Conservation Grants
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Conservation Grants support organisations with conservation research on British art in their collections, helping protect significant works and deepen understanding of their relevance to the field.
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Funder: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Applications close) | September 2027 (References due)
Funding Amounts: Up to £25,000; outcomes normally expected within five years
Summary: Supports organisations undertaking original conservation research on British art in their own publicly accessible collections.
Key Information: Applicants must hold a dedicated business account and research items in public or charitable ownership.
Description
The Paul Mellon Centre’s Conservation Grants help organisations protect and preserve significant works of British art through original and needed conservation research. The programme supports research on items in applicants’ own collections, including technical analysis that will lead to a research project. Projects must enhance understanding of the objects studied and demonstrate their relevance to British art, visual culture or architecture.
Funding places greater emphasis on research personnel than equipment. The Centre considers academic rigour, originality, longer-term scholarly contributions and timely research opportunities, alongside feasibility and value for money. It also considers research need, environmental impact, and work that includes voices or reaches people previously underrepresented in British art studies.
