The following organisations and funding bodies provide funding for research in the Visual Arts. See also Support Centres.
AHRC The Arts and Humanities Research Council supports research within a huge subject domain from traditional humanities subjects, such as history, modern languages and English literature, to the creative and performing arts.
Arts Council England Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.
Arts Council of Northern Ireland The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland. We are the main support for artists and arts organisations throughout the region, offering a broad range of funding opportunities through our Treasury and National Lottery funds.
Arts Council of Wales The Arts Council of Wales is responsible for funding and developing the arts in Wales and is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and the National Lottery.
The British Academy The Academy: represents the interests of scholarship nationally and internationally; gives recognition to excellence; promotes and supports advanced research; furthers international collaboration and exchange; promotes public understanding of research and scholarship; publishes the results of research.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation The UK Branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (whose Headquarters are based in Lisbon) is responsible for grant aid in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The UK Branch supports funding programmes in Arts, Social Welfare and Education, and Anglo-Portuguese Cultural Relations.
Dott 07 Dott (Designs of the time) launches in North East England in 2007 and will provide the opportunity for designers, businesses and public service providers to engage with citizens in improving national life through design. Dott is a 10-year national programme to raise awareness of how good design can benefit our lives.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the largest independent grantmaking foundations in the UK, covering four programme areas: Arts & Heritage, Education, Environment and Social Change: Enterprise and Independence.
Henry Moore Foundation The Henry Moore Foundation is a registered charity, set-up and generously endowed by Mr Moore in 1977 'to advance the education of the public by the promotion of their appreciation of the fine arts and in particular the works of Henry Moore'.
The Leverhulme Trust The Trust, established at the wish of William Hesketh Lever, the first Viscount Leverhulme, makes awards for the support of research and education. The Trust emphasises individuals and encompasses all subject areas.
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) NESTA is working to increase the UK's capacity for innovation. NESTA invests in all stages of the innovation process, backing new ideas and funding new ventures that stimulate entrepreneurship.
Scottish Arts Council The Scottish Arts Council is the lead body for the funding, development and advocacy of the arts in Scotland.
UK Research Office The UK Research Office (UKRO) is the UK's leading information and advice service on European Union funding for research and higher education. UKRO provides up-to-date information on all funding opportunities through the Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development and other sources of funding for research and higher education offered by the EU and other European-level funding organisations.
AHDS Visual Arts is part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS). Copyright 2003.
