Nine projects were awarded funding by the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund Committee in 2017:

• Nicola McCallion - On The Viking Trail
  
• Lottie Titcombe - We Need to Talk About Bobby (off Eastenders) report recording
  
• Lewis McClenaghan - Striking A Chord
• Matthew Owen - Forty Weeks: Midnight Theatre
• Emily Davis, Ben Kulvichit and Clara Potter-Sweet - Celebration report
• Steven Day - The Forgotten Legacy of the Xiang River (report available on request)
• Helen Morley - Hear All About It report
• Alina Soto - Fighting Chagas Disease* report
• Nicola End - The Sound of Cities report