Call for Applications: Collaborative Project Grants

Deadline Date: September 30, 2024

 Donor Name: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

 Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000

https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/grants-and-fellowships/collaborative-project-grants

The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (PMC) is inviting applications for the Collaborative Project Grants.

Collaborative Project Grants are designed to support collaboration between two or more organisations which will result in original and innovative research in the field of British art and architecture.

The grant is intended to provide seed money to fund a research project which will make possible an active collaboration between two or more partner organisations and is designed to cover practical costs for enhancing the collaborative research project, including costs associated with travel, accommodation, meetings and scholarly workshops or events. The grant cannot be used to cover staffing costs, equipment or costs associated with the practical dimensions of publication or exhibition making.

Scope

• The purpose of this grant is to enable collaboration and encourage innovative partnerships and dialogue between parties who might not otherwise easily come together. Projected outcomes of the Collaborative Project Grant could include a series of workshops or conferences, a publication, an exhibition, a digital project or the submission of a collaborative research project proposal to a major funding body.
• The PMC is an educational charity that champions new ways of understanding British art history and culture. Through all areas of their work, including their Grants and Fellowships programme, they promote activities that enhance and expand knowledge of British art and architecture. As an organisation, they pledge themselves to ensuring that the histories of British art are enriched and made more relevant to a broader range of people in the future. The inclusion of voices, narratives and experiences that have been marginalised or excluded in the past will have a transformational impact on the future of the Centre and upon British art studies. Accordingly, the PMC particularly welcomes applications from those who are under-represented within the academic field of the humanities in the UK.

Funding Information

• Collaborative Project Grants are offered for up to a maximum of £40,000 to cover the full length of the project. Applications for less than £40,000 are also eligible.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications are open to international as well as UK based organisations.
• The funding programme supports research, educational activities and the dissemination of knowledge in the fields of British art and architectural history, from the medieval period to the present day and across the spectrum of relevant geographical and cultural contexts. The remit is broadly defined and adapts as the interests of those working in their field change. It encompasses art made in Britain or by British artists, but is not solely limited to art made, or artists from, within the geographical boundaries of the British isles. Rather they understand the field of British art studies to encompass a broad range of subjects and topics related to the artistic and cultural histories of Britain, past and present.
• They do not offer grants and fellowships in field archaeology, the current practice of architecture or the performing arts. Applications in the fields of photography, performance, film and digital media will need to demonstrate their relevance to British art studies.

For more information, visit PMC.