Army Records Society Fellowship Scheme
Call for Proposals, deadline – Friday, 2 November 2025
The Army Records Society (ARS) is delighted to invite applications for its fourth round of fellowships. Founded in 1984, the Society is a registered charity in the United Kingdom. Its mission is to edit and publish scholarly volumes relating to the British Army and reprint works of military interest. By doing so, it seeks to make primary source material available to a wider audience. At least one fellowship will be awarded in this round. Fellowships will be held for three years and a bursary of £1,250 per annum, plus travel expenses of up to £2,500 per annum, will be payable to successful fellows. In return for this bursary, fellows will be expected to produce a volume of edited papers for publication by the Society. Most Army Records Society volumes will reproduce 100-200 documents and / or diary entries and proposals should reflect on the availability of a suitable number of primary records. Individuals appointed to a fellowship will receive a mentor who will provide full support throughout the publishing process. While the fellowship scheme is most suitable for early career researchers (which we define as an individual who is within eight years of the award of their PhD — excluding career breaks), we are happy to consider applications from candidates who do not identify as early career researchers.
To date, the bulk of the Society’s published volumes deal with the history of the British Army between c.1850 to 1945. While we would welcome volumes covering this period, we would be particularly keen to award fellowships to those considering earlier or later periods. The term ‘Army’ is also understood in its widest sense and we would be most interested to see proposals concerning Colonial or Dominion forces or amateur military units.
Those interested in applying for the fellowship scheme should forward a curriculum vitae, volume proposal form, and sample material to Dr Timothy Bowman (ARS chair) at T.Bowman@kent.ac.uk and Dr Aimée Fox (Fellowships committee chair) at af274@st-andrews.ac.uk.
The volume proposal should provide the following:
- Proposed title
- Editor name and contact details
- How did you hear about the Society’s fellowships scheme?
- Why do you think the volume would be of interest to members of the Society?
- How will this volume complement existing historiography on this topic?
- An outline of primary sources to be used including, if known, details of copyright holders and whether any material has been digitised / previously published
- An outline of proposed chapters
- Planned submission date
- Small sample of transcribed material (maximum 3,000 words), which should be edited and annotated where appropriate
The deadline for proposals is 11:59pm (GMT) on Friday 2 November 2025. Those shortlisted may be asked for a sample of published or draft work. Fellowship applications will be assessed by an academic panel. Applicants will be notified of the panel’s decision no later than Friday 11 December 2025.
Any questions about the Society, the fellowship scheme, or guidance on the proposal should be directed to both Dr Bowman and Dr Fox.