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In response to growing collaborative activity across the Environmental Humanities, a new branch of funding is available. This funding stream is provided from the Associate PVCs Research for H&C and Environment theme, and from SMPCS. 

Key Information about the Fund

What are we looking to fund? Small projects that support growing collaborations across the Environmental Humanities.

Eligible costs include travel, accommodation, and subsistence; catering; teaching buyout; campus jobs support; consumables; event costs. Project activity could include (not an exhaustive list):

How much is available? The fund totals £12,000. The maximum value of individual requests is £2,000  

Who can apply? As a minimum, we would expect to see at least one researcher from an arts and humanities discipline, and one from an environmental/earth sciences discipline who are collaborating to answer a joint research question(s) or address a common problem(s). Since this Fund aims to promote collaboration between °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ researchers, we would expect the Project Lead and Co-Lead to be based at UoR. Projects could be any inter-/multi-/cross-disciplinary research collaboration between these disciplines. As the Environmental Humanities has a broad definition, we would not wish to constrain researchers’ interpretations of this. 

Deadline for applications: 11th November 2024

Project window: Projects can start from 1st January 2025 and funds must be spent by 31st July 2025

How to apply: Please complete the application form . Funding is conditional upon:

• a set up meeting with your research development manager to discuss plans to develop the collaboration further; and
• a short report on progress and outcomes submitted to the Environment and H&C APVCs for Research by 1 September 2025 (one page A4).

Costs should be estimated using a cost calculator available from Research Services (contact d.e.davies@reading.ac.uk). Funds allocated must be spent by 31 July 2025. For advice on funding opportunities available for research grants, please contact Rachel Lewis (r.g.lewis@reading.ac.uk) or Daniel Williamson (d.williamson@reading.ac.uk)

Sandpit Workshop, 9th October 2024

To support applications, an Environmental Humanities Sandpit and Networking workshop will be held on 9th October 2024, 13:00 – 15:00 in Chancellors, G12. The room, and support from RES colleagues, will be available after this (until approx. 16:30). This workshop will provide space to meet potential collaborators, develop projects, and seek advice from Research Services to develop a proposal. Please note that attendance at this workshop is not compulsory to apply to the fund, neither does attendance at the workshop guarantee funding. 

Please indicate your attendance via . To ensure the event is as useful as possible, please also answer a few questions to outline what you would like from the session. Please respond by 2nd October to enable planning for the session. 

Keeping Informed

If you are involved or interested in the Environmental Humanities or making inter/trans/cross-disciplinary connections between Humanities and Environment research themes, please to ensure you are kept up to date with news, events, and opportunities surrounding this field.