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 FRIENDS OF CUMBRIA ARCHIVES f FOCAS - RESEARCH GRANT

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RESEARCH AIMS

 

1. The Research is likely to be of interest to other users of the record offices

and the wider public interested in the history of the county of Cumbria. This

means for example, that family history would only be eligible if the results of the

enquiry are likely to be of interest to the wider community..

2. A copy of the research/publication should be offered to the Archive

 Service and a summary of the research published in the FOCAS Newsletter.

3. The author of an outstanding piece of work might be invited to give a

presentation to FOCAS members at the AGM.

 

 

APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR A GRANT

1. Applications should be for proposed or newly commenced research, normally 

grants will not be given for research that is complete or substantially complete.

However, consideration will be given to the publication of research that meets the

criteria below.

2. Applicants for a grant must be able to demonstrate that archive material held in 

Cumbria Record Offices (Carlisle, Whitehaven, Barrow and Kendal) provides the

foundation for their project.

3. Researchers may, make, only one application per project but they

may  make additional applications for new projects..

4. FOCAS committee members may apply for a grant, provided their project

meets the criteria in 1 & 2 above, and they are not members of the

 

Research Grant Sub Committee

5. The application to be made on the official form and to include an independent 

reference to verify the project is of suitable standard to qualify for a grant.

 

 

AMOUNT  AND FREQUENCY OF GRANTS

 

A sum of £700 will be set aside each year to assist researchers using

Cumbria Record Offices for their research projects. The £700 will normally be

allocated in two payouts of up to £350 each.  A three member Research Grant

Sub-Committee [RGSC] selected from the main FOCAS committee will receive

applications for grants and make recommendations to the main committee. The

RGSC will be assisted by members of Cumbria Archives staff in determining that

the project is feasible and that the information sought is held in  one or more of

the record offices.

 

Applications for grants are to be submitted by 31 St January and by 31st July

annually. Applications will be vetted during February & August by the RGSC and

their recommendations placed for ratification before the  FOCAS Committee at

the meetings in March and September respectively.

Applicants will be notified by the Hon Secretary of the decision of the FOCAS

Committee after the March and September committee meetings.

 

GUIDANCE FOR THE USE, OF GRANTS

The aim of this project is to encourage and assist applicants to make best use of

material only available in Cumbria Record Offices and thus all the grant should 

be spent on items which meets this requirement. Examples are:

1. Costs of charges within the Record Offices e.g.. photocopying of records for s

tudy elsewhere.

2.  Cost of travel between the applicants normal base and Cumbrian Record

Offices.

3. Cost of hiring a locally based freelance researcher, attached to a Cumbria

Record Office, to carry out research on the applicant's behalf.

4. Payments to Cumbria Record Office staff for special assistance.

5. Contribution towards the cost of publication of the results of research (e.g..

word processing, desk top publishing by a professional etc..)

 

PROOF OF EXPENDITURE

To met Auditing requirements, all awardees will be asked to complete the

"Record Office Visit Sheet", which will be issued with their award notification,

to support travel costs incurred. This sheet should be returned to the treasurer

within twelve months of the notification of the award. Verification of other

expenditure in the form of receipts for purchase of goods or services should be

submitted at the same time. These should be Record Office related items, e.g..

Photocopying , research assistance etc.. 

 

Copies of the application form may be obtained at any Cumbrian Record

Office or from: Mrs J.L. Wishart,Oakwood, The Stripes, Cumwhinton,

Carlisle, CA4 0AP

 

 

 

 

This page was last modified on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:10:27 PM

 

Copies of the application form may be obtained at any Cumbria Record Office or from ;

Mrs J.L. Wishart, Oakwood, The Stripes, Cumwhinton, Carlisle, CA4 OAP