at which the applicant will present a paper on his or her research may also be considered. The value of the Bursary will vary according to the needs of the applicant's research project, but should not exceed £1,500. The Bursary is for a period of one year or less.

Eligibility

Applicants for the Bursary must be currently registered on a full- or part-time programme of research leading to a PhD. MPhil, MA or an equivalent degree or level 7 or 8 qualification with a research component.Application for a Bursary may be made for any year in the student's research career.An applicant is permitted to make only one application in a calendar year. A candidate may make further requests for assistance in a programme of research for a period of two further consecutive years following the first grant of a research Bursary.

Ineligibility

Funding will not be provided for tuition fees or any fees related to registration and matriculation on a programme of study.