The Royal Historical Society has recently awarded the following grants and fellowships for the coming academic year. These schemes form part of the Society’s research funding which annually makes available nearly £150,000 to historians to undertake projects relating to historical scholarship.
Further details of the current calls for funding, and all RHS programmes, are available here.
Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowships
First awarded in 2023, Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowships provide support for historians to trial new approaches in teaching History in UK Higher Education, or to undertake surveys of current aspects of History teaching. The Fellowships are named for the Dame Jinty Nelson (1942-2024), President of the Society, 2000-04.
Recipients for 2025-26:
- Jody Crutchley (Liverpool Hope), ‘Using Interactive LED Wall Technology and VR to Teach the History of Settler Colonialism’
- Jasper Heinzen (York), ‘How to Read Foreign-language Sources in 80 Days: Helping Students Get the Most out of Translation Software’
- Jason Lee (De Montfort), ‘Teaching tool to address the historical dimension of conspiracy theories, using MOOCS’
- Marion Loeffler (Cardiff) ‘Digital Training Day for Doctoral Students’
It is hoped that Fellowship projects will prove instructive to fellow historians, with elements that may be incorporated into their own teaching. Examples of recent Teaching Fellowships are available on the RHS blog and as articles in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society.
Funded Book Workshops
First awarded in 2023, Funded Book Workshop Grants provide support for authors currently writing a second or third monograph to hold a day workshop with six invited readers to discuss a draft manuscript.
Recipients for 2025-26:
- Rachel Bright (Keele) for her project ‘Becoming British? A digital history of women’s migration and naturalisation in early twentieth century Australia’ (Manchester University Press)
- Mark Williams (Cardiff) for his project ‘The Uneasy World: A Cultural History of the East India Company, 1600-1757’ (Princeton University Press)
Centenary Fellowships for Doctoral Students
Held for six months, jointly with the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, the RHS Centenary Fellowships enable historians to complete their PhDs and receive research training.
Recipients for 2025-26:
- Angelina Andreeva (Lancaster) for her PhD project, ‘Mapping Lives: Ego Documents and Urban Experiences in London c. 1650-1690’
- Joel Mead (Liverpool) for his PhD project, ‘Breaking and Remaking the British Egg: Intersections of Class, Health, Gender and Animal Welfare, 1941-1999’