Fully Curatorial Research Grants at Paul Mellon Centre in UK 2024-25

The Fully Curatorial Research Grants at Paul Mellon Centre is open to all nationals. Curatorial Research Grants are offered annually to organizations, galleries or museums to help towards the costs of appointing a research curator to undertake research for a specific project.

The PMC is an educational charity that champions new ways of understanding British art history and culture. Through all areas of our work, including our Grants & Fellowships program, we promote activities that enhance and expand knowledge of British art and architecture. As an organization, we pledge ourselves to ensure 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 marginalized or excluded in the past will have a transformational impact on the future of the Centre and on 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.

The grant is an award of up to £40,000 to cover the full length of the research project.

This funding program 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. Its remit is broadly defined and adapts as the interests of those working in our 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 we 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.

We 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.