PHD FIELDWORK GRANTS
The aim of the SLSA PhD Fieldwork Grants Scheme is to support fieldwork for which other funding sources are not available and to encourage socio-legal research initiatives in a practical way. The SLSA welcomes and encourages applications from PGR members for research funding in all areas of socio-legal studies. In total the SLSA Board has awarded over £61,000 in support of a wide variety of socio-legal research projects under this scheme.
SCHEME GUIDANCE
Under this scheme, individual awards are up to a maximum of £2000.
Note: a proportion of this funding pot is ring-fenced for those in precarious employment.
Applicants to the scheme must be current members in good standing of the SLSA, wherever they live, on 31 October in the year of the application. You can check your membership status here.
Please download and read the guidance carefully before submitting your application.
You must use the online form for your grant application. Note: If you need the guidance or application form in an alternative, accessible format, please contact the SLSA Administrator.
Applicants will be advised of the success or otherwise of their applications in early February each year.
You are advised to look at the titles, reports and summaries from past grantholders published in previous issues of the Socio-Legal Newsletter to help you decide whether your project is appropriate for a grant.
Applying for a grant: 'dos' and 'don'ts'
Advice about applying for our funding schemes has appeared in past issues of the the Socio-Legal Newsletter. The guidance was updated in June 2024 by Rebecca Moosavian and Marie Selwood.
See below for the full list of past grantholders and project titles.
Grants Committee
The Committee Chair is Dr Richard Craven, University of Sheffield. For queries about this scheme: please email admin@slsa.ac.uk.
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