Digitisation Grants
The Digitisation Grants from the Paul Mellon Centre support organisations in digitising and sharing British art collections online to advance research and public access.
Funder: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Due Dates: August 3, 2026 (Applications open) | September 14, 2026 (Application deadline) | September 23, 2026 (References due)
Funding Amounts: Up to £5,000 per project; flexible award size; project duration typically up to 5 years.
Summary: Supports organisations in digitising their own collections to make British art materials freely accessible online.
Description
The Digitisation Grants from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art provide financial support to organisations, institutions, and nonprofits seeking to digitise materials from their own collections and make them freely accessible online. The scheme aims to advance scholarship, increase public engagement, and foster deeper appreciation of British art by enabling a wide range of materials—such as photographic archives, bound volumes, paintings, objects, and publications—to be digitised and shared with global audiences. The grant encourages projects that demonstrate clear benefits to the field of British art studies and contribute to the Centre’s mission of promoting original, rigorous research.
