Simon Zazadze Grant
This grant of up to £1500 is for proposed academic research focussing on Georgian-Turkish studies, bearing in mind the rich cultural and historical heritage of the region around the Southern coast of the Black Sea.
It is open to Georgian advanced graduate students and post-doctoral scholars living and working in Georgia. Applications should promise to generate publishable output in English upon completion, which can be brought to the attention of a wider audience (ie. outside as well as inside Georgia). Preference will be given to those in early to mid-career (ie. aged 25-45, within 15 years of completing their doctorates) and to applications with co-funding (in cash and/or in kind), to applications for less than the £1500 maximum and/or where costs are reduced by borrowing or renting equipment rather than buying it. The grant should cover project-related out-of-pocket expenses, ie. not salary/honoraria for the applicant. The costs of administrative and field support for the project can be considered.
Please fill in this form in English (your research, of course, can be done in any language). Those who have previously received a FaRiG research grant may not apply for five years thereafter.
FaRiG is pleased to have awarded the following grants...
2026
Giorgi Ghvinjilia - The Liberation Committee of Muslim Georgia (1918-1921)
2025
Saba Kalandarishvili - The descendants of Georgian migrants in the Fatsa district of Ordu Province in Turkey.
2024
Joint winners
- Tamar Chogovadze - Late Bronze/Early Iron Age clay stamp seals discovered in Georgia
- Lola Tsitskhvaia - The Upper Chapel of Otkhta Eklesia and the peculiarity of its interior spatial arrangement
2023
Tea Tatenashvili - The Work of the last Superior Father Petre Tatalashvili as seen from the archives of the Georgian Catholic Monastery in Istanbul.
2022
Natia Khizanishvili - A history of Tao monasteries at Oshki, Khakhuli, Otkhta Eklesia and Parkhali.