Our Events and Activities Grants support our members to discuss and disseminate research. For the October 2026 round, we will be running a separate Small Research Grant scheme for direct research.

Events and Activities Grants can be used towards directly incurred costs. This includes room hire, catering, travel and subsistence, and the provision of bursaries.

The grant cannot be used to cover directly allocated costs, such as estates or salaried researchers’ time.

Applicants must be a member of the Social History Society and be ordinarily resident in the UK.

We accept applications where costs are split between multiple funders.

We are especially supportive of Events and Activities that may also provide sessions at our annual conference or lead to publication in Cultural and Social History or our book series.

The Society will make individual grants up to the amount of £1000. The application should clearly state for what the grant sought will be used. We reserve the right to offer a partial grant and to reallocate funding if not used within six months of the award.

The Society’s support must be acknowledged in any advertising, materials produced for the event, and in any resulting publications.

Questions concerning the objectives and criteria of the fund should be directed to our Honorary Secretary, Kathleen McIlvenna, at k.mcilvenna@derby.ac.uk

There are two dates for submission annually: 1 March and 1 October.

We aim to make funding decisions within two calendar months, so please ensure your activities are due to take place between two and six months after the submission date (i.e. activities between May and December for applications submitted on 1 March, and between December and April for those submitted on 1 October).

Any grant awarded must be spent within 6 months and the successful candidate should submit a brief report of the event no later than 3 months after the event has taken place. See the ‘terms of acceptance’ for more information.

Read the full terms of acceptance

Click here to fill in the application form