Grants & Awards
The Society supports high-quality research and publication relating to Scotland’s past by making several grants and awards each year.
Research
Society Research Grants are available to anyone wishing to undertake high-quality research relating to Scotland’s past, with previous examples listed on our Society-funded Research webpage. Funding is available for excavation (except rescue archaeological fieldwork), for post-excavation and scientific analysis, and to enable experts to visit other museums, collections, or archives at home or abroad to carry out research. Applications for direct publication costs or outreach activity will also be considered where this is congruent with the Society’s Vision and Mission Statement.
The Audrey Henshall Legacy Fund is also available to those wishing to develop and undertake impactful research on pre-Roman archaeology in Scotland, while the Dr Euan MacKie Legacy Fund is available to pay for scientific analyses, including radiocarbon dates, relating to Neolithic, Bronze Age or Iron Age Scotland.
If you are an “Under 26 or Student Fellow” of the Society, you can apply for an Under 26 or Student Fellow Grant to help with the costs of attending conferences or sharing your research.
Lectures
The Society offers Regional Fund Buchan Lecture grants to local archaeological, antiquarian, or similar societies to help fund a lecture (either singly or as part of a symposium or conference).
Restoration and Repair
Awards are available through the Dalrymple Donaldson Fund for the “judicious restoration and repair of buildings of historical and antiquarian interest in Scotland, England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Greece but especially in Scotland.”
Publication Awards
The Society awards the R B K Stevenson Award, Chalmers-Jervise Prize and Murray Prize for History for papers published in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Volunteer Work
Both Fellows and non-Fellows are invited to put forward nominees for the Dorothy Marshall Medal, awarded to an individual who in a voluntary capacity has made an outstanding contribution to Scottish archaeological or related work.
Support Our Work
The Society is grateful to our Fellows across the globe, whose subscription fees enable us to distribute these grants each year. If you would like to support our work as a charity and enjoy the many benefits of Fellowship, find out how to join or subscribe to our public e-newsletter to learn more about our work.
