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Large Grants

New for 2008-09, Renaissance South East is running a one year large grants programme open to Accredited / Registered museums in the region. Five grants of up to £10,000 each are available to museums on a competative bid process.

Museums with annual visitor figures in excess of 50,000 are eligible to apply for a grant to support a project that falls into the following areas:

• Access, Learning and Audience Development
• Skills Development
• Planning and Accreditation
• Collections Management and Care

Large Grants will not fund:

• Projects falling outside the Renaissance priority areas, outlined above
• Organisations that are not Accredited / Registered
• Applications from museums with less that 50,000 annual visits
• Applications from South East Hub museums

Please read the  Large Grant Guidelines (pdf 56KB) before submitting an application.  This file is in Adobe PDF format and you will need Adobe Reader to view it.

The closing date for applications is Friday January 30th 2009. Applicants will be notified of their success or otherwise, six weeks from closing date.

Application Form

Download the Large Grant Application Form (pdf, 104KB) This form is in Adobe PDF format and you will need Adobe Reader to view it.

This form is also available as a word document, Large Grant Application Form (Word, 242KB)

Hard copies are available on request from