The Adshead Award is available to academic researchers in the field of Quaker Studies. To apply you must be registered in a university postgraduate programme. We favour applicants who are relatively early in their study (e.g. in the first two years of a full-time PhD).
Previous scholars have used the award to devote some residential time in the Woodbrooke Quaker library, now on the campus at the University of Birmingham. However, we have widened the scheme to allow for access to a much broader range of physical archive locations. We expect that the Library of the Religious Society of Friends in London will be especially useful to many researchers, but we are open to considering applications for travel to and accommodation near any archive relevant to your work.
The successful applicant will receive up to a maximum £600 (or equivalent for non-sterling applications)
To be considered for an award in 2026, you should complete the attached application form by 7th December 2025.
Previous scholars have used the award to devote some residential time in the Woodbrooke Quaker library, now on the campus at the University of Birmingham. However, we have widened the scheme to allow for access to a much broader range of physical archive locations. We expect that the Library of the Religious Society of Friends in London will be especially useful to many researchers, but we are open to considering applications for travel to and accommodation near any archive relevant to your work.
The successful applicant will receive up to a maximum £600 (or equivalent for non-sterling applications)
To be considered for an award in 2026, you should complete the attached application form by 7th December 2025.
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This application will help us determine how the scholarship could help you at this stage of your studies.
Your plan will include information on what you see as your academic requirements as well as your need for financial support.
Before applying, you may wish to have a conversation with Ben Pink Dandelion. This can be arranged by emailing him directly at [email protected]
If your application is successful, you will be sent the award by bank transfer and need to book travel, accommodation, and library access yourself. If you are expecting to use the Library of the Religious Society of Friends in London you will need to arrange time to access specific resources directly with them. There are a number of options for accommodation which should allow you to stay for four to five nights in London, depending on the time of year, within the amount given by the award.
Here is a small selection:
Near Friends House, Euston, London NW1 2BJ
Bedford Hotel, 83, 95 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4HD
https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/hotels/bedford-hotel
Premier Inn, Euston,
1 Duke's Rd, London WC1H 9PJ
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/greater-london/london/london-euston.html
Tavistock Hotel, 48-55 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9EU
https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/hotels/tavistock-hotel
Slightly further from Friends House, (London, zone 2)
The Royal Foundation of St Katherine,
2 Butcher Row, London E14 8DS
https://www.rfsk.org.uk/
After your visit to the archive of your choice, the recipient of the award is expected to report on the use you made of the money. This should include reporting the sums spent and on what, and commenting on the contribution the award made to your work. This report allows us to monitor the success of the award especially these new arrangements.
Your plan will include information on what you see as your academic requirements as well as your need for financial support.
Before applying, you may wish to have a conversation with Ben Pink Dandelion. This can be arranged by emailing him directly at [email protected]
If your application is successful, you will be sent the award by bank transfer and need to book travel, accommodation, and library access yourself. If you are expecting to use the Library of the Religious Society of Friends in London you will need to arrange time to access specific resources directly with them. There are a number of options for accommodation which should allow you to stay for four to five nights in London, depending on the time of year, within the amount given by the award.
Here is a small selection:
Near Friends House, Euston, London NW1 2BJ
Bedford Hotel, 83, 95 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4HD
https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/hotels/bedford-hotel
Premier Inn, Euston,
1 Duke's Rd, London WC1H 9PJ
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/greater-london/london/london-euston.html
Tavistock Hotel, 48-55 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9EU
https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/hotels/tavistock-hotel
Slightly further from Friends House, (London, zone 2)
The Royal Foundation of St Katherine,
2 Butcher Row, London E14 8DS
https://www.rfsk.org.uk/
After your visit to the archive of your choice, the recipient of the award is expected to report on the use you made of the money. This should include reporting the sums spent and on what, and commenting on the contribution the award made to your work. This report allows us to monitor the success of the award especially these new arrangements.