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Marc Fitch Fund

Marc Fitch Fund grants

Small grants towards the costs of publishing scholarly work on British and Irish history, archaeology, antiquarian studies, historical geography, art and architectural history, heraldry, genealogy, archival research, artefact conservation and the historic environment. Streams are pre-publication grants, publication grants, occasional special project grants and journal digitisation for archaeological and historical societies. The Fund describes itself as a fund of last resort for worthwhile projects at risk of failing without a grant.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Amount not specified
Deadline
134 days left
1 March
Effort
Heavy
budgets, references, often several stages

Who can apply

  • Authors and researchers, publishers needing a subvention, and (for journal digitisation) local and national archaeological and historical societies
  • The work must be on British or Irish topics in the humanities or social sciences and make a new and significant contribution to knowledge
  • Pre-publication applicants must have work provisionally accepted for publication
  • Journal digitisation applicants must already have 50% of the costs in the bank
  • Applicants must explain why a grant is necessary and show they have tried other funding sources

What it funds

  • Pre-publication grants: mainly costs of commissioning illustrations or paying reproduction licences; also travel and accommodation within the UK and Ireland to visit libraries and archives, and commissioning specialist reports or translation services (work must already be provisionally accepted for publication)
  • Publication grants: subventions required by a publisher, e.g. to increase illustrations, print in colour or reduce the retail price
  • Special project grants (occasionally): e.g. conservation and study of significant artefacts or cataloguing collections, where original research and publication of results are part of the project
  • Journal digitisation: costs of local and national archaeological and historical societies publishing journal backlists online, deposited in a trusted digital repository and free to all in perpetuity

What it will not fund

  • The cost of the author's time spent on research and writing
  • Research on topics that are not British or Irish
  • Works principally concerned with the period after 1979
  • New or revised editions, or translations, of works already published
  • Scientific and technical research (only humanities and social sciences)
  • Fieldwork (only publication of its results)
  • Travel to the UK/Ireland from overseas, foreign travel, or research outside the UK/Ireland
  • Vocational or educational courses, including postgraduate and doctoral research
  • Building works
  • Mounting or attending conferences
  • Mounting exhibitions
  • General appeals

How to apply

  1. Email a brief outline of the project to contact@marcfitchfund.org.uk
  2. If the proposal meets the criteria, the Fund sends the relevant application forms
  3. Submit the completed application and arrange references by the deadline (1 March or 1 August)

the Council of Management meets in spring and autumn; referees' reports carry great weight

Have ready

  • Completed application form (provided after outline is accepted)
  • References from referees
  • Evidence of efforts to secure funding from other sources

journal digitisation applicants must show 50% of costs already in the bank

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