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International Nautical Archaeology Foundation (INAF) Grants is sponsored by International Nautical Archaeology Foundation. Supports nautical archaeology projects including underwater shipwreck preservation and research with broad public dissemination, ideal for Great Lakes nonprofit efforts. Nonprofits and archaeological groups are eligible.
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International Nautical Archaeology Foundation | Nautical Archaeology Society Skip over main navigation Nautical Archaeology Society Corporate Social Responsibility CovED Talks: NAS Weekly Webcast Bite-Sized Training For All Nautical Archaeology Quarterly Magazine International Journal of Nautical Archaeology Help support the Big Anchor Project International Nautical Archaeology Foundation The International Nautical Archaeology Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation No. 1210349 The International Nautical Archaeology Foundation (INAF) was created in 2024 t o advance the education of the public in the subject of nautical archaeology and to promote research for the public benefit in all aspects of the subject and to publish the useful results. INAF has been created to facilitate the development of a grant giving programme with funds generated from an amazing $1million donation from the Edward & Saryl Von der Porten Trust, in the USA. INAF has been registered as a charity with the Charity Commission (No.1210349) and is being administered by the NAS, acting as a Corporate Trustee, with representatives of the donor family in the USA acting as Members of INAF. The inaugural INAF grant programme opens on the 1st January 2026 and closes on 28th February 2026. About Edward & Saryl Von der Porten Edward and Saryl Von der Porten, were very involved in a number of nautical archaeology projects, some in major ways and some in much smaller ways. Bigger projects included the work on Francis Drake’s landing in California in 1579, building the museum element on the S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien . and the San Juanillo in Baja California, Mexico. Smaller involvements included a summer working on the Mary Rose . The funding difficulties they encountered included last minute needs to ensure a towable side-scan sonar fish and to rent an extra panga skiff to get to the Mexico site. They often wished there was a fund to which they could make a quick application and get a draw. One of the aims of INAF is to be able to help with those types of expenses in addition to well-in-advance requests for research projects. Read more about Edward and Saryl Von der Porten below Edward Von der Porten obituary here and San Francisco Chronicle article here Saryl Von der Porten obituary here The grant decision-making for the International Nautical Archaeology Foundation is to be done by a Grant Board consisting of six representatives from key nautical archaeology organisations around the world (“Board Members”). Currently these six organisations are: East Carolina University, Department of History, Program in Maritime Studies, Greenville, North Carolina, USA Institute of Nautical Archaeology, College Station,
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International Nautical Archaeology Foundation | Nautical Archaeology Society Skip over main navigation Nautical Archaeology Society Corporate Social Responsibility CovED Talks: NAS Weekly Webcast Bite-Sized Training For All Nautical Archaeology Quarterly Magazine International Journal of Nautical Archaeology Help support the Big Anchor Project International Nautical Archaeology Foundation The International Nautical Archaeology Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation No.
1210349 The International Nautical Archaeology Foundation (INAF) was created in 2024 t o advance the education of the public in the subject of nautical archaeology and to promote research for the public benefit in all aspects of the subject and to publish the useful results.
INAF has been created to facilitate the development of a grant giving programme with funds generated from an amazing $1million donation from the Edward & Saryl Von der Porten Trust, in the USA. INAF has been registered as a charity with the Charity Commission (No. 1210349) and is being administered by the NAS, acting as a Corporate Trustee, with representatives of the donor family in the USA acting as Members of INAF.
The inaugural INAF grant programme opens on the 1st January 2026 and closes on 28th February 2026. About Edward & Saryl Von der Porten Edward and Saryl Von der Porten, were very involved in a number of nautical archaeology projects, some in major ways and some in much smaller ways. Bigger projects included the work on Francis Drake’s landing in California in 1579, building the museum element on the S.
S. Jeremiah O’Brien . and the San Juanillo in Baja California, Mexico.
Smaller involvements included a summer working on the Mary Rose . The funding difficulties they encountered included last minute needs to ensure a towable side-scan sonar fish and to rent an extra panga skiff to get to the Mexico site. They often wished there was a fund to which they could make a quick application and get a draw.
One of the aims of INAF is to be able to help with those types of expenses in addition to well-in-advance requests for research projects.
Read more about Edward and Saryl Von der Porten below Edward Von der Porten obituary here and San Francisco Chronicle article here Saryl Von der Porten obituary here The grant decision-making for the International Nautical Archaeology Foundation is to be done by a Grant Board consisting of six representatives from key nautical archaeology organisations around the world (“Board Members”).
