The Classical Association awards in the region of £50,000 each year to classical projects and conferences, mainly in the UK. The Association will consider applications for:

• Subventions to summer schools and to institutions offering extra-mural courses in Greek, Latin and Classical Civilisation.
• Bursaries for teachers attending courses abroad, notably the British School at Athens Easter Course.
• Support of Greek and Latin reading competitions arranged by CA branches.
• Support of regional Greek or Roman days or of school conferences.
• Subventions to academic conferences particularly when of broad appeal and held in major centres, with a view especially to assisting students, teachers and scholars from East European and developing countries. The Association prefers to give grants in the form of student or other bursaries, and does not normally subsidize the running costs of conferences.

The CA runs its own bursary scheme for students (undergraduate, graduate, PGCE) and teachers attending the annual CA Conference held in April each year. Information about bursaries to attend the 2009 Glasgow Conference will appear on the Events page nearer the time.

It is a condition of all grants that we make that the Classical Association's support be recognised in any literature and that a report be provided of how the funds were used, including final accounts where appropriate.

Decisions on grant applications are normally made by Council which meets at the start of April and in mid-November each year. The deadline for applications for the next Council meeting is 20 October 2008. Applications received after this date will not be accepted. There is no formal application form but if you would like to apply we ask that you consider the following:

• Be specific. Exactly what are you asking the Classical Association to contribute? E.g. the number of bursaries/type of prize sponsorship.
• What is your target audience?
• If you are applying for conference bursaries, please include a programme.
• If you are applying for bursaries, your conference should normally expect to break even before you count the CA contribution.
• If you are budgeting for student bursaries, please remember that any bursaries counted in your income must also be shown in your expenditure.
• Include details of any other sources of funding you have applied for.

There are some things which we simply cannot support or contribute to. These include general unspecified running costs, living costs, salaries, book purchases, reserve funds.

For a basic budget template, see the example here. Please feel free to download and use this template when applying. If you are applying for an event which will take place before the next Council meeting, please contact the Office.

In 2007 the Classical Association awarded the following grants:

Schools Projects

Conferences

Summer Schools

Miscellaneous

For more information about the Classical Association's finances and policies you can download a pdf file of our 2007 Trustees' Report and Accounts.

The Joint Association of Classical Teachers lists details of classical organisations that give grants on their website. http://www.jact.org/teaching/booksandggrant.htm.