History of medicine
We support research into the historical study of all factors affecting the medical and health experience of people and animals - in all countries and at all periods.
The study of the history of medicine helps us to describe and understand how people in different times and cultures experienced and dealt with these fundamentals of human existence.
This knowledge can inform debate about the present and the future, and help to bring medicine and science to a wide audience.
Please note that from January 2010 there will be a new strategic direction for our Research Resources in Medical History scheme. Find out more.
Doctoral Studentships
Enable young scholars to undertake up to three years of full-time research on a history of medicine topic leading to a doctoral degree. Master's Awards
Enable young scholars to undertake basic training in research and methods through a one-year Master's course in the history of medicine. Research Fellowships
Support individuals at all stages of a career not in established academic posts wishing to undertake a period of research. University Awards
Allow universities to attract outstanding research staff at an early to mid-stage in their careers by providing support for up to five years.
Enable young scholars to undertake up to three years of full-time research on a history of medicine topic leading to a doctoral degree. Master's Awards
Enable young scholars to undertake basic training in research and methods through a one-year Master's course in the history of medicine. Research Fellowships
Support individuals at all stages of a career not in established academic posts wishing to undertake a period of research. University Awards
Allow universities to attract outstanding research staff at an early to mid-stage in their careers by providing support for up to five years.
International Collaborative Research Initiative Grants
Enable established historians of medicine based in developing countries to undertake a research programme to be carried out in their home institution, in conjunction with a collaborating department in the UK or Republic of Ireland. Programme grants
Provide support for up to five years for extensive or long-term research. Project grants
Provide funding for discrete and focused research projects. Research expenses
This scheme supports experienced researchers who wish to carry out a modest programme of study. It also provides modest assistance with research expenses (but not registration fees) for self-funded postgraduate students working for a doctorate. Research Leave Awards
Allow university staff to be released from their teaching and administrative duties so they can undertake an uninterrupted period of full-time research. Short-term Research Leave Awards for Clinicians and Scientists
Enable clinicians or scientists who hold established posts to undertake a short-term period of full-time research at a centre or department with academic expertise in medical history. Travel grants
For short-term visits by scholars based outside the UK, the Republic of Ireland or The Netherlands to one of these countries.
Enable established historians of medicine based in developing countries to undertake a research programme to be carried out in their home institution, in conjunction with a collaborating department in the UK or Republic of Ireland. Programme grants
Provide support for up to five years for extensive or long-term research. Project grants
Provide funding for discrete and focused research projects. Research expenses
This scheme supports experienced researchers who wish to carry out a modest programme of study. It also provides modest assistance with research expenses (but not registration fees) for self-funded postgraduate students working for a doctorate. Research Leave Awards
Allow university staff to be released from their teaching and administrative duties so they can undertake an uninterrupted period of full-time research. Short-term Research Leave Awards for Clinicians and Scientists
Enable clinicians or scientists who hold established posts to undertake a short-term period of full-time research at a centre or department with academic expertise in medical history. Travel grants
For short-term visits by scholars based outside the UK, the Republic of Ireland or The Netherlands to one of these countries.
Research Resources in Medical History
This scheme supports preservation, cataloguing and digitisation projects for significant medical history collections in UK libraries and archives.
This scheme supports preservation, cataloguing and digitisation projects for significant medical history collections in UK libraries and archives.
Enhancement Awards in the History of Medicine
Provide core funding for groups of researchers to exploit and develop opportunities in the history of medicine field. Strategic Awards in the History of Medicine
Provides core support for groupings of historians of medicine within UK or Irish universities.
Provide core funding for groups of researchers to exploit and develop opportunities in the history of medicine field. Strategic Awards in the History of Medicine
Provides core support for groupings of historians of medicine within UK or Irish universities.
Support for conferences, symposia and seminar series
This scheme provides financial support for conferences (or a session within a conference), symposia, seminar series etc.
This scheme provides financial support for conferences (or a session within a conference), symposia, seminar series etc.
Public Engagement Awards in the History of Medicine
Enable the history of medicine to reach wider audiences such as schools, the public and the media.
Enable the history of medicine to reach wider audiences such as schools, the public and the media.