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Nonprofits, registered charities, NGOs, archaeological groups/societies; individual researchers affiliated with universities or such groups Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates £500 - £20,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is February 28, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
FFAR Fellows Program (2026-2029 Cohort) is sponsored by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research. Provides professional development and stipend support for PhD students conducting research in FFAR's priority areas, including sustainable agroecosystems and ranch management. Application snapshot: target deadline February 22, 2026; published funding information $10,000 - $55,000; eligibility guidance PhD students at U.S. or Canadian universities with research matching FFAR priority areas. Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Farming Community Grant Program is sponsored by Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program. Farming Community Grant Program is sponsored by Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program. Farming Community Grant Program is sponsored by Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program. Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt: Farming Community Grant Program - SARE Northeast NE Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Innovations–Northeast SARE’s Newsletter Farming Community Grant Program Partnership Grant Program Research and Education Grant Program Professional Development Grant Program Graduate Student Research Grant Program Research for Novel Approaches in Sustainable Agriculture Grant Program SARE Outreach Publications Home » Grants » Farming Community Grant Program Farming Community Grant Program The Northeast SARE Farming Community Grant applies social science research and education projects that strengthen farming and food systems at the community level. These projects explore innovative approaches to improving the health and sustainability of agricultural communities in the Northeast. This program supports projects that are grounded in community partnerships and informed by the lived experiences of farmers. It encourages collaboration among farmers, service providers, researchers, and nonprofit organizations to co-create solutions that are responsive to local needs and scalable across the region. Question and Answer Sessions Northeast SARE staff concluded their Q&A sessions on the four large grant programs: Farming Community, Professional Development, Research & Education, and Research for Novel Approaches. Here is a copy of the presentation shared. You can view the session recordings at the links below: We've compiled questions from all rooms into a running FAQ document. This FAQ is a live resource that includes information from the introductory session and each breakout discussion. You can use Ctrl+F to search by keyword and browse tagged topics. For additional questions, please reach out to the Grant Administrator to the program you are interested in applying to, or northeast-large-grant@sare.org if you are still unsure. Please do your best having reviewed the CFP and Appendices in their entirety before reaching out with questions, many things are answered there! Grant Administrators are seeing a high volume of inquiries, so please be patient with a response time as it may take several days. Northeast SARE’s Administrative Council allocated approximately $3,300,000 to fund projects for this cycle of farming community grants. There is no cap on total grant requests, however, requests typically fall between $50,000 and $250,000. Technical Assistance Program Applicants and grantees of the Farming Community Grant Program are eligible for Technical Assistance (TA) provided by Northeast SARE’s Technical Assistance Providers. Request Technical Assistance Farming Community Grant Program Materials The Call for Proposals is now open. A completed budget using this template is part of the application process. Budget Template will auto-download when clicked. A completed Grant Commitment Form is required as part of the application process. Form will auto-download when clicked Rubric for Farming Community Grant Program Proposals Farming Community Grant Application snapshot: target deadline February 23, 2026; published funding information $5,000 - $30,000 (typical); eligibility guidance Community partnerships, agricultural organizations, and nonprofits in Northeast states including New Hampshire. Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Application snapshot: target deadline February 28, 2026; published funding information £500 - £20,000; eligibility guidance Nonprofits, registered charities, NGOs, archaeological groups/societies; individual researchers affiliated with universities or such groups
Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Currently these six organisations are: East Carolina University, Department of History, Program in Maritime Studies, Greenville, North Carolina, USA Institute of Nautical Archaeology, College Station, Texas, USA Nautical Archaeology Society, Portsmouth, UK Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Adelaide, SA, Australia Flinders University, SA, Australia Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden A member of the Von der Porten family also sits on the Grant Board.
Board Members will individually recuse themselves from evaluating projects with which their individual organisations have a material connection. The Corporate Trustee will not be eligible to apply to the Fund.
Grant Purposes and Guidelines INAF will support nautical archaeological endeavours, broadly defined to include underwater, intertidal, and terrestrial archaeological work on nautical subjects, including, but not limited to, shipwrecks, cargos, fishing, harbours, & shipbuilding sites. Projects should have reasonable prospects for making significant contributions to knowledge of nautical archaeological matters, broadly defined.
The applicability of the knowledge that is likely to be gained to wide audiences should be a major consideration in the selection process. Narrow projects with only small specialised audiences do not fit within the purview of the Fund. In addition to archaeology fieldwork, laboratory work, creating illustrations, work on publications, printing costs, etc.
