Procedures & Guidelines
Our detailed guidance and application forms are usually available in portable document format (PDF) and/or as Word documents.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these documents, if you don't already have it, download a free copy.
Guidance for Applicants
Full guidance on the process of applying for project funding through the Historic Environment Commissions Programme from initial enquiries and project initiation through to publication and storage grants.
Guidance for Applicants (Word)
All the necessary application forms. Please refer to our Guidance for Applicants for their use.
Logging Historic Environment Commissions projects on OASIS
We require that investigative projects funded through Historic Environment Commissions should be logged on OASIS (Online Access to the Index of Archaeological Investigation). This guidance sets out which projects should be logged on OASIS and how to go about this.
Submission of Digital Project Summaries
We ask for a summary of each project we fund so that these can be mounted on our web site. The summaries are accessible through our Projects page. This guidance sets out the format requirements and submission procedures for such summaries.
Digital Archiving Requirements
We require that projects that produce digital archives make suitable provision for preservation of those archives. This guidance sets out what constitutes a digital archive and what the requirements are for deposition of such archives.
Data Transfer and Data Standards
We require that all projects that include the creation of monument inventories or controlled vocabularies should use nationally agreed standards. Follow the link below for further guidance.
Projects that involve the transfer of data to or from SMRs/HERS or NMRs should the guidance.
MoRPHE
All projects funded through the Historic Environment Commissions Programme must conform to the project management model set out in Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment (MoRPHE). From April 2008, this supersedes Management of Archaeology projects 2 (MAP2). Please follow this link to access MoRPHE on-line.
For further guidance on MoRPHE please follow this link www.english-heritage.org.uk/morphe
Marine Survey Requirements
The conflicting interests of some marine survey work and fishing e.g. geophysical surveys (seismic/sidescan) having the potential to catch/move fixed gear (nets, pots etc.), has prompted marine industries, Defra and the fishing industry to develop a code of practice which uses a 4 week notification period of intent to undertake marine survey work.
Further Information
For further information on current guidance and procedures please contact:
Caroline Howarth
Historic Environment Commissions
English Heritage
1 Waterhouse Square
138-142 Holborn
London, EC1N 2ST
0207 973 3127
caroline.howarth@english-heritage.org.uk
Email this to a friend