Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025 (invite only)
Funding
Up to £2,500,000
Location
England
Applications
By invitation
This is an invite-only fellowship programme for early career researchers. You can only apply if you were successful at the expression of interest stage. The funding supports research projects at cultural and heritage institutions like museums, galleries, and archives. Awards can be worth up to £2.5 million. The programme runs on a rolling basis with no fixed deadline. You must be conducting research in arts and humanities subjects. The fellowships are available across England.
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Must be successful at expression of interest stage
- Must be early career researcher
- Must conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions
This is for early career researchers who have already been invited to apply after a successful expression of interest. You need to be conducting arts and humanities research at participating cultural and heritage institutions. This is not open to general applicants.
Regions
Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions. You must:Only applicants successful at the expression of interest stage may apply.
You can only apply if you were successful at the expression of interest stage. Applications are invite-only for those who have already passed the initial selection process.
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