QRA-¹⁴CHRONO Centre Radiocarbon Dating Award

This award has been set up in collaboration with the ¹⁴CHRONO Centre, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast. Up to ten AMS radiocarbon dates in total will be awarded during each year and applications will be received during the May and September rounds. The scheme is open to undergraduates, Masters and first year PhD students only and only one award will be made to each successful applicant during their degree. Applicants can apply for a maximum of 3 dates. To be eligible for the scheme you must be a QRA member at the time of application. Applicants must read the following guidelines carefully before applying:

 1. The successful applicant will be expected to take the samples themselves in the field and prepare the material for dating following prior consultation with QUB.

 3. The ¹⁴CHRONO Centre will consult with the award recipient with regards to the appropriate material and sampling for their application, prepare and analyse the samples and provide the applicant with the conventional radiocarbon ages and calibrated age ranges.  Award recipients must allow at least 8-10 weeks from receipt of the sample in the laboratory for results except by prior approval.

 4. Applicants for this award may not apply to the New Research Workers Awards for the same or closely-related project in the same year.

 A letter of support from the applicant's supervisor must accompany the application. Successful applicants will be expected to submit a brief report (500 words) for publication in Quaternary Newsletter during the 12 months following the award. Applicants are encouraged to submit full-length articles to Quaternary Newsletter, which will be subject to the normal refereeing procedure for QN articles. Applicants submitting full-length articles are not required to submit the brief report in addition. The ¹⁴CHRONO Centre and the QRA should be acknowledged in all resulting publications.

 Deadline: 15th May; 15^th September.