Palaeontological Association Small Grants Scheme (Sylvester-Bradley, Whittington, Stan Wood Awards)

About this program

The Palaeontological Association’s Small Grants Scheme (Sylvester-Bradley, Whittington, Stan Wood awards) offers annual grants—generally up to £3,000 each—to support palaeontological research, museum-based projects and vertebrate palaeontology including fieldwork and fossil collecting. Applications are submitted via a single online form (deadline typically 30 September) and successful awards are allocated at the December Council meeting and announced at the AGM, with funds normally available from 1 January. Open to any member of the Palaeontological Association, preference is given to students, early-career researchers and advocational members; awardees must accept the scheme’s terms, submit a final project report for publication in the Association Newsletter, and are encouraged to present results at Association meetings and in its publications.