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Background

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Standing Committee for Archaeology (‘the Committee’) has the responsibility of allocating and administering funding provided annually by the National Monuments Service (NMS) of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage for research into the archaeology of the Brú na Bóinne and Sceilg Mhichíl World Heritage Properties and of the following Tentative List sites announced in 2022:

1. The Passage Tomb Landscape of County Sligo;
2. Transatlantic Cable Ensemble: Valentia, County Kerry – Heart’s Content, Newfoundland and Labrador; and,
3. The Royal Sites of Ireland: Dún Ailinne; Hill of Uisneach; Rock of Cashel; Rathcroghan; Tara, and Emain Macha/Navan Fort.

Applicants are asked to read details of the scheme below carefully before submitting an application. The guidelines document can also be downloaded here.

You can apply to the ARWHS here.

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

Dark skyline under which a mound is visible and encircled by a number of large stones including one highly decorated kerb stone.

Details of scheme

A mostly dark stone chamber lit from the background only with a person seated on the ground in the background. The person is wearing a navy hat and hi-vis jacket and is looking at a notebook.

What you need to know to apply

A scattered group of people standing around a cairn of loose stones atop an Neolithic passage tomb.

How to make your application

Grassy field with geophysical surveying equipment in the foreground. A stately home is visible in the background along with a number of mature trees.

How we assess and decide

Grey-scale geo physical survey data super imposed upon an aerial photo of an archaeological feature.

Terms and conditions for successful grantees