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Surviving the PhD Process as a Self-Funded Student

Surviving the PhD Process as a Self-Funded Student

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

In this post, Dr Eilish Gregory, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Royal Historical Society and an early career researcher, offers an account of her own personal experience of studying her PhD as a self-funded student. While there were many scholarly and personal...
Funding and Fellowship Opportunities in Historical Studies

Funding and Fellowship Opportunities in Historical Studies

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE

There are many funding opportunities for history researchers to apply for in the UK and internationally, including research and travel grants, and library fellowships. Funding grants and fellowship opportunities are advertised across the year, although some have...
From Cold-War Bunker to Art Fund Museum of the Year: Transforming Gairloch Museum

From Cold-War Bunker to Art Fund Museum of the Year: Transforming Gairloch Museum

by royalhistsoc | 16 Nov 2020 | Guest Posts

On 12 October, during BBC’s UK-wide #MuseumPassion week, Gairloch Museum was announced as a winner of the highly prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020. Recognition of the success of an eight-year £2.4M project was a huge accolade for a small, volunteer-run,...
Launching the RHS COVID-19 Hardship Grants for ECR Historians

Launching the RHS COVID-19 Hardship Grants for ECR Historians

by royalhistsoc | 07 May 2020 | RHS Work

The Royal Historical Society (RHS) has today launched an emergency funding scheme for postgraduate and early career historians, the second  of two initiatives from the RHS in response to the specific context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, Margot Finn introduces the...
Bringing Archives to Early Career Historians: A New Partnership with Adam Matthew Digital

Bringing Archives to Early Career Historians: A New Partnership with Adam Matthew Digital

by royalhistsoc | 07 May 2020 | RHS Work

Each year, the Royal Historical Society aims to support around 200 UK-based early career researchers (of any nationality) with grant awards totalling just over £60,000. COVID-19 is having a major impact on the scholars we would normally fund. Here, RHS President...
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