The Pilgrim Trust Conservation Awards 2004

THE PILGRIM TRUST CONSERVATION AWARDS 2004

THE AWARD FOR CONSERVATION
Notes for Applicants and On-line Form [The form itself is below]

This Award celebrates excellence in completed conservation or restoration projects in museums, galleries, historic buildings, libraries and archives.

What is the Award for?
The Award is made for a project judged to be the best of those submitted. To be eligible, projects may focus:
* on the conservation of individual items or collections, on the decorative elements or fixtures associated with a historic building, or on monuments and sculptures, or
* on improving the environment in which collections are housed.

Who is eligible to apply?
Conservators or teams working in the public or private sectors. The application must be supported by the individual(s) or organisation(s) commissioning the work.

Timetable and Judging
Entrants for the Award for Conservation should submit an application by 30 September 2003 (see “How to apply” below for details). These will be sifted and considered for shortlisting by the Conservation Awards Screening Panel in October. Only shortlisted candidates will be asked for full details of their projects. All shortlisted candidates for the Award for Conservation will be informed in early November and asked to submit full details of their projects by mid-January 2004.

Members of the Judging Panel will visit all the shortlisted projects in the spring of 2004 in order to meet those involved and see the outcome of the projects at first hand.

The names of the members of the Screening and Judging Panels will be publicised on the Awards website.

Criteria for assessment for the Award for Conservation
In considering applications, the Judging Panel will be looking for some or all of the following features:

(1) Execution of the project
* Exemplary and innovative conservation work that may influence future practice.
* A well-planned project, with clear methodology and good documentation.
* Effective management of the resources used.
* High quality of collaboration with colleagues and others.

(2) Communication of the project
* Effective communication to the wider community of the conservation work and the significance of the items or collections conserved.
* Improvement in the quality of physical and intellectual access achieved through the conservation work.

The Judging Panel will take into account that not every project will be able to demonstrate all these features.

Conditions of entry
* The work must be carried out in the UK.
* The outcome of the project must be accessible to the public in the UK.
* The project must be completed between 1 March 2002 and 30 June 2003.
* Joint applications from conservators or others working in collaboration are accepted.
* All applicants must be clearly identified on the application form.
* Applications may be made for both the Award for Conservation and the Anna Plowden Trust Award (on separate forms).
* The decisions of the judges are final.

Please note that entry material will not normally be returned.The sponsors and supporting organisations reserve the right to publicise the projects as submitted.

How to apply
To apply for the Award for Conservation, please follow the instructions below.

On-line applications
To apply on-line, please complete the form below. A project description of no more than 650 words in total must be entered into the boxes provided, making clear why the project is considered to be a potential Award-winner. The description should be set out under the headings given on the form. Any application which fails to do this will not be considered for inclusion in the shortlist.

Three images illustrating the project (preferably in jpg format please) must be submitted as part of your application. Instructions for how to do this will be e-mailed to you once the form below has been submitted.

Please check that all fields have been completed before submission. When you click on “Submit your application”, an e-mail containing your application will be sent automatically to the Awards Co-ordinator and you will receive an acknowledgement e-mail message.

Postal applications
You may also download, print out and complete the PDF application form. This should be sent with a project description as outlined above, on a separate sheet, together with three photographs (not slides please), to arrive no later than 30 September 2003, to UKIC (Awards), 109 The Chandlery, 50 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7QY.

Any questions?
If you have any queries, or would like further information, please contact Susan Hughes, the Awards Co-ordinator, by telephone or fax on 020 7326 0995 or by e-mail at [email protected]


RECENT AWARD-WINNERS

Award for Conservation 2002: Ian Clark and the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport. Conservation and display of the Royal Navy’s first submarine, Holland 1.

Award for Conservation 2000: Hanna Conservation and Martin Stancliffe. Investigations into the causes of deterioration of carvings of leaves and animals in the 13th-century Chapter House, Southwell Minster, used as the basis for a new approach to long-term preservation.

Award for Conservation 1999: Virginia Neal and Wiltshire County Council. A collaborative project to conserve a fragile Bronze Age shield found at South Cadbury and put it on public display.

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On-Line Application Form
The Award For Conservation

Please note that the wording used in the fields marked * will be used on publicity material and Award certificates, and should be as clear and concise as possible.
Fields marked « must be completed.

INFORMATION ON APPLICANT(S)
Name of applicant(s) * (company/institution/individual)
«

Address
«

< Town/City «
< County
< Postcode «

Contact name/address (if different from above)
< Name
< Address

< Town/City
< County
< Postcode

Telephone  «
Mobile
Fax 
E-mail   «

INFORMATION ON PROJECT
Title of project*
«

Date of completion «

Summary of Project * «

Organisation(s)/individual(s) commissioning the project

Location where project can be seen
«

Project Description «
Please give details of the project within the three separate boxes below as directed, making clear why it is considered to be a potential Award-winner. Please structure the description under the headings given and ensure that you adhere to the word limit.

Brief description (up to 150 words) «
* Conservation work undertaken: methodology and technique used

Execution of project (up to 250 words) «
* Exemplary and innovative features, as appropriate
* Planning of project
* Management of resources used
* Collaboration with others

Communication of project (up to 250 words) «
* Methods used to communicate the conservation work undertaken to the wider community
* Methods used to explain the significance of the objects or collections conseserved
* Evidence that conservation has improved physical and intellectual access

Images
Please list the images here (description/title):
Image 1: «
Image 2: «
Image 3: «

Instructions on sending the images will be e-mailed to you once the form has been submitted.

I/We declare that this information is supplied to UKIC by the applicant and represents a true record of the project « (tick this box to make this declaration)

If your project is short-listed you will be asked to give written evidence of support from the commissioning organisation(s) (if applicable).

Date of declaration «


The information provided by applicants will be used and retained solely in connection with the Conservation Awards scheme, and details of individuals and projects reaching the shortlist will be released only for the purposes of publicising the Awards and shortlisted applicants. By submitting this form, applicants signify their consent to such publicity.

     


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