Working Internationally Regional Project
International Travel Grant Scheme
APPLICATION FORM
PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY NON-NATIONAL MUSEUMS IN ENGLAND ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY
ABOUT THE SCHEME
The WIRP is offering a small number of travel grants to support non-national museums to work internationally. The
travel grants will enable recipients to undertake an international research visit to museums and/or organisations
abroad who they would otherwise not be able to meet with face-to-face. The intention is to support non-national
museums who are starting to develop international contacts and/or projects, and who are exploring their potential
to work internationally in a particular part of the world. Priority will be given to museums whose staff have not
previously undertaken international travel as part of their work.
The total budget available for the travel grants is £12,000. Applications will be considered for grants of up to £2,000
per organisation or consortium.
Please note that applicants will need to make their own travel, insurance, and visa arrangements. The British Council
will supply invitation letters where visa regulations require it.
Organisation
Name
Job Title
Email address
Telephone number
Address of organisation
Postcode
Please confirm that your
application has the support
of your organisation (give
name and contact details
for line manager, trustee,
chairperson)
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Where do you wish to travel
to?
Please describe the purpose
of your visit. Include details
of any specific projects or
partnerships you would like
to develop. Note if you
have already established
contact with potential
partners, and the stage
these discussions are at.
Which museum(s) or
organisation(s) do you wish
to visit?
How will the visit benefit
your organisation and what
impact will it have?
Visit dates (start and finish)
Please provide an
approximate breakdown of
the cost of your visit
International travel: £
Local travel: £
Accommodation: £
Subsistence: £
Other, please specify: £
TOTAL: £
Does your organisation
already have experience of
working internationally? If
so, please describe this
briefly.
Grants will only be paid by bank transfer
Account name
Bank sort code
Bank account number
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Signature of applicant
Signature of line manager
Date
If your application is successful, you will be required to write at least one blog post for the ICOM UK website during
your visit, complete a post-visit report (template provided below) and supply at least three high resolution images
from your visit. Successful applicants will grant ICOM UK permission to use the report and images in connection with
the WIRP and its promotion.
Successful applicants also agree to participate in a round-table and/or workshop in February 2017 in England, which
will bring together all of the travel grant recipients to share their experience and learning with the wider museum
sector. The WIRP will cover the travel costs for successful applicants to attend the event in February 2017.
ELIBILITY CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES
The WIRP International Travel Grant Scheme is only open to non-national museums in England because the funding
for this has been provided by Arts Council England’s Museum Resilience Fund. Applicants can apply for a maximum
of £2,000 to fund an international research visit in 2016 from one organisation or consortium.
The purpose of the visit must be to enable applicants to make international contacts, and scope or develop
international partnerships and projects. The grant will cover the cost of travel, including international and local
transport, visas, accommodation, and subsistence.
The grant will not cover the cost of attending an international conference or meeting, nor will it cover the cost of
travel associated with an established project or partnership under which travel costs have already been agreed. The
grant will not cover overhead costs (including backfill costs), general running costs, professional fees or production
costs such as the purchase or hire of materials, equipment, venues, goods and/or services. We cannot consider
retrospective applications.
If awarded, 75% of the grant will be paid on receipt of a detailed travel itinerary and invoice in advance of travel.
25% of the costs will be paid on receipt of the visit report and images, to be received no later than one month after
the end of the visit.
All travel must be completed by Monday 5th December 2016 and all paperwork for final payment must be submitted
to ICOM UK by Monday 9th January 2017. Failure to submit the required paperwork by the January deadline may
result in a delay or non-payment of the final instalment of the grant.
DEADLINES FOR APPLICATIONS
Applications open: Thursday 15th October 2015
Deadline for applications: 12:00 on Friday 30th October 2015
Successful applicants notified: w/c 16th November 2015
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HOW TO APPLY
Please complete one application form per organisation or consortium and email it to:
Dana Andrew, WIRP Project Co-ordinator, dana@cuello-andrew.co.uk
Applications must be authorised by the applicant’s line manager, trustee, or chair person. Applications received
by post, or after the deadline, will not be considered. All decisions are final.
Working Internationally Regional Project - International Travel Grant Scheme
REPORT TEMPLATE
Organisation:
Name:
Job title:
Country travelled to:
Specific region or cities travelled to:
Museum(s) and organisation(s) visited:
Dates of visit:
1. Original purpose of the visit: (max 200 words)
2. Summary of visit, including what went well and what was challenging: (max 250 words)
3. Experience and knowledge gained, and the impact on you and your organisation: (max 200 words)
4. People, organisations, projects of relevance to your project/museum: (max 200 words)
5. Information of benefit to other museum professionals working internationally: (max 200 words)
6. What are the next steps following the visit, and what might you need in order to successfully realise your ideas?:
(max 250 words)
7. In one sentence, please summarise the impact of your visit on your organisation.
Images
Please supply at least three images from the visit. Please send high resolution images as jpeg files.
Image 1 file name
Credit Line
Image 2 file name
Credit Line
Image 3 file name
Credit Line
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