Deadline: 31-Jan-2025
The Paul Mellon Centre is accepting submissions for the Event Support Grants Program to support organisations in hosting events in the field of British art or architectural history such as lectures, conferences, workshops, symposia and seminars for scholars or provided at a scholarly level for a wider audience.
The PMC is an educational charity that champions new ways of understanding British art history and culture. Through all areas of the work, including the 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 Paul Mellon Centre particularly welcomes applications from those who are under-represented within the academic field of the humanities in the UK.
Funding Information
- Event Support Grants are offered for up to a maximum of £3,000.
- The award will be paid directly to the organisation as a lump sum only.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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 the 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.
- Event Support Grants are not open to individual applicants; applications for collaborative events are permitted but one of the organisations must be nominated as the lead for the grant administration.
For more information, visit Paul Mellon Centre.