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About FAIC Grants and Scholarships
FAIC Grants and Scholarships
The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic &
Artistic Works was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization in 1972 to solicit,
receive and maintain funds in order to support the charitable, scientific, and
educational activities of AIC and the field of conservation. FAIC offers grants,
scholarships and funded awards for projects that support AIC’s mission and
goals. For information on how you can contribute to FAIC, please click here.
Guidelines, applications, and final reports are available in PDF formats, and
some are available in MS Word. Adobe Acrobat is required to read
and print PDF files. Click here if you need
to download Acrobat Reader.
Applications must be received at the AIC
office by the submission deadline. Electronic submissions are encouraged but not
required. Important: you may submit your application
electronically only if all of your materials (except for
letters of support, if required) can be submitted electronically. If using a MS Word form, please combine the
application form and all supporting materials into a single electronic document
in PDF, RTF, or Microsoft Word format. Name the file to include your last name ("smith.doc" or
"smithapplication.pdf") or name of your organization ("smithmuseum.rtf"). If you use our new PDF fill-in forms, send supporting materials as separate files. Send
file(s) as an e-mail attachment to faicgrants@aic-faic.org. You should receive
a reply by e-mail acknowledging receipt within 72 hours. Final reports may also
be sent as e-mail attachments to faicgrants@aic-faic.org
Letters of support should be addressed to "Review Committee" and must arrive in the the AIC office by the submission deadline. Letters may be sent as e-mail attachments only if signature is included (pdf or jpg formats are recommended). Letters of support without signatures (such as plain email text) will not be accepted.
Outreach Grants:
FAIC Lecture
Grants
The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC)
provides funds toward the presentation of public lectures to help advance public
awareness of conservation. Up to $500 may be used to help defray lecturer travel
costs, honoraria, site fees, and publicity costs. These awards are not intended
to be used for lectures associated with the AIC annual meeting. Deadlines for
receipt of applications are February 15 and September 15.
Guidelines and application (PDF)
Guidelines and application (MS Word)
Final Report (PDF)
Final Report (MS Word)
FAIC Regional
Angels Grants
The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation
(FAIC) offers grants of up to $1,000 toward the development and implementation of
Angels Projects not associated with AIC annual meetings. Funds are to help
defray organizational costs, necessary materials and supplies and other expenses
such as marketing and publicity. Materials and supplies should also be augmented
through donations outside of FAIC. Deadlines for receipt of applications are
February 15 and September 15.
Guidelines and application (PDF fill-in form)
Final Report forms (PDF fill-in forms)
Professional Development Grants and
Scholarships:
FAIC Latin American and Caribbean Scholars Program
The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (FAIC) has received funding from the Getty Foundation to offer scholarships to conservation professionals from Latin America and the Caribbean to participate in the 2008 AIC Annual Meeting. The deadline for receipt of applications was October 15, 2007. FAIC hopes to offer this support again for the 2010 AIC Annual Meeting
More information (2007)
FAIC Small Meeting Support Grant
The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC) offers grants of up to $2,500 to help defray costs to develop and hold small meetings of AIC members. Meetings may include seminars, research, brainstorming, problem-solving, or other continuing education endeavors that support professional development and the conservation profession. Eligible expenses include meeting space or conferencing technology costs, AV support, supplies, and facilitation. Deadline for receipt of applications is September 15.
Guidelines and application (PDF)
Guidelines and applicatiom (MS Word Template)
Final Report (PDF)
Final Report (MS Word Template)
FAIC Workshop Development Grants
The purpose of this award is to provide an incentive to increase
the number and variety of continuing education offerings to the AIC membership;
to expand those offerings in various locations around the country; and to
encourage more of its members to attend courses by keeping workshop costs as
affordable as possible. FAIC offers grants of up to $1,000, as available, for the
purpose of developing continuing education workshops for conservation
professionals and other interested individuals. Funds may be used to help defray
costs for instructor fees, instructor travel, materials and supplies needed for
the workshop. Deadlines for receipt of applications are February 15 and
September 15.
Guidelines and application (PDF)
Guidelines and application (MS Word)
Final Report (PDF)
Final Report (MS Word)
Participant Evaluation Form (PDF)
Instructor Evaluation Form (PDF)
FAIC Individual
Professional Development Scholarship
The Foundation of the American
Institute for Conservation (FAIC) offers scholarships up to $1,000 to help defray
professional development costs for Professional Associate or Fellow members of AIC. Proposed projects may include
seminars, courses, research, or other continuing education endeavors that
support the professional development of AIC members. This award is not available
to support expenses for attending the AIC Annual Meeting, with the exception of
workshop fees. Deadlines for receipt of applications are February 15 and
September 15.
Guidelines and application (PDF fill-in form)
Final Report (PDF fill-in form)
FAIC/NEH Individual Professional Development Scholarship
With financial support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, FAIC offers scholarships up to $1,000 to help defray registration and travel expenses for participants in the FAIC workshops supported by NEH. In 2008, these workshop are: Plastics, Tracing Paper, and Adhesives. All current AIC members who are U.S. residents or citizens are eligible. Deadlines for receipt of scholarship applications are February 15 and September 15.
Guidelines and application (PDF fill-in form)
Final Report (PDF fill-in form)
FAIC George
Stout Grant
The George Stout Memorial Fund may be used for two purposes. The first is to defray costs of invited George Stout lecturers. The second is to defray in part expenses (up to $1,000) of students who are members of AIC to attend professional meetings. Important! The deadline for receipt of student applications is December 15, 2008.
Guidelines and application (PDF fill-in form)
Final Report (PDF fill-in form)
FAIC Carolyn
Horton Grant
The Carolyn Horton Fund is used to support continuing
education, including attendance at meetings, seminars, workshops, or to conduct
research or special projects by members of the AIC Book and Paper specialty
group. The deadline for receipt of applications is February 1.
Guidelines and application (PDF fill-in form)
Final Report (PDF fill-in form)
FAIC Christa
Gaehde Grant
The Christa Gaehde Fund promotes study and research in the
conservation of art on paper for members of AIC. Its scope is broad; projects
may involve individual study, attendance at workshops, conferences, or other
events, purchase of materials for research projects, or other activities in
keeping with this goal. The deadline for receipt of applications is February 1.
Guidelines and application (PDF fill-in form)
Final Report (PDF fill-in form)
FAIC "Take A Chance" Grant
This fund, established in honor of Carolyn Rose, helps defray costs for
innovative conservation research or projects that may not otherwise be
funded. Applicants must be current members of AIC. The deadline for receipt
of applications is February 1.
Guidelines and application (PDF fill-in form)
Final Report (PDF fill-in form)
Publications Grants:
FAIC Samuel H. Kress
Conservation Publication Fellowship
The FAIC Samuel H. Kress Conservation
Publication Fellowships have been funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation since
1994. The goal is to improve the quality and quantity of publications in the
field of conservation by encouraging conservation professionals to prepare
publishable manuscripts. The cash awards are designed to enable conservation
professionals to take time off from their work
to finalize their manuscript. Applicants must be current Professional Associate
or Fellow members of AIC. Applications will not be accepted by electronic
transmission or facsimile and must be received by November 1.
Guidelines (PDF)
Application (PDF)
List of Fellowships awarded (PDF)
For information on AIC awards for recognition,
please see
click on awards
link
on the right-hand side of this page.
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