Section Five: Other sources of funding – some suggestions
Government departments
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Research Development International development funding - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Research portal for FCDO. FCDO does not accept speculative proposals, but issues research calls inviting proposals.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
http://www.defra.gov.uk/evidence/funding/
Research portal for DEFRA. DEFRA does not accept speculative proposals, but issues research calls inviting proposals and also has an email newsletter with funding calls
Charities, trusts, and foundations
Nuffield Foundation
Children and Families, Law in Society, Education and Open Door research on topics, which support the Foundation’s objectives to ‘improve social wellbeing’. Relevance to policy and practice would be desirable.
More details: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/
On Research funding opportunities see https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/funding/research-development-and-analysis-fund
The Gerda Henkel Foundation
Gerda Henkel offer funding for Research Projects and Research Scholarships in the historical humanities (History; Prehistory and Early History; Archaeology; Art History; Historic Islamic Studies; Legal History; History of Science). They also have thematic calls that have recently focused on Islam and Security and the State.
More details: https://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/grants
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung
Support of projects by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation focuses on scholars in the humanities, social science and biomedicine fields. Applications can be made in the fields of:
- History, Language & Culture
- State, Economy and Society
- Medicine and the Natural Sciences
- Interdisciplinary projects are also welcomed by the foundation.
More details: https://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/foerderung/foerderarten/allgemeines/?L=1