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* Open to object, paper and building conservation projects
* £15,000 for the Award for Conservation
* £5,000 for the Student Conservator of the Year
* £5,000 for their Training Institution
* £2,000 for the Anna Plowden Trust Award for Research and Innovation
* Prize-giving at the British Library on 12 November 2002
To be eligible for the Award for Conservation or the Student Conservator of the Year Award, projects must be:
* completed in the UK between 31 January 2001 and 28 February 2002, or between 31 January 2001 and 30 April 2002 for student projects
* accessible to the public

Projects can include:
* conservation of individual items or whole collections, or the decorative elements or fixtures associated with a historic building, or monuments and sculptures, or
* preventive conservation to improve the environment in which a collection is housed

To be eligible for the Award for Research and Innovation,
projects must be:
* accepted for publication or put on the market in the UK between 31 January 2001 and 28 February 2002
* completed programmes of research or development aimed at furthering the practice of conservation, including production of materials, equipment, systems or techniques for improved conservation or collection care, or for examination, analysis, treatment or monitoring.

Deadline for Applications:
29 March 2002 for the Award for Conservation and the Award for Research and Innovation
31 May 2002 for the Student Conservator Award


For more information or an application form contact the Awards Co-ordinator at:
UKIC (Awards), 109 The Chandlery, 50 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7QY
Tel/Fax: 020 7326 0995    Email: [email protected]

Sponsored by the Pilgrim Trust and the Anna Plowden Trust,
and supported by English Heritage, the National Preservation Office, Resource,
and the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation