Bursaries
We offer two bursaries each year to support individual work on any aspect of Scottish History. We also offer one bursary to support conferences or workshops.
Applications will open in January 2025 with a deadline of 31 March 2025.
Postgraduate, Early Career and independent researcher Bursary
An annual fund of £1000 designed to support research by postgraduate and early career researchers who have do not yet hold a permanent, full-time academic post. Application deadline: 31 March 2025. Please contact Stephen.Mullen@glasgow.ac.uk for application forms with ‘Postgraduate, Early Career and independent researcher Bursary’ as your subject line.
Mid-Career and Retired Scholars
An annual award of up to £3000 for a mid-career or retired scholar pursuing original research. This funding is intended to support particularly those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a planned programme research. Application deadline: 31 March 2025. Please contact Stephen.Mullen@glasgow.ac.uk for application forms with ‘Mid-Career and Retired Scholars Bursary’ as your subject line.
Conference and Workshop Funding Scheme
An annual fund of up to £1000 is available to support conferences or workshops on any subject relating to Scottish History. Application deadline: 31 March 2025.Please contact Stephen.Mullen@glasgow.ac.uk for application forms with ‘Conference and Workshop Funding Scheme’ as your subject line.
Previous Holders
2019
PGR/Independent support
Thomas Archambaud, University of Glasgow
Robbie Johnston, University of Edinburgh
Jennifer McHugh, Lancaster University
2020
PGR/Independent support
David Johnson, University of Newcastle
Patrick Watt, Independent Scholar
2021
PGR/Independent support
Nicholás Gómez Baeza, University of Warwick
Daniel Brooks, Jesus College, Oxford
Giovanni Lista, Independent Scholar
Cameron Stewart, University of Aberdeen
Hannah Telling, University of Glasgow
2022
PGR/Independent support
Calum Cunningham, Stirling University
Eloise Grey, Independent Scholar
Matthew Lee, Aberdeen University
Courteney Smith, Boston University
Emma Trivett, Independent Scholar
2023
PGR/Independent support
John Davies, Independent Scholar
Alison Hight, Rutgers
Rebecca Olds, University of Glasgow
Alexandra Plane, University of Newcastle
Mid-Career Bursary Holders
Dr Kyle Thompson, Pittsburg State University
2024
Conference support
Naomi Lloyd-Jones, Histories of Scottish Politics in the Age of Union, c.1700-1945
Jade Scott, Laura Doak and Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh, Women’s Letters in Early-Modern Scotland
PGR/Independent support
Juliette Desportes, The 1745 Jacobite rising and Annexed Estates
Caroline Douglas, Retouching The Archive: Gender and Class in Early Photography in Scotland
Theresa Mackay, Gaidhealtachd Women and their Coastal Kitchens: Nineteenth-century foodways in the west Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Thom Pritchard, Entangled histories of Scots in the 17th century Caribbean.
2025
Conference support
Nial Ingham, Grace Wright, Interrogating the Napier Commission
PGR/Independent support
Scott Macfie, ‘‘Shameful Tyranny!’: Land and Politics on the Dumfries Estate, 1832-1841
Kimm Curran, The Social Context of An Excavation: Elcho Priory and its Archaeological Archives
Eilidh Finlayson, Gendering Scottish Atlantic-Slavery
Jim Gledhill, North Sea oil industry in Scotland
Andrew Simpson, Education and Upbringing of Jacobite Children, 1689-1780
Jessica Reid, Thomas St Serfe: Literature and Public Debate in the Scottish Restoration