HANDEL INSTITUTE AWARDS

New deadline

The Council of the Handel Institute has decided to extend the deadline for the receipt of applications for the current round of Awards. The new deadline is Sunday 1 December 2013.
            Handel Institute Awards are intended to assist in the furtherance of research projects involving the music or life of George Frideric Handel or his associates or contemporaries. One or more awards may be offered, up to a total of £1,000. Awards will not be made for the payment of university or college fees.
            There is no application form. Applicants should submit an outline of their project, a breakdown of their estimated expenditure, and a note of any other funding (for the same project) applied for or received. The outline should explain how the project will add to existing knowledge of Handel or his music, or to that of an associate or contemporary of his. The breakdown of expenditure should be as detailed as possible, including actual fares and costs (or quotations or estimates, as appropriate). Applicants should also ask two referees to write on their behalf (references will not be solicited).
            Applications and references should be sent by email or post to the editor of this Newsletter (address below) and must arrive by midnight on 1 December. All applicants will be contacted as soon as possible after a decision has been made. Any materials such as microfilms that are bought with an award will become the property of The Handel Institute when the applicant has finished using them.

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Professor Colin Timms
Barber Institute of Fine Arts
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT