HONOR FROST FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£1.0m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£2.9m

Accounts grants total

£864k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

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Deadlines: Medium grants (between £10,000-£70,000) are considered twice per year, with the following deadlines. April 1st September 1st
What they don’t fund: Grants are not available to fund attendance at conferences or seminars.

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THE NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY “Honor Frost Foundation - event funder and sponsor of the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and the Big Ancho”

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Education/training (2 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (1 grantee)
Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)
General Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Argentina (1 grantee)
Australia (1 grantee)
Canada (1 grantee)
Croatia (1 grantee)
Cyprus (1 grantee)
Egypt (1 grantee)
Finland (1 grantee)
Germany (1 grantee)
Italy (1 grantee)
Mexico (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	Dr I Nourredine	—	£1.3m
new	THALASSA, Agia Napa Municipal Museum	—	£498k
new	M Itani	—	£401k
new	H Ghena	—	£150k
new	R Zeinab	—	£129k
new	CMAUCH, University of Alexandria	—	£119k
new	American University of Beirut (AUB)	—	£74k
new	A Karletti	—	£69k
up	Centre for Marine Archaeology & UW Cultural Heritage (CMAUCH), University of Alexandria	£3k	£7k
not listed	American University of Beirut	£124k	—
not listed	C Prescott-Decie	£93k	—
not listed	Dr M Polidorou	£55k	—
not listed	HFF Project (led by Professor L Blue)	£33k	—
not listed	Dr V Klinkenberg/Dr M Polidorou	£30k	—
not listed	Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA)	£30k	—
not listed	Dr Z Morsy/General Dept for Underwater Antiquities (DUA)	£29k	—
not listed	University of Edinburgh	£29k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Dr I Nourredine	FY2025	£1.3m	Production and exploitation of fishing gear used in Phoenicia, the case of Porphyreon
THALASSA, Agia Napa Municipal Museum	FY2025	£498k	Educational programs and activities to celebrate 20th anniversary
M Itani	FY2025	£401k	MA, University of Southampton
H Ghena	FY2025	£150k	MSc (GIS), University of Cyprus
R Zeinab	FY2025	£129k	PhD, Lyons University (Final Year)
CMAUCH, University of Alexandria	FY2025	£119k	Operational Support
American University of Beirut (AUB)	FY2025	£74k	Minor Programme, Marine Sciences and Culture - 3 years
A Karletti	FY2025	£69k	MA, Aix-Marseille University
M Khedr/Dr Z Morsy	FY2025	£45k	Dive Training programme
Dr B Redon	FY2025	£30k	Taposiris Magna: the Byzantine and early Umayyad harbour
C Kabboul	FY2025	£17k	PhD, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle
University of Swansea	FY2025	£16k	Post Doctoral Researcher
Dr P Tzovaras	FY2025	£10k	Post Doctoral Research, Ioannina University
Prof C Yazbeck	FY2025	£8k	Maritime Archaeology Field School
E Elkhoury	FY2025	£7k	GIS PgDip, University of Ulster
Centre for Marine Archaeology & UW Cultural Heritage (CMAUCH), University of Alexandria	FY2025	£7k	Visiting lecture programme
M Khedr	FY2025	£6k	PhD, University of Edinburgh
Dr N Maaaranen	FY2025	£5k	Tyrian Traditional Boats Making Techniques
L Khoury Atieh	FY2025	£5k	Lebanese-Italian Tyre Project
Prof L Blue (Project Director)	FY2025	£4k	NW Egypt Marmarica Coast Phase II
H HajjAli	FY2025	£4k	PhD, La Sapienza University
Dr R Ast	FY2025	£3k	Port of Berenike
