Two grants of up to £1,000 each are available to support postgraduate students in any field of the arts, humanities and social sciences to participate in fieldwork or other research activity in Türkiye. In addition to the grant, the BIAA will offer successful applicants free accommodation at the BIAA guesthouse in Ankara.
Applicants should be British citizens enrolled on a Master’s or PhD programme at a recognised UK Higher Education Institution. Research may relate to any historical period up to and including contemporary Türkiye.
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Support is available for scholars of postgraduate status and above from countries bordering the Black Sea to travel to the UK in order to visit a recognised UK Higher Education Institution and further their research interests (e.g. by studying a museum collection, using a university library and/or presenting papers at conferences/workshops).
Support is also available for scholars to travel to the Institute’s premises in Ankara in order to further their research interests by using the collections held at the BIAA’s centre for research excellence.
Applicants wishing to visit the UK are expected to have provisionally organised their research trip prior to applying for BIAA financial support, and are asked to confirm the participation of the host institution in the UK. Applicants wishing to visit the Institute in Ankara are encouraged to apply to visit during the winter months, when accommodation at the Institute’s guesthouse in Ankara is more readily available. Awards up to a maximum of £1,000 are available.
Support is available to support scholars of postgraduate status and above from countries bordering the Black Sea. The funds must be taken up within one year of award. Applications will be considered by the BIAA Research Committee.
Call for applications usually announced in March. Check currently open calls for applications.
Offered in conjunction with Oxford University
The purpose of the Fellowship scheme, set up in memory of the late Professor Martin Harrison, is to enable Turkish scholars, working in any area of the archaeology of Anatolia from Pre-history to the Ottoman period, to come to the United Kingdom and Oxford, for a period of research. It is intended for scholars from the docent, assistant, and doctoral student levels, who are not able to take advantage of opportunities for travel that are available to senior scholars.
Applications are welcome from archaeologists and scholars in related fields such as epigraphy, numismatics, ancient history, and art history. Applicants should have completed two years of postgraduate research. The Fellowships are intended for scholars from the docent, assistant and doctoral student levels.
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The BIAA has established a scholarship of £1,000 in memory of David Edwin Jameson, who worked in Türkiye with the support of the Institute in 1961, and was greatly impacted by the country and its people. Thanks to generous funds donated by his sister Shelagh, this scholarship will support doctoral candidates who wish to undertake fieldwork in Türkiye relating to the study of the region during the Greek, Roman, or Byzantine periods.
Applicants should be enrolled in a PhD programme at a recognised UK Higher Education Institution.
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Sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.
A grant of up to £400 is available to enable an undergraduate or postgraduate student to participate in a fieldwork project that relates to Hellenic studies (in its widest sense).
Support is available to enable an undergraduate or postgraduate student to participate in a fieldwork project in Türkiye or the region of the Black Sea littoral. Applicants must be undergraduate or postgraduate students based in a UK Higher Education Institution.
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In memory of archaeologist Dr David French, Director of the British Institute at Ankara from 1969-1985 and indefatigable explorer of Türkiye ancient and modern, his family have established two scholarships to be administered by the Institute.
Two travel grants of up to £1,000 each are available to support undergraduate or postgraduate students to visit Türkiye and extend their knowledge and understanding of the region’s history, geography, culture and environment. In addition to the grant, the BIAA will offer successful applicants free accommodation at the BIAA guesthouse in Ankara.
Applicants should be enrolled on a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD programme at a recognised UK Higher Education Institution. The fieldwork or other research activity for which support is sought may relate to any historical period up to and including contemporary Türkiye. Applications relating to an individual’s first visit to Türkiye for study purposes will be particularly welcomed.
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