INTACH UK Trust

INTACH UK Trust Grants

INTACH UK Trust Travel Grants

Applications for grants to support training, study or research in India are invited twice a year on 31st May and 30th November. Only applicants who are UK citizens and normally resident in the UK are eligible for INTACH UK Trust travel grants.

Grants may be for any discipline in the humanities. Preference will be given to work in archaeology, ancient Indian art, architecture, conservation studies, geography, history, numismatics, museum studies, the history of technology, crafts, textiles, dance, drama, art, scientific applications to disciplines under humanities and any other related disciplines in humanities.

Scholarships may cover air passage to India, medical insurance, and in some cases subsistence allowance, internal travel, and payment of fees to approved institutions.
All applications for travel grants will need to be endorsed by two appropriate, suitably qualified or experienced people who can act as referees for the applicants.

Grants offered by the Trustees normally cover one of the following:

(a) Junior travel grants to enable undergraduates or postgraduates to study topics related to a special study or dissertation
(b) Scholarships with a modest subsistence allowance for postgraduate study at an Indian university or comparable institution
(c) Research fellowships to enable postgraduate students and established scholars to undertake research at Indian universities and institutions
(d) Senior travel grants to enable established scholars and craftsmen to give lecture courses, conduct workshops or contribute to conservation programmes

The Trustees are also prepared to consider applications for travel grants for British participants in cultural exchange programmes or to take up artistic residencies.

Download an application form for an INTACH UK Trust travel grant and return it to INTACH UK Trust, c/o ICOMOS-UK, 70 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ

INTACH UK Trust Project Grants

Grants for conservation work will not normally cover the entire cost of projects and grants will therefore need to be supported by funds from other sources. As applications for support normally greatly exceed available funds, INTACH UK Trust supports those projects or proposals which it considers best fit its remit, demonstrate good practice and offer the prospect of delivering significant conservation benefits. Grants rarely exceed £2,000. There are two different application procedures:

1) For UK Citizens
Applications for project grants, to support conservation projects in India, are invited annually on 31st May from UK citizens normally resident in the UK. Projects will normally be delivered through locally based organisations in India.

Download an application form for an INTACH UK Trust project grant for UK citizens and return it to INTACH UK Trust, c/o ICOMOS-UK, 70 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ

2) For Indian Citizens
INTACH UK Trust also considers project grant applications from Indian citizens living in India and Indian based organisations for conservation projects in India. Applications for grants to support these conservation projects are invited annually on 31st May.

Download an application form for an INTACH UK Trust project grant for Indian citizens and return it to INTACH, 71 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110 003, India

Beneficiaries of Awards from the INTACH UK Trust Travel Grants:

The following is a selection of scholarship work supported by INTACH UK Trust:

Documenting Orissan vernacular buildings
Filming the work of Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil
Researching Anglo-Indian furniture
Running a workshop for artisans using bamboo
Researching the indigo industry in North West India for a publication
Researching low-cost housing in the Zanskar valley
Participation in excavations at Gilund, Rajasthan
Training in the skills of brass-casting in Kerala
Researching Sikh iconography
Running a workshop on the consolidation of large paintings and scrolls
Research into the Anglo-Indian community of Cheltenham
Support for a cultural exchange project between musicians in Rajasthan and Cardiff
Survey of pre-historic rock art in central India
Documentation of the sacred city of Kumbakonam, south India

Conservation work in India

The following are examples of conservation projects that have been supported by INTACH UK Trust:

Restoration of extensive complex of buildings at Orcha, Madhya Pradesh
Restoration of the Nagaur Fort, Rajasthan
Revitalising traditional water resource systems at Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Indo-British training programmes with the British Council on material conservation, Museum Management and Heritage Management
Support for Charles Wallace Institute for Conservation Research Training, Lucknow
Conservation of stained glass at Victoria Terminus, Bombay, St James Church, Delhi and Christ Church Mussoori