THE NATIONAL MANUSCRIPTS CONSERVATION TRUST (NMCT)
The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust invites applications for
funding for preservation and conservation projects involving
manuscript material. If your institution is a record office, library
or other publicly funded body such as a local authority, university or
specialist record repository, you may be eligible for support from the
Trust. We offer funding to cover the cost of the repair, binding and
other preservation measures including reprography, of manuscript
material.
The Trust will award up to 50% of a project's cost, and the applicant
must provide matching funding. This can be in the form of an in-kind
contribution to the conservation work, as well as cash. Grants have
ranged from £1,000 to £30,000 and the Trust is keen to emphasise that
the majority of applicants who apply for funding are successful.
Grants awarded in 1999 included £6,320 to the Ancient India and Iran
Trust to conserve eleven Persian manuscripts, £14,500 to Suffolk
County Council for the repair of the Cornwallis archive, £10,655 to
Worcester Cathedral Library to conserve medieval manuscripts and
£1,847 to the Ashmolean Museum to conserve their museum archives.
Applicants can use NMCT grants as part of their matching funding for
bids to other funding bodies.
Closing dates for applications are 1 April and 1 October. For further
information and for a copy of the new revised application form,
contact Alison Walker, the Trust's secretary at the National
Preservation Office, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1
2DB Tel: 020 7412 7798 Fax: 020 7412 7796 Email: [log in to unmask]
The application form is also available on the NPO's website at
http://www.bl.uk/services/preservation.
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