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Category: Fellowships and Grants

WHN funded grant schemes and fellowships announced here

Blog and News, Fellowships and Grants, Prizes

Fellowships for Independent Researchers

Dr Nancy Highcock / May 7, 2020

  The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of up to £750 to support the direct costs of those researching women’s history, who are not employed in higher education. The research should be intended to lead to a…

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Blog and News, Fellowships and Grants, Prizes

Fellowship for Early Career Researchers

Dr Nancy Highcock / April 18, 2020

The Women’s History Network is offering three WHN fellowships to support ECRs. Each fellowship is designed to provide financial support to those who have completed their doctorate but are yet to secure their first academic post. The fellowship includes: A bursary of…

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Fellowships and Grants

Women’s History Network Corona Virus Hardship Fund

Professor Maggie Andrews / March 27, 2020

The Women’s History Network is awarding eight awards comprising of a one-off payment of £400 to assist historians of women who are suffering financial hardship as a consequence of the Corona Virus. Examples of those who could apply to this…

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PostGrad Small Grants Scheme– Deadline of June 1st!

Dr Nancy Highcock / March 26, 2020

  The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of £1,000 for the holding of a one day conference on women’s history organised by full time or part time postgraduates in universities or other institutions of higher education in…

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Fellowships and Grants

Fellowships for Independent Researchers

WHN / July 1, 2019

The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of up to £750 to support the direct costs of those researching women’s history, who are not employed in higher education. The research should be intended to lead to a published…

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Fellowships and Grants

Fellowships for Early Career Researchers

WHN / July 1, 2019

The Women’s History Network is offering two WHN fellowships to support ECRs. Each fellowships is designed provide some financial support to those in that challenging time between completing their doctorate and their first academic post to continue working in women’s history. The…

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Fellowships and Grants

WOMEN’S HISTORY NETWORK (UK) SMALL GRANTS POSTGRADUATE SCHEME

WHN / September 1, 2017

The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of £1,000 for the holding of a one day conference on women’s history organised by full time or part time postgraduates in universities or other institutions of higher education in the…

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Fellowships and Grants

WOMEN’S HISTORY NETWORK (UK) SMALL GRANTS SCHEME

WHN / August 20, 2017

The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of £1,000 to facilitate a conference on women’s history organised by teaching or research staff in universities or other institutions of higher education in the UK, or by staff in FE…

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Blog and News, Fellowships and Grants

Winner Announced: WHN £1,000 Small Grant Award 2017

WHN / March 26, 2017

Strong applications for the above were received, the first year of the operation of the scheme.  After much discussion and consideration the judges decided to give the award to a group of Postgraduate Students at Hull University, namely Stormm Buxton-Hill,…

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