We are excited to announce our CBRL Grant and Award recipients for 2025-26.

As always, we received applications of an incredibly high standard. We congratulate everyone who made a submission.

The successful candidates are mentioned below. We look forward to featuring their work over the coming year.

Project Grants

• Jen Baird, Birkbeck College, The Ruins of Local Memory: Archaeological Archives and Post-Conflict Planning
• Hannah Owens, University of Hertfordshire, Locating the Rural in International Aid Work
• Una McGahern and Rawan Nuseibeh, Newcastle University (Una), Higher Education and the Right to the City in Jerusalem: A Spatial History of Al Quds University (AQU)

Workshop Grants

• Maria Gloria Polimeno, SOAS University of London, Effects and Implications of Ecocides in Lebanon: Relevance in State Rebuilding and Stabilisation
• Jenny Scott, University of Bristol, Bristol Medical School, Developing an academic network to study the role of pharmacies and pharmacists in substance use disorders in Jordan

Andrea Zerbini Award

• Charlotte Vekemans, Ghent University, The Political Economy of Heritage Development in Jordan
• Grzegorz Sochacki, University of Warsaw, Satellite Imagery and Surveys in Reconstructing Jordan’s Agriculture

Our next round of research funding opportunities will be announced towards the end of 2025.