Grants & prizes

The Society offers a range of grants and prizes in support of those undertaking research into Economic and/or Social History at all levels, including undergraduate, postgraduate and postdoctoral.

Thirsk-Feinstein PhD Dissertation Prize

We award a prize of £1,000 annually for the best PhD in Economic and/or Social History. Deadline: 31 December.

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Undergraduate Project Facility Grant

The Society will consider applications for small grants for undergraduate projects in economic and social history. The projects must be for final degree examinations in United Kingdom colleges and universities. The amount awarded will not normally be over £250.

Bursary Scheme for PhD Students

We invite applications for one-year bursaries of up to £5,000 to assist doctoral students (PhD) in UK colleges and universities.

Research Fund for Graduate Students

Fund for travel and accommodation expenses incurred in the undertaking of research into any aspect of economic and /or social history.

Economic History Society Fellowships

In conjunction with the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), we offer up to four one-year postdoctoral Fellowships in economic and/or social history, tenable at the Institute.

Carnevali Small Research Grant Scheme

The Economic History Society maintains a fund to encourage small-scale research initiatives or pilot studies in economic and/or social history.

Initiatives & Conference Fund

Fund to encourage otherwise unfunded workshops, special meetings and other interesting initiatives in economic and social history.

BME Events and Activities Small Grants Scheme

The Social History Society, Economic History Society, and History UK have established this funding scheme to support Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) history in the UK.

Institute of Historical Research Course Bursaries

The course, organised and administered by the Institute of Historical Research and supported by the Economic History Society, is an introduction, through arranged visits and lectures, to historical methods and to the sources available in London.

Prizes

Thirsk-Feinstein PhD Dissertation Prize

The Economic History Society has introduced an annual prize of £1,000 for the best doctoral dissertation in Economic and/or Social History.

First Monograph Prize in Economic and/or Social History

We award a prize of £1,000, on a biennial basis, for the best first monograph in Economic and/or Social History.

T.S. Ashton Prize

The T.S. Ashton Prize, established with funds donated by the late Professor T.S. Ashton (1889-1968), will be awarded annually, at the Annual Conference, to the author of the best article accepted for publication in the Economic History Review in the previous two calendar years.