Digitisation Grants
Forecasted
Digitisation Grants support organisations digitising British art collections, funding services, research and equipment to make materials freely available online and benefit British art studies.
Funder: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to £5,000; outcomes normally expected within five years
Summary: Supports organisations digitising their own British art collections to make materials freely available online.
Key Information: Applicants must hold a dedicated business account and work on materials from their own collections.
Description
The Paul Mellon Centre’s Digitisation Grants support organisations making their collections freely available to audiences online. Projects can digitise photographic and archival collections, bound volumes, objects, paintings, publications or other assets relating to British art. The intended outcome is public access through the organisation’s website or another relevant online platform, with a demonstrated benefit to British art studies.
Support can cover external digitisation services, cataloguing and research personnel, and equipment or software for in-house digitisation. The Centre values academically rigorous, original projects with lasting scholarly contributions. Its assessment also considers opportunities to include underrepresented voices, reach broader audiences and support geographical or cultural contexts it has not previously funded.