Dr M D'Andrea/Prof M Haider	FY2025	£2k	Tabarja Wata Slam 100 - Phase III
G Apeitos	FY2025	£1k	PhD, University of Oxford
Prof E Khalil	FY2025	£1k	Marsa Bagoush Project
Dr C Zazzaro	FY2025	£838	The UmLuj Shipwreck
A Szulc-Kajak	FY2025	£343	Iso-Port: Investigating health in Middle Bronze Age coastal Levant using stable isotopes
Nautical Archaeology Society	FY2025	£0	Museum: Punic ship hall improvements
Parco Archeologico di Lilibeo	FY2025	£0	Equipment Rescue/Repair, Tyre
Dr C Calcagno/Dr EF Castaglino-Berlinghieri	FY2025	£0	IJNA (International Journal of Nautical Archaeology) Editorial/Publication Costs
Special Collections, University of Southampton	FY2025	£0	Artefact conservation, Honor Frost Archive
Dr A Trakadas	FY2025	£0	Ocean Decade Heritage Network
Dr D Newman	FY2025	£0	HF Archive Visiting Fellowship, Southampton
AUB HFF Scholars	FY2025	£0	Additional language tuition, pre-study
American University of Beirut	FY2024	£124k	AUB Spatial Lab
C Prescott-Decie	FY2024	£93k	PhD, University of Southampton (3-year HFF Scholarship)
Dr M Polidorou	FY2024	£55k	Echoes of the Past: Unveiling the Holocene coastal landscape of Palaepaphos, SW Cyprus
HFF Project (led by Professor L Blue)	FY2024	£33k	Tyre Maritime Cultural Landscape Project - Phase II
Dr V Klinkenberg/Dr M Polidorou	FY2024	£30k	Seafaring in the Shadows: Revealing Maritime Traditions of Chalcolithic Cyprus
Nautical Archaeology Society	FY2024	£30k	IJNA (International Journal of Nautical Archaeology)
Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA)	FY2024	£30k	Antelias 62, Lebanon
Dr Z Morsy/General Dept for Underwater Antiquities (DUA)	FY2024	£29k	Abou Qir Survey
University of Edinburgh	FY2024	£29k	Intl PhD Edinburgh (fee increase)
American University of Beirut	FY2024	£29k	AUB Museum Project
Dr A Rey da Silva/M Khedr	FY2024	£20k	Ocean Heritage Governance - Policy Research
Dr A Trakadas. Ocean Decade Heritage Network	FY2024	£20k	ODHN Grant 2024-2025
Dr C Craciun	FY2024	£10k	Konosso - Ancient Philae-Sehel Channel Project
Professor J Henderson	FY2024	£10k	Sustainable Wrecks Network (SWaN)
Dr G Andreou	FY2024	£9k	UW Archaeology Field School (for Palestinian students, held in Egypt)
J Gatt	FY2024	£9k	PhD extension
Dr C Nicolaou	FY2024	£9k	Recording the Vernacular Boats of Cyprus
University of Ioannina	FY2024	£7k	“MAGS 2025” (Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium)
University of Cyprus	FY2024	£5k	Cyprus GIS Course
Dr Z Morsy/M Khedr	FY2024	£4k	Quseir Roman Shipwreck Project
Dr G Andreou	FY2024	£4k	Hurghada Dive training for University of Gaza students (held in Egypt)
Dr T Manolova	FY2024	£4k	Protohistoric Eastern Mediterranean Ships (1500-600 BC) - Digital Project
Travel Bursaries	FY2024	£3k	HFF Bursaries to attend ISBSA 17 (International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology), Naples, Italy
Dr P Sconzo	FY2024	£3k	Motya Museum Case & Panels
Centre for Marine Archaeology & UW Cultural Heritage (CMAUCH), University of Alexandria	FY2024	£3k	Marsa Bagoush Project (additional funds)
Dr M Haider/DGA	FY2024	£2k	Anchor Conservation
Arab British Centre	FY2024	£2k	Conference: “Archiving Gaza in the Present”
Centre for Marine Archaeology & UW Cultural Heritage (CMAUCH), University of Alexandria	FY2024	£2k	Red Sea Exhibition - 3D wrecks
American University of Beirut	FY2023	£488k	AUB Minor Course in Marine Science 2022-2025
Dr Peter Campbell/Dr Ziad Morsy	FY2023	£262k	Maritime Archaeological Survey of the Upper Nile - 2022-2025
S Ibrahim	FY2023	£118k	PhD, University of Southampton
A Moustafa	FY2023	£86k	MA Conservation, University of Durham
