Nine projects were awarded funding by the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund Committee in 2018:

• Beni Etz - On the Trail of Niemeyer: Uncovering Brazilian Modernism
• Samantha Hakes - Education Partnership Africa Project
• Zahrah Kazim - The Colour of Theatre
• Vinamra Maloo - Baala in Africa
• Tara Morgan - Love On Blue Canvas, 1890
• Rishi Patel-Warr - Investigating Local Perceptions of the Zapatista Communities (deferred until 2019)
• Eve Ruck - Conscious (deferred until 2019)
• Seb Rumsby - Innovative Technology for Rural Development in South East Asia
• Hasan - Tracing the Flow