The Paul Courtney Congress Bursary Award (formerly The Paul Courtney Student Travel Award) is an annual award that enables students to participate in the Society’s Post Medieval Archaeology Congress. It is awarded in honour of our late Membership Secretary and joint Editor of Post-Medieval Archaeology, Paul Courtney.
The Society makes this annual award to enable attendance at the Society’s annual Congress on post-medieval archaeology. Each award proposal will be subject to a maximum of £250, and the total fund available in a single application round is £250. The award may be split between one or two applicants.
Council will prioritise the following groups: first time attendees, students, those on low-income and BAME and minority applicants (all self-defined). Applicants can be located in any part of the world. Council will not favour presentation over attendance. There is no restriction on age. Applicants need not be members of the Society. The award can be spent on registration/travel/hotel costs/childcare costs. Payments will be made to applicants before the Congress.
Awardees will be required to write a short report on their experience at the Congress for the Society website and newsletter within three months of the Congress.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 15 January of each year.
Make your application to the Paul Courtney Congress Bursary Award by completing the form linked below (Word document). Applicants must outline why attendance would be useful, any expected outcomes from attendance, and a breakdown of expected costs. Completed forms should be emailed to the Society’s Prize Co-ordinator at prizes@spma.org.uk. Successful applicants will be informed by 15 February.