Applicants - How to Apply

The Trust welcomes applications from all students and scholars in the disciplines of Old English / Anglo Saxon and Humanities Computing who
do not have a permanent full time post in the discipline, nor adequate funding. Awards from the Trust are not intended to replace primary sources of funding (like Local Authority or departmental grants), but rather to fill a gap where additional funds are needed for the completion of a research project or for essential studies.

Most often, postgraduate students apply for help with a specific project
(such as attending a conference to give a paper, or a few months' writing time to get the thesis finished), but we often give grants for purchasing books and research materials, towards the expenses of publishing a paper or book, or for more unusual projects. Sometimes our applicants are scholars with a
part-time teaching post and need help getting their career more securely established.

We don't have rigid preconceptions about what you might need the money
for; you are welcome to apply for funding for any project that will benefit the discipline, and that is supported by your referees. Grants are usually £250 to £500 depending on need, but sometimes we give small grants (eg £50, for a particular reference book). The Newsletter (qv) gives more information about past winners and their projects, some of which are more quirky than you would expect.

We do not have an application form. We want a letter from you telling us
about your project, and how much money you need and what you need it for, with your CV and two references from academic supporters: these will usually (but not necessarily) be your supervisors. The more information you and your referees can give us, the easier it is for us to assess your application. This needs to reach us BY POST by Easter. Please could either include a SAE or send us a short email (info@lynnegrundytrust.org.uk) letting us know you have sent an application.  We will then acknowledge receipt of your application, tell you if we need anything else, and let you know when you can expect to hear from us.

The trustees meet soon after Easter every year and the awards are made in May. If you have won an award, we send you a cheque, and two presentation volumes, both of which have been donated by King's College London Medieval Studies to accompany the awards: these are Lynne Grundy's own Books and Grace, and the Essays on Anglo Saxon and related themes published in her memory by KCLMS.

Applications are welcome at any time of year, and will be held until the following Easter deadline. If you're not sure that you or your project would
be eligible, ask us by 'phone, post or email. We always treat applications as confidential, but we do publish the names and projects of award winners in our Newsletter; this often gives welcome publicity to a project, and the awards are widely regarded in the academic community as being a very good mark on a CV. We're proud to say that our award winners are a very brilliant lot!

Send your application by post to:
Lynne Grundy Memorial Trust, 116 Lady Margaret Road, London N19 5EX

"This award has been a real encouragement and affirmation of the research I'm doing. I value this recognition of my work as much as the financial award itself." (Award winner 2002)