Grants available

The Anna Plowden Trust has two main programmes of grants.

The first gives support for the primary training of UK conservation students by awarding grants towards the cost of fees for full or part time conservation courses.

The second allows conservators in the private sector to take advantage of CPD opportunities by contributing towards the cost of short courses and attending conferences.

Selection of successful candidates for the first programme normally takes place in July of each year and updated application forms are available from the end of April. Applications for grants towards mid-career training are considered in April, July and September each year.

The Trust does not fund conservation projects per se, nor training in the conservation of buildings and the non- moveable heritage - except where the skills acquired could be applied to moveable objects

Grant application forms

You can download either the Conservation training application form or the Mid career break application form by clicking on the appropriate link. You will need Microsoft Word in order to read these documents. If you do not have word you can download a free word viewer from the Microsoft website.

Latest Grant News

Applications for Bursaries and CPD Grants 2010/2011

The Trust is seeking applications for busaries for full time conservation training courses for the 2010/11 academic year ...more


Raising the profile of conservation

The Trust is currently seeking applications for awards of up to £1000 towards the cost of publicising successful conservation projects in private or public collections, or in historic buildings which ...more