Scholarships, Awards & Grants

Ochs Scholarships are awards for post-graduate and independent research projects in European archaeology, art and architecture from the Roman period until the nineteenth century.

Applications for the one-year scholarships are invited from students who are completing theses for post-graduate degrees and who have access to no other sources of funding, and from independent researchers for projects conducted either privately or under the umbrella of a larger organisation, such as a local history or archaeology society.

The fellowship has been established in memory of Jill Franklin (1945-2023), and provides an opportunity to spend a month in Rome pursuing research into Romanesque architecture and arts.

Proposals do not need to be specific to Rome or central Italy. Indeed, the purpose could be to enjoy a month’s thinking and writing time with access to first-class libraries in pursuit of a research objective whose geographical parameters lie outside Italy.

The Reginald Taylor and Lord Fletcher Essay Prize is awarded for the best unpublished essay submitted on any subject of art-historical, archaeological or antiquarian interest within the period from the Roman era to 1830. The competition is not restricted to members of the Association.

Grants of up to £500 are available to cover travel for a defined purpose (such as essential site visits, attendance at an exhibition/conference, short research trip, etc).

Applications for travel grants are invited from students registered on post-graduate degree courses (at M.A., M.Litt., M.St., M.Phil., and Ph.D. level).


The BAA invites applications for research awards of up to £1,500, designed to assist those who might otherwise have difficulty in funding or completing a research project. The awards cover research with a defined outcome, such as publication, mounting of an exhibition, publicly available scientific analysis.

The BAA provides scholarships to enable postgraduate students (and the recently graduated) to attend conferences that relate to their research and interact with other scholars, enthusiasts and senior academics.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the BAA held a competition to produce a short video or presentation of a Roman or medieval site using remote mapping and imaging systems.