The Institute for Conservation, ICON, has announced details of a new fund to help mid career conservators with continuing professional development, with grants of up to £900 available.
ICON writes:
Tru Vue Inc has partnered with the Institute of Conservation (Icon) to provide funding for mid-career conservators from across the globe to attend professional development events such as conferences and training courses. This is very welcome as there are very few sources of funding for this kind of training and employers’ training budgets have been drastically reduced in recent years.
There will be a formal application process with three deadlines a year. Grants will range from £300 to £900 and there will be between 10 and 20 grants per year. The full details of the programme are available on the website.
Conservators from anywhere in the world are eligible to apply to Icon for funding, apart from members of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC), who should apply to FAIC through a similar scheme.
Icon’s Chief Executive Alison Richmond says: ‘Icon is very pleased to be involved in this initiative as it is a goal of our National Conservation Education and Skills Strategy to provide more opportunities for conservators to learn at every stage of their careers. Tru Vue has been very supportive of Icon, sponsoring our triennial conference and Conservation Register. We are delighted that our relationship with Tru Vue continues to support the profession and the public by providing the means for conservators everywhere to develop their skills.’
‘We are pleased to be partnering with the Icon and FAIC to offer these scholarships to professionals who might not otherwise have the opportunity to attend, and contribute towards their professional development goals,’ said Patti Dumbaugh, Vice President for Tru Vue, Inc.
‘Our goals for the program include encouraging international exchange and dissemination of training and conference information. We look forward to their report out and sharing of key learning points and hope conservators with a thirst to learn from all over the world will take advantage of this program and the knowledge it can bring to their communities.’
