Collective projects

The Research Grants scheme has two routes:

While certain broader migration discourses are pan-European, their building blocks are often national narratives. How migrants and refugees are framed and perceived is contextualised by national, regional and local milieus and their resulting stories. These contexts are equally influenced by the existence, size and make-up of migrant communities and demographic diversity as well as their migration and colonial histories, their economies, levels of urbanisation and the governing structures and political establishment in place. 

The Academy and the Embassy of France in Australia are proud to administer the Social Science Collaborative Research Program.

Find details on the 2023 recipients here.

Applications for funding in 2024 are NOW OPEN.

Program Objective

This research funding program is intended to foster and reinforce social science collaboration between Australia and France through:

By far the British Academy’s most popular scheme in terms of applications received and number of awards made, the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants stand as one of the Academy’s highest profile programmes with awards made to academics working at around 100 Institutions around the UK.

These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provided to cover the cost of the expenses arising from a defined research project.

Funding Guidelines for March 11, 2025 Deadline*

The Leakey Foundation is the leading nonprofit funder of research dedicated to understanding human origins. Each year, we award approximately $1,000,000 in grants and scholarships, advancing our mission to explore and explain the human story.