, which are follow-ups to fieldwork investigations, are included in this definition. The Fund encourages means of bringing knowledge of the results of nautical archaeology to a wide public in the form of publications in various media. Carefully planned small projects with potential for development will be considered for funding.
Proven success will not be a requirement for funding. Projects that are primarily educational, such as fieldschools, lecture series, and public events, do not fit within the purview of the International Nautical Archaeology Fund. Funds shall not be granted for creating, managing or attending conferences, travel outside specific needs of a project, and similar non-research purposes.
Our Approach to Publication Undertaking research by itself is not a charitable purpose and confers little or no benefit to the public. To achieve such benefits the results of the research must be disseminated in a publicly accessible format, thus adding to the collective knowledge and understanding of humanity’s past in a nautical context.
Dissemination of the results of research in a publicly accessible format is therefore an integral component of any nautical archaeology project, as recognised by Rules 30 -36 of the Annex to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural heritage 2001. As such, the INAF regards such dissemination to be an essential component of any proposal for award of a grant from the INAF.
The INAF will require as a condition of any grant awarded, the publication of the results of any research undertaken from funding provided.
Such publication may be proportional to the funded research undertaken and may make take the form of, but not necessarily be limited to: Publication on the INAF’s website or other Internet media outlet Publication in popular literature, such as magazines and news periodicals Publication in peer reviewed academic journals Publication in monographs or books Publication as documentary film or television program It may be the case that two or more forms of publication may be intended to be undertaken in respect of research funded by the INAF.
If so, applicants should expressly identify this in the application. Wherever possible, applicants may wish to identify the intention to provide a readily comprehensible form of publication for the general public as well as a more technical format for a specialised audience.
Applications will only be considered from: • Not for Profits, Registered Charities (including CIOs), Non-Government Organisations, Archaeological Groups or Societies • Individual researchers affiliated with a University • Individual researchers and members of a Non-Government Organisation or Archaeological Group or Society • University students studying nautical archaeology or related subjects at undergraduate level or above.
Applications will not be considered from: • Not for Profits and Charities that do not have one year of registered accounts • Commercial (For-Profit) Businesses • Persons or organisations engaged, or proposing to engage in the commercial exploitation of cultural heritage contrary to the provisions Article 2 of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage 2001, and Rule 2 of the Annex thereto.
Application Timetable and Financials The minimum grant size is £500. Awards of more than £20,000 will be rare. 2026 applications to the International Nautical Archaeology Foundation open on the 1st January 2026 and close on the 28th February 2026.
Applicants will be informed of the award decision by the 6th April 2026. Grant recipients will be required to report on their supported work by the 31st March 2027, and the 31st March 2028 (if a two year funded project). Any unused funds shall be returned within two years of the award.
If a grant is being used for a project lasting longer than two years, applicants will be advised on returning any unused funds. The financial and administrative overhead rates for grants shall not exceed 10% of the grant applied for. For example, a £1,000 grant may not have more than £100 allocated to overhead.
Any overhead amounts must be disclosed in the grant application and in any financial reports. Download the 2026 INAF Application Form here Please direct any enquiries and send applications to [email protected] 2026 applications close at 23. 59 (GMT) on the 28th February 2026.
Donate to International Nautical Archaeology Foundation The International Nautical Archaeology Foundation is an open fund, happy to accept further donations to help support nautical archaeology research and fieldwork.
If you would like to talk to someone about donating a legacy to the field of nautical archaeology please feel free to contact the NAS CEO, Mark Beattie-Edwards by email on [email protected] International Nautical Archaeology Foundation The NAS is proud to be supporting the new International Nautical Archaeology Foundation, a grant giving foundation established thanks to a legacy donation from the USA.
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Discover more about NASAC here.... Please select a donation amount (required) We have different types of membership to suit everyone including students, retirees, families, couples and non-UK residents. Indulge your passion for nautical archaeology, and help us explore, preserve and record the world’s intertidal and underwater heritage for future generations.
Discover more about us here... The Nautical Archaeology Society Please note that this is the shop login, it is not the NAS Membership and Events Portal Login which can be found here The Charity Commission for England and Wales Reg. No.
264209 and for Scotland Reg. No. SC040130 Companies House Registration Number: 1039270 Text NAUTICAL5 to 70085 to donate £5 to the NAS.
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