Grant Applications
BIPS Research and Travel Grant Awards are to assist scholars wishing to pursue research in the area of arts, humanities and social science research, relating to the Persianate world, particularly Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Transcaucasia, Iraq, the Persian Gulf littoral and South Asia. Subject areas include, but are not limited to: Art, Anthropology, Archaeology, Classics, Cultural Studies, History, Language, Literature, Politics, Religious Studies, and Sociology. Scholars who apply must be attached to a UK Higher Educational Institution (university, museum or similar).
Grants are awarded mainly to cover post-doctoral research within Iran and the wider Persian World, but grants may also be available to those who wish to study similar material outside Iran.
Travel Grants
We offer a limited number of travel grants to students, but these funds are NOT available for course work nor will college or university fees be paid. Awards of up to £1,200 will be made.
All applications must include accurate budgets and a detailed breakdown of costs, and candidates are required to satisfy the selectors that their proposals are realistic in this respect.
Publications of the research is an absolute condition of the award and BIPS should see and approve the appropriate acknowledgement of BIPS’s funding in any proposed publication prior to its actual appearance. Grant recipients are also required to submit a short report for the BIPS website. Please note that Student Travel Grants must be paid to a UK bank account.
Applications are currently closed.
Research Assistant Grant
This funding is offered for scholars at a UK research institution to be used to employ short-term student Research Assistants. This initiative is an ideal way to help Early Career Researchers to start a research project, and also established academics to finalise a research project. Awards of up to £5,000 will be made. Applicants are asked to contact a member of the research committee before applying. Interdisciplinary and collaborative project are welcome. However, the Principal Investigator must be employed at a UK higher education institution or museum.
Please note that Research Grants/Research Assistant Grants are paid via the PI’s HEI.
Applications are currently closed.