Awards and Prizes
The Jane Moore Prize
The prize awarded at the BABAO annual conference for the most outstanding student presentation is given in memory of Jane Moore.
Jane was a BABAO member who sadly died in March 2004.
BABAO also awards two further prizes for student podium and poster presentations at the annual conference.
Click Here for this year's student prize winners and further information.
BABAO Small Research Project Grants
BABAO offers funding grants for small research projects which are available annually, by competition.
The competition is open to ALL members of the association.
During 2010 two grants will be available. One of the grants is reserved for research in the contract sector, up to £1,500. The other is reserved for the academic sector, up to £1,000. The higher sum available for the commercial sector is to cover the cost of buying out time from their company, to allow sufficient free time to conduct the research. These grants may be used to support research in biological anthropology and osteoarchaeology, both to undertake the research directly, and to commission specialist services required in the course of the research project. They may not be used to fund conference attendance. Specialist equipment required to undertake a project is unlikely to be funded unless it is highly specific to the research project, and, if this is the case, the applicant must also demonstrate that the funds could not reasonably be obtained from other sources (such as the developer).
There is a separate application form for applicants from the Commercial Sector (Field Units etc).
Applications, complete with a 2 page summary CV, must be sent electronically to the General Secretary (pdm39@cam.ac.uk) or by post to Dr Piers Mitchell, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge, The Henry Wellcome Building, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge
Commercial Sector Application Form
Grant proposals will be reviewed by the committee.Notification will be given to the applicants via the website and the BABAO e-mail list.
Grant winners are expected to present their research at the BABAO conference in the year following the award (so 2010 grant winners are expected to give either a paper or a poster at the 2011 conference). Publication of the research in the conference proceedings is also expected.
The deadline for this year's grant applications is 12th May 2010.