British Academy Conferences Seeks Applications for 2023

Supported by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Wellcome Trust, the British Academy Conferences scheme provides an opportunity for UK-based scholars to run a pivotal event of lasting significance in their field, as a central part of the Academy’s events programme.

Successful conferences will bring together scholars from around the world to present and discuss new research in the humanities and social sciences. Held either at the British Academy’s own premises in London, at other British venues, or online, these landmark events will offer students, scholars and specialists an opportunity to learn about the latest developments in their subject areas and to expand their academic networks.

Awards for a strand of British Academy / Wellcome Trust Conferences are available for events which foster discussion and debate on health and wellbeing related themes.

Proposals should be for one or two-day conferences that will take place either at the British Academy’s own premises in London, or at other British venues or online.

Awards are open to postdoctoral scholars (or equivalent) who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

Applications require the approval of the applicant’s employing institution, but are not limited to those of any particular status (e.g. Lecturer, Professor etc).

Proposals should have an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary dimension – preferably embracing both humanities and social sciences disciplines.

Up to £20,000 per conference is available for British Academy / BEIS conferences. For conferences on health and wellbeing under the British Academy / Wellcome Trust scheme, the upper limit of awards is £30,000.

Applications must be submitted online using the British Academy’s online Flexi-Grant® Grant Management System (GMS) system by the deadline of 26 January 2022 (5pm UK time).