Educational Awards, Research Grants & Sponsorship
Charles Wellbeloved Award
This award (of £100) is made annually by the Society to the student at York University who in the University's view has been their most outstanding student and has submitted the best treatise on an archaeological subject during the year.
Herman Ramm Memorial Travel Bursary
An annual bursary (of £200) is awarded by the Society to perpetuate the memory of Herman Ramm OBE, MA, FSA (1922-91). The object is to enable an undergraduate studying archaeology in a United Kingdom institution of higher education to participate in an archaeological investigation relevant to their studies. Applicants' secondary education must have been in the YO postcode area, unless their education was residential outside the area, in which case their home must have been in the area.
Research Grants
Grants are available from the Society to aid independent research or exceptional publication costs. Special consideration is given to applicants working in the County of Yorkshire and the work should fall within the aims of the Society: "The promotion of natural science and the study of archaeology and antiquities in the County of Yorkshire and elsewhere"
For further details, please contact the Society's office.
Sponsorship
Since its inception the Society has been a sponsor of collections of artifacts, articles and books of scientific and historical interest. Most of the material collected between 1822 and 1961 is currently in the Yorkshire Museum although some items and books were sold earlier this century to finance the running of the Museum. More recently the Society has given financial support for:
- Contributions to the purchase of items by the Yorkshire Museum including:
wildlife specimens;
The Middleham Jewel;
Northern counties geological specimen collection.
- The publication of books and databases including:
Roman Jet published by the Yorkshire Museum;
Humour, Heartache and Hope: Life in Walmgate by Van Wilson;
York Women's and Craftsmen's Wills compiled by a continuing education group;
Topographical Views of York Parish Churches published by York Archaeological Trust ;
A History of Clifton Hospital written by Dr M. Haslam;
Moorland Monuments published by the Council for British Archaeology;
Sir George Cayley - The Father of Aeronautics by L.S. Rivett;
This Garden of Death by Hugh Murray;
Audubon Birds Greeting Cards;
The Yorkshire Museum leaflet on the Geological Trial in the Museum Gardens.
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