Tru Vue and Icon are committed to supporting the delivery of conservation and care of collections projects that make our shared cultural heritage more accessible.
Arts Council England is offering more opportunities for conservators to apply for funding, having recently re-launched its Developing Your Creative Practice fund.
The Skills and Training fund aims to help small and micro construction companies to deliver high quality learning and development experiences to employees. It provides extra incentive to access CITB grant eligible training. From 2020, it also supports a wider range of activity, with a greater emphasis on innovation, and management and leadership training.
The Frederick Bearman Research Grant offers an annual grant of up to £1000 to support new research in the conservation of books, paper and archival materials.
Grants of around £300 to help conservators at all career stages to attend conferences, workshops and short courses, take study tours, improve workshops and purchase tools, books and materials
The Gabo Trust supports and promotes the conservation of modern and contemporary sculpture internationally, through grants to professional conservators, post-graduate students of sculpture conservation, museums, galleries and other public collections.
Run by the Royal Society, the Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme is designed to offer the opportunity for early career scholars to exploit history of science collections, including the Royal Society’s own, in support of their research in the field of intellectual history.