Funder: Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application) | October 2027 (Recommendation letter)
Funding Amounts: Up to US$6,000 per award; research completed within one year of receipt
Summary: Travel and research support for primary-source study of British magazines, newspapers, and serial publications of the long nineteenth century.
Key Information: Projects must study periodicals themselves, not merely use them as sources for other historical inquiries.
Description
The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) awards Curran Fellowships annually to support research on the British periodical press of the long nineteenth century, approximately 1780–1914. Established through the generosity of Eileen Curran, a pioneer of Victorian periodicals research, the fellowships help scholars work with primary sources in print, manuscript, or digital facsimile.
Projects may address magazines, newspapers, and serial publications of all kinds, from varied disciplinary perspectives. Their geographical scope includes Britain and countries within and outside the Empire where British periodicals were bought, sold, and read. The central aim is to advance understanding of the publications themselves, their place in the literary marketplace, and the people who produced, distributed, and read them.
