Here you may apply for the Society's Scouloudi Public History Grants. Grants support collaborative public history projects that bring together historians working in Higher Education with those working in the field of public history, broadly defined, and including the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector and community history. This is a new programme for 2025 made possible by the Scouloudi Foundation.
The Society looks to award up to 4 Grants of £1,000 each, for projects to run between July 2025 and June 2026. The Grants seek to help historians, working together within and beyond Higher Education, to undertake defined projects of value and benefit to a public audience.
Grants will be awarded for projects that require small-scale funding to begin and complete a defined phase of work, or continue to a next defined phase of a larger project. Recipients are expected to undertake their project between July 2025 and June 2026.
For the purposes of these awards, the Society defines public history as collaborative activities that bring together, in a co-productive relationship, historians working in Higher Education with those employed or engaged in the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector or with community history groups.
Scouloudi Public History Grants may be used to support a range of initiatives. These may include (but are not limited to):
- venue hire to facilitate meetings or exhibitions of work;
- travel by participants to undertake a project;
- production costs for outputs arising from the project, e.g. printing, displays or record storage
- online or print publications / communications to support a project.
As this is a programme designed to bring together historians in Higher Education with those in public history, we ask that each application names two lead applicants, one from each of your principal areas of work (e.g. HE, the GLAM sector, community history). Only one application per project is required.
Applications will comprise submission of:
- details of two lead applicants (one working in Higher Education) and one outside HE;
- short CVs (2-page max) for both lead applicants;
- a joint statement on the project and proposed use of funds (500-750 words max).
Please note the criteria for eligibility for this award, including current active Fellowship / Membership of the Royal Historical Society. You will be asked to demonstrate your eligibility during the submission of your application.
The Royal Historical Society seeks to use its limited funds to make the greatest impact upon the historian community, by prioritising awards to those with greatest need. In making your application, you are encouraged to ensure you provide sufficient detail to enable those on the awarding panel to ascertain why access to these funds is necessary for you.
We will also ask for an honest assessment of alternative funds available to you, via your institution. Access to alternative funds will not invalidate your submission, but will contribute towards the assessment of your application and may result in an award of a different value being made if successful
Further information on the RHS Scouloudi Public History Grants, 2025 may be found here.
For enquiries about grants or making an application please contact: administration@royalhistsoc.org.
RHS Scouloudi Public History Grants
Here you may apply for the Society's Scouloudi Public History Grants. Grants support collaborative public history projects that bring together historians working in Higher Education with those working in the field of public history, broadly defined, and including the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector and community history. This is a new programme for 2025 made possible by the Scouloudi Foundation.
The Society looks to award up to 4 Grants of £1,000 each, for projects to run between July 2025 and June 2026. The Grants seek to help historians, working together within and beyond Higher Education, to undertake defined projects of value and benefit to a public audience.
Grants will be awarded for projects that require small-scale funding to begin and complete a defined phase of work, or continue to a next defined phase of a larger project. Recipients are expected to undertake their project between July 2025 and June 2026.
For the purposes of these awards, the Society defines public history as collaborative activities that bring together, in a co-productive relationship, historians working in Higher Education with those employed or engaged in the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector or with community history groups.
Scouloudi Public History Grants may be used to support a range of initiatives. These may include (but are not limited to):
- venue hire to facilitate meetings or exhibitions of work;
- travel by participants to undertake a project;
- production costs for outputs arising from the project, e.g. printing, displays or record storage
- online or print publications / communications to support a project.
As this is a programme designed to bring together historians in Higher Education with those in public history, we ask that each application names two lead applicants, one from each of your principal areas of work (e.g. HE, the GLAM sector, community history). Only one application per project is required.
Applications will comprise submission of:
- details of two lead applicants (one working in Higher Education) and one outside HE;
- short CVs (2-page max) for both lead applicants;
- a joint statement on the project and proposed use of funds (500-750 words max).
Please note the criteria for eligibility for this award, including current active Fellowship / Membership of the Royal Historical Society. You will be asked to demonstrate your eligibility during the submission of your application.
The Royal Historical Society seeks to use its limited funds to make the greatest impact upon the historian community, by prioritising awards to those with greatest need. In making your application, you are encouraged to ensure you provide sufficient detail to enable those on the awarding panel to ascertain why access to these funds is necessary for you.
We will also ask for an honest assessment of alternative funds available to you, via your institution. Access to alternative funds will not invalidate your submission, but will contribute towards the assessment of your application and may result in an award of a different value being made if successful
Further information on the RHS Scouloudi Public History Grants, 2025 may be found here.
For enquiries about grants or making an application please contact: administration@royalhistsoc.org.