People and Research

Historic England
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Funding

£250 – £300,000

Location

England

Applications

Open until 1 April 2027

Overview

Historic England offers grants from £250 to £300,000 for projects that help people understand historic environments. You can get funding for engagement activities, skills training, education programmes, and heritage project posts. The scheme also funds research into historic conservation, surveys, investigations, and publications. Applications are open to various organisations working in heritage. The deadline is 1 April 2027. You need to show how your project will benefit understanding of England's historic environment.

Eligibility

Key requirements:

  • Must focus on historic environment understanding
  • Must demonstrate public benefit
Who is this for?

This grant is for organisations working in heritage, education, or research who want to help people understand England's historic environment. You could be a museum, charity, university, or community group. Your project must focus on engagement, training, education, or research related to historic buildings and places.

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Full details from Historic England

The People and Research Scheme offers grants for activities that help people understand and champion the historic environment through, engagement, skills, training, education and heritage project-based posts. It also offers grants for research activities related to the historic environment sector including scientific and technical conservation, surveys and investigations, publication, archiving, toolkits and guidance. https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/grants/what-we-fund/people-activities/ https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/grants/what-we-fund/research-activities/

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Last updated: 5 April 2026