Grants and Awards
These pages contain lots of information and ideas on different grants and awards in UK archaeology. If you have any further ideas or would like to notify us of a new award, please contact us.
In addition to the list below, further funding ideas can be found in the Heritage Funding Directory. If your organisation or group is a voluntary sector charity, try also visiting the NCVO’s Funding Central website or the Heritage Lottery Fund.
You may also be interested in our Community Archaeology Bursaries Project – either as a candidate or as a potential host organisation.
For further information on the CBA Endorsed Insurance scheme, please visit our insurance section and to see more benefits of becoming a CBA Affiliate member go to our membership pages.
- Andante Travels Archaeology Award
- Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries
- Arts & Humanities Research Council: Major Research Grants
- Association for Industrial Archaeology: Fieldwork and Recording Awards
- Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics
- Awards for All
- Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Research Grants
- British Academy: Conference Support
- British Academy: Research Grants
- British Archaeological Awards
- Cambrian Archaeological Association: Research Fund
- CBA: Challenge Funding
- CBA: Grants for Publication
- CBA South East: Grants
- City of London Archaeological Trust: Grants for Work in Greater London
- Dorset Archaeological Award
- Derrick Riley Fund
- England’s Historic Places of Worship
- Europa Nostra Awards
- Informal Learning Fund
- Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF)
- Modernisation Fund: Real Help for Communities
- Robert Kiln Trust Award
- Royal Society Fellowships
- Rural Direct: Scotland
- Scotland Rural Development Plan
- Ironbridge Institute: John Pagett Bursary
- Leverhulme Trust Awards
- Margary Research Grants
- Marsh Archaeology Award
- Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society: Research Fund
- Prehistoric Society: Conference and Research Funds
- Presentation of Heritage Research Award
- Roman Research Trust: Grant Fund
- Roman Society: Hugh Last and Donald Atkinson Funds
- Rosemary Cramp Fund
- Royal Archaeological Institute: Research Grants
- Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA): The People’s Record
- Society of Antiquaries of London: Grants and Funds
- Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Grants and Funds
- Society for Church Archaeology: Research Grant
- Society for Medieval Archaeology: Awards
- Tebbutt Research Fund
- Wellcome Trust: Awards in Bioarchaeology
- Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
- York Foundation for Conservation and Craftsmanship







