1. Plowden/ Clothworkers’ Foundation CPD Grant, Anna Plowden Trust and The Clothworkers’ Foundation
2. Conservation Training Bursaries, Anna Plowden Trust
1. PLOWDEN/ CLOTHWORKERS’ FOUNDATION CPD GRANT, Anna Plowden Trust and The Clothworkers’ Foundation
- Applications deadline: March 22, 2017
The Anna Plowden Trust and the Clothworkers Foundation – two of the leading funders of training and development for conservators – have teamed up to offer greater support for conservators undertaking continuing professional development (CPD). The Anna Plowden Trust has provided more than 100 grants for CPD during the last two decades and the Clothworkers Foundation conservation program has given over 150,000 GBP in CPD grants during the last eight years.
For 2017, the Clothworkers Foundation has awarded a grant of 20,000 GBP to the Anna Plowden Trust, specifically to help increase support for conservators seeking to improve their knowledge or skills, or to broaden their professional experience. The Anna Plowden Trust will administer the award of Anna Plowden Trust Clothworkers Foundation CPD grants on behalf of both funders, simplifying the process for applicants and greatly increasing the level of support available to UK-based conservators.
The next deadline for applications is March 22 2017 (with the remaining deadlines in 2017 on June 5 and September 14, 2017).
You can find out more about the grants and download an application form by visiting the Anna Plowden Trust website: www.annaplowdentrust.org.uk/applying-to-us/cpd-grants.
Note that from January 2017 The Clothworkers Foundation will not offer CPD grants directly, it will only do so through this partnership with the Anna Plowden Trust.
2. CONSERVATION TRAINING BURSARIES, Anna Plowden Trust
- Application deadline: June 5, 2017
The Anna Plowden Trust offers grants towards the fees for attending a full-time conservation training course. Applications are considered from those who wish to embark on a career in conservation or from existing conservators who need to broaden the base of their formal training by attending a course for at least one year.
– Courses that prepare students for a career in conserving the movable heritage (e.g. paintings, textiles, archaeological objects etc.) as well as heritage affixed to buildings (stained glass, wall paintings) are eligible.
– Courses on the conservation of the non-movable heritage (e.g. buildings) are not eligible
– Applications are invited from individuals but please note that if a grant is made the funds will be paid to the institution at which the student is studying.
– Successful applicants may be awarded a free subscription to a journal if this offer is generously repeated in 2016 by the Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, one of the Trust’s sponsors.
Our funds are heavily over-subscribed so potential applicants may wish to bear in mind that we will normally give preference to applicants who intend to make their careers in the UK.
The deadline for applications for the 2017/18 academic year is June 5, 2017. You must apply using our application form, which you can download at: APT_Conservation_Bursary_application_2017%2018.doc.
For more information, visit: www.annaplowdentrust.org.uk/applying-to-us/conservation-training-bursaries.