Background

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) has the responsibility of allocating and administering funding provided jointly on an annual basis by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage through the National Monuments Service, the Department for Communities Northern Ireland through the Historic Environment Division, and the RIA.

No one grant will exceed 50% of the total grant funding for the year. It is expected that grants will be made in the region of €5,000. Grant decisions will be subject to funding available in the two separate jurisdictions.

You can apply to ARG here.

The full guidelines for the scheme are here.

All queries can be sent to grants@ria.ie with the subject line: ARG

Please read all information in the sections below before making an application.

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Details of scheme

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What you need to know to apply

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How to make your application

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How we assess and decide

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Terms and conditions for successful ARG grantees

Grant Project Reports

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Archaeological remote sensing investigations at Galey Castle and its surrounding area, Co. Roscommon

This project sought to explore this castle ruin, and its immediate environs, and has answered questions relating to its immediate landscape context and morphology, and…

Daniel Curley

Archaeology Research Grant Reports

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Funerary rites and social complexity in Neolithic Ireland: (Re)assessing the Fourknocks human bone assemblage

This project seeks to undertake a full osteological analysis of the remains from Fourknocks following modern methods and comprehensive statistical analysis.

Dr Jonny Geber

Archaeology Research Grant Reports

Archaeology Research Grants Awarded 2023

Please click download to view a list of the most recent Archaeology Research Grants awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2024.

Royal Irish Academy

Archaeology Research Grant Reports

Geophysical survey at the Creeveroe linear earthworks: a previously unidentified hillfort?

A number of geophysical survey techniques were employed in order to accurately map the archaeological features associated with the Creeveroe earthworks.

Dr James O'Driscoll

Archaeology Research Grant Reports