Deadline: 31-Jan-23
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art is inviting applications for Research Support Grants is specifically designed for scholars to support the expenses incurred in visiting collections, libraries, archives or historic sites within the United Kingdom or abroad.
The Paul Mellon Centre 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, we promote activities that enhance and expand knowledge of British art and architecture.
As an institution, they pledge ourselves 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 Paul Mellon Centre particularly welcomes applications from those who are under-represented within the academic field of the humanities in the UK.
Scope
- These grants are offered for specific research visits and individuals may claim for the following costs in line with the limits given:
- Fares (in full)
- Accommodation (up to a maximum of £100 per night)
- Daily subsistence (£40 per day)
- Cost of care for individual’s dependents.
Funding Information
- Research Support Grants are offered for up to a maximum of £2,000, applications for less than £2,000 are also eligible.
- The award will be paid directly to the individual as a lump sum only.
Eligibility Criteria
- Their funding programme supports scholarship, academic research and the dissemination of knowledge in the fields of British art and architectural history, and of British visual culture understood more broadly, from the medieval period to the present day. All supported topics must have a clear art-historical perspective, including those that focus on recent or contemporary artistic practice. All applications must demonstrate that British art, architecture or visual culture provides a substantial focus for their project. Applications will be assessed according to their academic rigour, originality, and contribution to scholarship. They do not fund research projects focusing on archaeology, current architecture practice, or the performing arts.
- Academics, scholars, postgraduate students and independent researchers are eligible to apply in the Research Support Grant category, with the stipulation that their research is in the field of British art or architectural history and is of a scholarly nature.
- Conference attendance, costs of photography, photocopying, computers, cameras or other equipment DO NOT come within the scope of this award and such costs must not be included in any application.
For more information, visit Research Support Grants.
