Fieldwork and Recording Awards

To promote good archaeological recording practice in Industrial Archaeology

There are three awards:the main award of £500 for the best piece of fieldwork submitted that year, a student award of £200 for the best entry by a student and the initiative award of £300 for innovative projects e.g. those from local societies.

• The work does not have to conform to any given format or length but should contain elements of recording of industrial sites/practices and an interpretation of any findings.
• It can be either published or unpublished. But all entries should be bound and where possible A4/American Letter size.
• All entries must be received by 31 March in order that judging by the three judges may be completed as soon as possible.
• Winners will be notified in August. Prizes will be presented at the annual conference.
• One aim of the award scheme is to encourage the deposition of fieldwork in the National Archives where it is available for public consultation.

Marks are awarded for:

• Research Strategy [10]
• Documentary Research [15]
• Fieldwork [20]
• Analysis & Interpretation [30]
• Presentation [15]
• Advancement of the Subject [10]

For a copy of the rules and an entry form for this Award please click here.

AIA Awards rules

AIA Awards entry form

These forms are in pdf format. A free Adobe pdf reader can be downloaded here.

Entry forms are also available from and should be returned to:
AIA Liaison Office, The Ironbridge Institute, Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Coalbrookdale, Telford TF8 7DX, UK
email: aia-enquiries@contacts.bham.ac.uk