Fifteen projects received funding from the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund in 2004:

• Religion in the Concrete Age: Mongolian Buddhism After Communism
• Tour of Settlements in Northern India: Assisting in Schools, Researching Politics and Religion
• Folk Tales: Edinburgh 2004
• Shakesperiencing Hamlet
• The Hebrides - A Unique Island Culture
• A proposal to film the effectiveness of conservational measures in the diverse and ecologically rich terrain of Hawaii, the big island, through three contrasting routes
• Two Shorten the Road: The Collection of Eastern European Literature
• Coast to Coast: a Charity Trek across Mexico
• Film 'The Limes'
• HIV/AIDs Awareness in Botswana: sex, religion and stigma
• Close the Door Open, Edinburgh 2004
• The Beat Generation: Naked Angels and the Forgotten Beauty of Beat America
• 'Eros Will' - A play by Robyn Smith
• The New Demand of the Consumer: Traditional Textiles from 'Kutch', Gujerat in 2004
• The Tell-Tale Heart, Edinburgh 2004