CBA East Midlands

Grants The CBA-East Midlands group offers small grants for archaeological research within its five counties. Grants are usually for amounts of up to £1000, although slightly larger grants will be considered. Applicants must be a member of the CBA or the CBA-East Midlands group. Applications are usually considered at the next scheduled CBA-EM committee meeting, but can be considered in between meetings if there is a degree of urgency. The next meeting is on 4th July 2026. Details of the CBA-EM grant conditions are available here as a Word 2003 document. An Application form is available here as a Word 2003 document. Previous CBA-EM grant awards 2025: Derbyshire Scouts — overhead costs for running an experimental archaeology weekend 2024: Glossopdale and Longdendale Archaeological Society — Radiocarbon dating and environmental assessment of a Bronze Age cairn 2023: FARI — archiving results of Ice Age Insights’ work with the Archaeological Data Service Bridgette Hulse — accommodation expenses for PhD research relating to historical graffiti on religious buildings Radcliffe on Trent Archaeological Project — costs associated with running a QGIS training course Kevin Leahy — archiving results of Anglo-Saxon cemetery excavations with the Archaeological Data Service 2020: MB Archaeology — training volunteers in the research and survey of medieval and Civil War earthworks at Wiverton, Nottinghamshire Middle Nene Archaeological Group — magnetometer survey to support excavations at a Roman farmstead at Nassington, Northamptonshire 2019: Scott Lomax — radiocarbon dating to assist a study of Nottingham’s late medieval economy 2018: Framland Local Archaeology Group — analysis of pottery from the excavation of a medieval manor house at Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire 2017: Hallaton Fieldwork Group — isotopic analysis of medieval, possibly non-European burials at the Chapel of St Morrell, Hallaton, Leicestershire Penny Bickle and Peter Chowne — pilot project to assess a probable Neolithic Cursus monument at Wildmore Fen in Lincolnshire through geophysical survey and soil micromorphology Ice Age Insights — chemical fingerprinting of flints at Farndon Fields Late Upper Palaeolithic site, Nottinghamshire 2015: FARI — investigate the Coversands and underlying deposits deposits at Farndon Fields, Newark, to search for the presence of intact Palaeolithic land surfaces and train volunteers in writing technical sediment descriptions Cat Jarman — isotopic analysis of 26 individuals from Viking-age cemeteries at Repton, Derbyshire 2014: Scott Lomax — isotopic analysis of a skeleton excavated historically as part of a rescue excavation in Nottingham 2013: Graeme Guilbert — mapping and interpreting the archaeological features of Mam Tor hillfort and its environs Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Research Grants Grants have traditonally been up to £1,000, but additional resources now mean that applications for considerably larger sums can be considered. For further details, see www.le.ac.uk/lahs/research/index.html. Industrial Heritage Restoration grants The Association of Industrial Archaeology offers a wide range of grants and awards, including restoration grants of up to £20,000. Click here for further details.