BURNWYND HISTORY AND ART LIMITED

Awards for Postgraduate Research in Local History
Bursaries for Postgraduate Research in Art History

Regulations

Application letters are to be sent to the Director of Operations by 15 March each year. Applicants are to:

1. Head their application with the name of the appropriate Fund.
2. Request the Bursary, describing the topic of research and the intended form or place of publication of their results.
3. In the case of a Bursary to be awarded from The Catherine and Alfred Forrest Trust, stating the University or Centre of Education at which the foreign study will be pursued.
4. Attach a letter of support from a Professor, or other appropriate supervisor, recommending the applicant, agreeing to provide or arrange supervision and certifying that the applicant’s topic falls within the approved categories.
5. Declare their intention to adhere to these Regulations and any conditions attached to any award made.
6. Show full names, home and term time address, contact details and Matriculation Number, if available.
7. The decision of the Awards Committee will be final and no appeals or correspondence will be entertained by the Committee.
8. Awards may be made to the same student in subsequent years. Awards can only be made on an annual basis but applicants may indicate that it would be their intention to submit applications for subsequent years in order to complete the project.
9. Interpretation. For the guidance of applicants, the following interpretations have been adopted by the Directors:
   
   1. Photography is not included in the list of applicable subjects for The Catherine and Alfred Forrest Trust awards but that does not preclude the study of the photographic elements of their topic.
   2. American art means art from within the geographical limits of the present United States of America.
   3. The End of the Renaissance was the beginning of the stylistic phase known as Mannerism.
   4. History of the University of St Andrews or of political movements is acceptable as part of a local history project but may not form the topic of study in itself.
   5. ‘Manuscript’ includes all hard copy. Electronic publication is encouraged but is not in itself sufficient to meet the condition of publication.
   6. ‘Neutral Convenor’ means the Director of Operations or such other person as the Directors may appoint.
   7. ‘Student’ means a student registered for a specific course of study at a Scottish University.
   8. ‘Centre of Education’ means any university, college, art gallery, museum, archive, library, record office or equivalent educational institution that the sending Scottish university is satisfied would provide a suitable centre for the study of the topic to be undertaken.
   9. ‘Fine Art’ means research in the History of Art in one of the following categories:
      
   • Painting.
   • Sculpture.
   • Architecture.
   • Design.
   • Crafts and industrial design.

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