Eleven projects were awarded funding by the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund Committee in 2012. For group projects, the lead applicant only is listed:

• Justine Alford: Adventures with Jaws. A behavioural study of Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa, report
• James Beaumont: Jazz in Japan - a cultural exploration of jazz music in Tokyo, report
• Sarah Goler: 'Living Life Like a Varenyk in Sour Cream'. The Evolution and Meaning of Cooking, Eating and Food Security in Ukraine, report, recipe book
• Chloe Grahame: Book Aid: From One School to Another. A problematic gift?, report
• Jason Jones: Considering evidence of Middle Eastern Influence on Mesoamerican Temples, report , link to project website (external to the University of Warwick)
• Adam Kalinin: Echoes of the Holocaust: Culture of remembrance and its importance today - comparing Poland and the United States, report
• Amy Kanbur: Cycling down the Mekong: An investigation into the social, environmental and political implications of damming in South East Asia, report
• Alice Lawson: England to Finland: A Sea Kayaking Adventure*, report, link to project website (external to the University of Warwick)
• Odes-Clara Leguet: Project Alice in Wonderland, Accessibility in Opera
• Emer McDaid: The Tsunami the World Forgot: Sri Lanka - A photographic report investigating the effects of the 2004 tsunami on Sri Lankan society today, report
• Natalia Parzyk: Adventures of Georgia: An Expedition Report, report

*This report received an additional award of £200 - £500 for being of outstanding calibre, at the discretion of the Committee.