Spring 2025 Round of Funding Opportunities Now Open for Applications

Our spring 2025 round of funding opportunities is now open for applications. This round is primarily designed to support individuals undertaking research, projects and activities concerned with British art. The majority of these opportunities for individuals are offered as Fellowships which are designed to allow individuals the time and funding support to concentrate on undertaking uninterrupted research towards their project.

Our Fellowships on offer are:

Senior Fellowship
Awards of up to £60,000 to support a senior scholar for twelve months.

Mid-Career Fellowships
Awards of up to £18,000 to support an individual at a mid-career level for four months.

Postdoctoral Fellowships
Awards of up to £15,000 to support an individual who has recently completed their PhD for six months.

Junior Fellowships
Awards of up to £8,000 to support an internationally based PhD student travel to the UK for three months of research.

Rome Fellowship
An award for an individual to stay at the British School at Rome for three months whilst undertaking research.

We are also pleased to be able to offer our New Narratives suite of awards again this year. These awards are designed to increase the diversity of perspectives among individuals in the field of British art:

MA/MPhil Studentship
An award of £32,000 designed to support the fees and living costs of an individual undertaking an MA.

Doctoral Scholarship
An award of £32,000 a year for three years designed to support the fees and living costs of an individual undertaking a PhD.

Early Career Fellowship
An award of £35,000 a year for two years designed to support an individual at an early career level undertaking a research project.

Alongside our Fellowships we are also pleased to be able to offer our Research Support Grants, awards of up to £2,000 designed to support research travel costs, and our Event Support Grants, awards of up to £3,000 to support organisations in hosting events such as symposia, lectures and workshops.

For more information on how our funding programme works please watch the below short animation:

We also recommend reading our FAQ page and our Grant Making Policy before applying. Our Grants and Fellowships Manager is also available if you have any questions or if you would like to arrange a pre-application discussion. Applications close on 31 January 2025.