Our Supported Projects & People
From short research trips to complex curatorial programming, we believe in supporting the generation of ideas- however that support is needed. Below, you can explore some of the people, places, publications and projects we have supported so far.
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linkFeatured Project: A Global History of Victorian Painting: Circulations and the Making of British Art
Kate Nichols was awarded £18,000 towards replacement staff costs that allowed her to focus on her ongoing book project.
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linkFeatured Report: Horrockses Fashions: Everyday Glamour & the Art of British Ready-to-Wear
The Harris received an Exhibition Publication Grant of £6,000 towards a book dedicated to the museum's nationally significant Horrockses Fashions collection.
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linkRecipient Lists
We publish the lists of recipients online after each round of funding
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linkRecipient Reports
Explore the people, projects and places that have received funding via their final reports.
People
From postgraduate study to career-defining investigation, we support individuals to undertake research through dedicated trips or sustained periods of research time.
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linkSonal Khullar awarded £18,000 in 2024
To cover staff replacement costs for Sonal Khullar’s post, allowing her to dedicate a term to research on her forthcoming book.
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linkCassandra Harrington awarded £2,000
To support research trips to study carvings, manuscripts and archival material held in several libraries and historic buildings in the UK in 2024.
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linkSarah Churchill awarded £15,000 in 2024
To support a long-term project and develop her doctoral thesis for a book proposal.
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linkAindreas Scholz awarded £783.00 in 2024
To support research trips that contextualised Anna Atkins’s life in Victorian Britain as well as to see, and connect with, Atkins’s own books.
Places
Organisations across the British Isles and beyond have received support for conservation programmes, research projects and curatorial activities. Explore the public programming realised by our funding.
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linkEvent: Feminist Library: Archives as Living, Learning Bodies
A conversation between Durre Shahwar and Sophie Mak-Schram, Ffotogallery, 7 October 2026.
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linkEvent: Globe-spanning Networks: Mapping Photographic Clubs and Societies in Local, National, and Transnational Contexts
Conference, Birkbeck, 26 November 2026
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linkExhibition: Balraj Khanna
Ikon presents the first major survey exhibition of artist Balraj Khanna (1939-2024), 30 September 2026 - 21 February 2027
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linkExhibition: Pop and the Figure
Showing Pallant House Gallery's distinguished Pop Art collection through the lens of the body until Spring 2027.
Publications
We have a long history of offering grants to authors and publishers, helping them with costs including copy-editing, image licensing, and publicity.
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linkThomas Archer (1668-1743): A Forgotten Baroque Master
By Helen Lawrence-Beaton, published by Unicorn Publishing
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linkEncounters with Photobooks: How Art and Experience Matter
By Briony Carlin, published by Leuven University Press
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linkQueer Crafts: Material Practices and the Making of Identity
By Daniel Fountain, published by Bloomsbury (Critical Craft Studies)
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linkSupported Publications List
You can explore all of the publications we have supported via our Online Library Catalogue.
Projects
We support the sharing of knowledge about British art to create better understandings of the past, present, and potential futures. Online, our recipients illustrate the breadth of innovation in the field.
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linkJoseph Wright of Derby
The online home of Derby Museums’ Joseph Wright Collection.
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linkThe Jeffrey Sherwin & Family Collection of British Surrealism
The Hepworth Wakefield's dedicated webpage for the newly acquired collection, with images of works, including in-depth research.
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linkExhibiting Empire in Nineteenth Century Liverpool
An online resource containing digitised items relating to the history of art, manufacturing, British imperialism, and exhibition culture in nineteenth century Liverpool.
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linkBlack Women Poets at Sheba Feminist Publishers
A blog post on items from the Sheba Feminist Publishers archive by Doctoral Scholarship recipient Nazmia Jamal.