FACHRS is able to consider bona fide applications for academic assistance with the gathering of data that requires 'hand on' academic field research activity in the fields of Local, Family or Community History within the United Kingdom.

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Academic researchers requiring support should normally be  associated with a University or College though this is not exclusive, and requests from other bona fide academic researchers will receive equal consideration. 

What type of support can FACHRS provide?
With a membership in excess of 230 members, the majority of whom have attained an academic level in either Local, Family or Community History Research, FACHRS is unique in having a pool of experienced researchers that are able to participate in data gathering from a variety of sources held in record offices, newspaper archives and other repositories with public access. 

A typical project could involve 20 - 30 members located around the UK & working under the guidance of a project leader (usually the person who applied for the research support) to collect and submit the data to the project Leader via a project coordinator (provided by FACHRS).

A project would normally have a predefined time scale and end date by when all the collected data must be submitted to the project leader.

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What does FACHRS get out of it?
By providing much of the resource for the data gathering, FACHRS would have equal access to the total data gathered to further future research opportunity. The Project Leader would also be invited to present a paper on the findings of the project at the Society's Annual Conference.

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Who has publication 'rights' for the findings of the research?
The Project Leader is free to seek publication of their own findings from the total data in a way that best befits their work. The contribution of the work undertaken by FACHRS members must be acknowledged within any publication or presentation.

Individual FACHRS members are also free to publish or present their own individual findings & are normally encouraged to present a short paper or presentation either at the Society Annual Conference, the Society Journal FACH or in the Society Newsletter.

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Would FACHRS provide financial support for a project?
FACHRS support is restricted to that of physical data gathering. The Society does not provide a cash donation toward any individual researcher's project.

Can FACHRS supply references to support the level and quality of prior research activity?
Applicants for support who require further information can, in the first instance, read about prior projects such as the Arithmeticke Project & the Swing Project. References can be obtained from the Project Leaders associated with these projects.

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