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The Trust is proud to be very well supported
by the academic community. Anglo Saxonists and Humanities
Computing specialists from Britain, Ireland and America hand
out publicity from the Trust to potential beneficiaries, broadcast
information about the work of the Trust at the Leeds IMC and
at Kalamazoo, and most importantly write to us recommending
and supporting their own students and colleagues.
We request two references to accompany each application because
we (trustees) are not academics, and so the references are
vital to the applications both for letting us know about the
quality of the applicants'
work and the level of support they have in the discipline,
as well as the likely benefits of their work.
We are very aware that a detailed reference is an investment
in time for the referee, and we are deeply impressed, every
year, by the care and attention referees are prepared to give
to supporting their students in this way. The Trust awards
are now contributing a much-needed source of additional finance
and encouragement to students and scholars who have an increasingly
hard time just getting by, let alone funding conference attendance
and research travel. We are very grateful for all the help
we receive from academics in making sure the awards benefit
as many people as possible.
You can send your reference under cover with the application,
or direct to us.
It really helps if you can send it by post, in time for our
Easter deadline, to:
Lynne Grundy Memorial
Trust, 116 Lady Margaret Road,
London N19 5EX
"Yes, the Trust is doing an important
job. I become increasingly disillusioned by the apparatus
of academic research support for young scholars; funds like
the Trust are going to be ever more important." (Academic
sponsor 2003)
"The Lynne Grundy Memorial Trust
awards have meant so much to my two students who've received
them - both for the practical support and because of the recognition
and encouragement. I hope the Trust will continue to help
others this way." (Academic referee 2004)
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