Dr Lisa Briggs	FY2023	£81k	Deep-water Survey: Innovative Multi-AUV Survey of Shipwrecks in the Strait of Sicily (2023 to 2025)
Dr Stella Demesticha	FY2023	£64k	Mazotos Project
Dr Muge Sevketoglu/Dr Ian Hanson	FY2023	£55k	Systematic Survey and Protection of Maritime Heritage, North Cypriot Coastline
Dr Corine Yazbeck	FY2023	£47k	Tabarja Survey Phase II
Dr Pierre Tallet	FY2023	£41k	Wadi el-Jarf Archaeological Mission 2023-2025
Regional Policy Forum	FY2023	£35k	Regional Policy Forum
Dr Georgia Andreou	FY2023	£33k	Gaza Project Phase II
Maritime Archaeological Trust	FY2023	£30k	Listening To Our Past: Phase II
Dr Panos Tzovaras	FY2023	£29k	Stipend Increase
La Sapienza University	FY2023	£26k	Tyre South Survey
Byblos Mission	FY2023	£25k	12
Dr Arturo Rey da Silva	FY2023	£21k	Post-doc Extension, University of Edinburgh
Raquda Foundation for Art & Heritage	FY2023	£20k	El Max Rescue Project Phase II
IJNA Editorial Support	FY2023	£20k	IJNA Editorial Support
Dr Gilles Brocard	FY2023	£20k	Coring Survey, Tyre
R Nader	FY2023	£19k	Post-doc, University of Ioannina
Centre for Maritime Archaeology & Underwater Cultural Heritage (CMAUCH)	FY2023	£18k	CMAUCH Operational Support
University of Southampton	FY2023	£11k	Archive Digitisation, Southampton
Dr Bérangère Redon	FY2023	£10k	Taposiris Magna’s Harbour
O Mohamed	FY2023	£10k	Alexandria Field School
N Hamed	FY2023	£10k	PhD Extension, University of Southampton
Dr Christina Papoulia	FY2023	£10k	Early prehistoric boatbuilding under the microscope: object biographies of an experimental logboat
Dr Zeina Haddad	FY2023	£9k	Berytus and the Sea: Understanding marine resource exploitation and marine ecosystems in Roman Beirut
Dr Francisco Nuñez-Calvo	FY2023	£8k	Manual of Maritime Archaeology
Dr Canan Çakırlar	FY2023	£8k	Archaeological research at Iskandarouna Bay
Dr Georgia Andreou	FY2023	£8k	The paleoenvironmental evolution of a Levantine coastal city in the Bronze Age: the case of Tyre
Dr Lucy Semaan/Dr Zeina Haddad	FY2023	£7k	Lebanon
J Gatt	FY2023	£7k	PhD Extension, University of Aix-Marseille
CMAUCH	FY2023	£6k	PhD Additional Support, University of Aix-Marseille
CMAUCH	FY2023	£5k	CMAUCH Annual Bursaries & Stipends
University of Southampton	FY2023	£5k	Honor Frost Archive, Visiting Fellowship
CMAUCH	FY2023	£5k	Technical Diving Training Programme
O Mohamed	FY2023	£5k	Alexandria Underwater Survey
M Khedr	FY2023	£5k	CMAUCH Maintenance
M Khedr	FY2023	£5k	CMAUCH Jetty Repair
N Hamed	FY2023	£5k	Maritime Heritage Conference, Ain Shams University
BAAL Publishing Support	FY2023	£4k	BAAL Publishing Support
A Johnson	FY2023	£3k	ICAS EMME Conference
Dr Rosie Everett	FY2023	£3k	Provenancing Shipwreck Timbers Using Sedimentary DNA (sedaDNA)
O Mohamed	FY2023	£3k	Photogrammetry Workshop
M Khedr	FY2023	£2k	CMAUCH Visiting Lecturer
J Anbar	FY2023	£2k	Dendrochronology Training
Dr Emad Khalil	FY2023	£2k	STAB/Unitwin Conference
CMAUCH	FY2023	£2k	CMAUCH Diploma & MA Programmes
O Mohamed	FY2023	£813	SCUBA Maintenance Course
R Abdelhady	FY2023	£515	Conservation Training
N Nofal	FY2023	£295	Under the Mediterranean II Conference
University of Southampton	FY2022	£998k	HFF Associate Professorship
HFF Bursaries, various recipients	FY2022	£185k	HFF Bursaries, various recipients
HFF Regional Research Project	FY2022	£161k	Cyprus Regional Development Project
Dr Ibrahim Noureddine	FY2022	£92k	Sidon in the late Bronze Age: Excavation, 2-yr Project
Dr Ibrahim Noureddine	FY2022	£67k	Tyre North Breakwater
Judith Gatt	FY2022	£52k	Judith Gatt, Joint PhD Aix-Marseille/Cyprus
Dr Ibrahim Noureddine	FY2022	£42k	Tyre Maritime Cultural Landscape Project, Phase 1
Dr Ibrahim Noureddine	FY2022	£42k	Sidon Archaeological Digitisation Project
