John Wilkinson Research Grant
This £1500 grant for proposed research (preferably within Georgia) is open to Georgian scholars. The research should focus on a topic of Georgia’s culture and heritage which needs to be brought to the attention of a wider audience (ie. outside Georgia).
The primary criteria for the grant are the quality and viability of the proposed research. In addition, preference will be given to those in mid-career (ie. aged 25-45), to applications with co-funding, to applications for less than the £1500 maximum and/or where costs are reduced by borrowing equipment rather than buying it, and to applications that promise to generate publishable outputs in English. Those who have previously received a grant from FaRiG under this scheme may not apply.
FaRiG is pleased to have awarded the following grants...
2024
Joint Winners
- Ana Gabunia - Metal finger rings excavated in Georgian cemeteries (fifth to second centuries BC)
- Lana Chogolauri - Late antique silver vessels from Georgia
2023
Joint winners
- Ekaterine Gedevanishvili - the military saints in Georgian mediaeval culture
- Davit Gagoshidze - a survey of the archaeological sites of Dedoplis Mindori
2022
Nikoloz Zhghenti - Satorge Monastery Complex in Kakheti
2021
Ana Tetruashvili on grinding stones as a guide to early agricultural activities in Georgia.
2020
Irina Koshoridze on Kilim weaving in Tusheti.
2019
Natia Natsvlishvili, The architectural patronage of the Queen Mariam Dadiani (1599/1609-1682).
2018
Ketevan Tatishvili on "Sacred Narrative in Illuminated Georgian Manuscripts"
2017
Dimitri Jachvliani on Archaeological Survey in Upper Svaneti region in north-western Georgia to map archaeological sites.
2016
Guliko Kvantidze on "Georgian National Clothes in the 18th-20th centuries".
January 2019: the PDF has been updated from the draft to the final version.
2015
No award made.
2013
Payment of conference registration fees for Natia Khuluzauri and Nana Meparishvili in Rome and Rio de Janeiro.
FaRiG Research Grant
Natalia Chitishvili (The liturgical planning of medieval Georgian churches with a particular focus on the tradition of allotting special places for different ranks of clergy and laity)
2012
Grant to Natia Mirotadze for attendance at the International Septuagint Summer School in Göttingen.
2011
Grant to assist Nokalakevi excavations.
Grant to part-fund the Courtauld Institute studies of Mariam Kalkhitashvili.
Grant to enable Tbilisi State University to subscribe to JSTOR.
Grant to assist with Mariam Didebulidze's attendance at the Byzantine Studies Congress in Sofia.
2010
Grant to assist Nokalakevi excavations.
Grant to part-fund the Courtauld Institute studies of Mariam Kalkhitashvili.
FaRiG Research Grant
Leri Tavadze (Georgian Secular Depiction between Sassanian and Byzantine Prototypes 4th-13th centuries).
2009
FaRiG Research Grants
Nikoloz Murgulia (fortification system of the Lazikan (Egrisi) kingdom 4th-6th centuries).
Niko Chakunashvili on The Woman in the Western and Georgian Literature of the Middle Ages
2008
Grants totalling £1350 towards the costs of nine Georgian scholars to attend the Pontika Colloquium in Krakow, Poland, 21-26 April 2008
Grant to assist with the expenses of the Nokalakevi 2008 excavations
FaRiG Research Grants
Irene Giviashvili - Town of Gori and its Vicinity: History and Cultural Heritage
Eka Kacharava - The political, religious and cultural history of the Alaverdi eparchy (diocese) in the Middle Ages
2007
Rothschild FaRiG Research Grant to Dr Nino Chanishvili for a comparative study of nineteenth-century urban architecture in Baku, Sarajevo, Salonika and Tbilisi.
Grant of £1250 to Pichvnari Expedition towards procurement of vehicle
British Georgian Society contributed £500 to FaRiG: these funds were used to pay for a digital microscope adaptor for the state museum conservation laboratory at Nokalakevi.
Tbilisi Art nouveau calendar 1/10/07-31/12/08, with sponsorship from Bank of Georgia and Canargo Energy
Support for three scholars to attend the Patristics Conference in Oxford
Support to help one scholar attend the Byzantine studies symposium in Birmingham
2006
Support for the Archaeological Expedition to Vani.
Research Grant to Dr Nino Kavtaria.
26th International Congress of Byzantine Studies
FaRiG was delighted to offer its sponsorship and backing to seven Georgian scholars who came to London in August for the International Congress of Byzantine Studies. This is a prestigious five-yearly gathering in which around 1,000 experts on all aspects of Byzantine civilisation come together to present papers and exchange ideas.
2004
Research grants
Dr Marina Alexidze on C18 Georgian Literature
Dr Marina Bulia on C13 murals
Dr Tina Tseradze on a set of Gospels in Church of the Holy Sepulchre
2003
David Khoshtaria's trip to Turkey (with help from Aurelius Charitable Trust)
Book prizes (£250)
Prof Grigol Beradze, Oriental Instutute
Dr Edisher Khoshtaria-Brosset, Institute of Manuscripts
Book prizes
Dr Ketevan Mikeladze, Institute of History of Georgian Art
Dr Mariam Didebulidze, Institute of History of Georgian Art
Dr Meri Karbelashvili, Institute of History of Georgian Art
Dr Maia Tsitsichvili, Institute of History of Georgian Art
Prof George Sanikidze
2002
Book prizes
Prof Inga Lordkipanidze
Dr David Khoshtaria
Dr Gregory Giorgadze
Prof George Gomelauri
2001
Dr Nana Kuprashvili and Dr Mzia Janjalia