Nautical Archaeological Society	FY2022	£40k	IJNA Continued Support
University of Southampton	FY2022	£38k	Student Support Budget
La Sapienza University	FY2022	£33k	Training
Professor Steven Sidebotham	FY2022	£30k	Excavations at Berenike: An Ancient Red Sea Port linking three continents: Europe, Africa and Asia, 3-year grant
Dr Georgia Andreou	FY2022	£29k	Gaza Project
Dr Lucy Blue	FY2022	£29k	Dreamers Bay
Athena Trakadas	FY2022	£25k	(G-CHeP) Ocean Decade Heritage Network
La Sapienza University	FY2022	£20k	Tyre South Project
Dr Ibrahim Noureddine	FY2022	£16k	Koubba Coastal Survey
HFF Regional Research Project	FY2022	£15k	Developing an Open Source methodology for the remote monitoring of Marine Protected Areas
Elissa Nader	FY2022	£15k	RTSG Funding
Dr Danielle Newman	FY2022	£15k	Lebanon Engagement
Dr Claude Doumet-Serhal	FY2022	£14k	Regional Data Repository Development, Lebanon - Pilot
CMAUCH	FY2022	£12k	Staff Support, CMAUCH
Professor Gioacchino Falsone	FY2022	£12k	Motya Museum Case
Sara Ibrahim	FY2022	£11k	Pre-Session Support
Dr Muge Sevketoglu	FY2022	£10k	Further Investigation of Manne Archaeology Heritage in known ancient harbours of the North Cyprus Coast
Dr Matthieu Giaime	FY2022	£10k	Geoarchaeology of the Kibotos Harbour and its canal(s), Alexandria
Dr Ibrahim Noureddine	FY2022	£10k	Tyre South Extension
Worcester College, University of Oxford	FY2022	£10k	Nesreen El Galy - PhD Continuation Fee, Hilary Term
Dr B8rangere Redon	FY2022	£10k	The harbour landscape of Taposiris Magna
Celia Prescott-Decie	FY2022	£9k	MSc Southampton
Dr Jennie Bradbury	FY2022	£9k	Farmers at Sea: Extraction of ancient DNA from marine sediments
Professor Jan Driessen	FY2022	£9k	Excavations at Pyla Kokkinokremos
MAGS Committee	FY2022	£9k	Graduates Symposium (MAGS)
HFF Regional Research Project	FY2022	£9k	Digital Project - Protohistoric eastern Mediterranean ships and harbours
Ziad Moray	FY2022	£8k	El Max Project & Extension
HFF Bursaries, various recipients	FY2022	£6k	IKUWA 7 Helsinki
Ziad Moray	FY2022	£5k	Nile Project
CMAUCH	FY2022	£5k	CMAUCH 1ruck Maintenance Grant
Jafar Anbar	FY2022	£4k	Arwad Reef Project II
Dr Mariusz Gwaizda	FY2022	£3k	Virtual Tour & 3D Presentation of an inaccessible heritage of the Berenike, Red Sea Port
Dr Sabine Fourrier	FY2022	£3k	Publication: Le port de guerre de Kition
HFF Bursaries, various recipients	FY2022	£3k	Bursaries - ICAS EMME
Noran Hamed	FY2022	£3k	Bursaries - Rearranged
Prince Claus Fund	FY2022	£2k	Grantmakem
CMAUCH	FY2022	£2k	Operational Support, Centre for Maritime Archaeology & Underwater Cultural Heritage (CMAUCH)
CMAUCH	FY2022	£2k	CMAUCH Diploma, Ministry of Antiquities x2
CMAUCH	FY2022	£2k	CMAUCH MA (2 years) x 2
HFF Scholars General Bursary Fund (2022-2023)	FY2022	£982	HFF Scholars General Bursary Fund (2022-2023)
Noran Hamed	FY2022	£982	Bursary — Red Sea Conference, Noran Hamed
University of Swansea	FY2022	£900	HFF Student Support
Worcester College, University of Oxford	FY2022	£528	Nesreen El Galy — PhD Continuation Fee, Michelmas Term
Worcester College, University of Oxford	FY2022	£528	Nesreen El Galy - Pro rata stipend Oct21-Apr22
Noran Hamed	FY2022	£450	Noran Hamed, PhD Extension
CMAUCH	FY2022	£450	CMAUCH Diploma
CMAUCH	FY2022	£414	Post-doc, Swansea University - Pat Tanner
Sara Ibrahim	FY2022	£367	Language Training
HFF Bursaries, various recipients	FY2022	£250	HFF Bursaries, various recipients

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This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 2946647 vs reference 863765 (241.1% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.