Applications Invited for the Barakat Trust Grant Programme 2023

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About the Organization

The Barakat Trust was founded as a UK charity in 1987 and operates for educational and heritage purposes focusing on the heritage of the Islamic world. We provide scholarships and grants for study and research projects at the world’s most respected academic and cultural institutions at post-graduate and post-doctoral level. We support conservation and documentation work, travel for research and education, training programmes, including the training of conservation professionals and curators.

We fund publications, and the digitisation of significant collections, and support other projects that preserve the heritage of the Islamic world, raise awareness, and engage with diverse audiences.

We work in partnership with a wide range of institutions who share common interests. Our partners range in scale from huge national institutions, like the British Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum, the Islamic Arts Museum in Malaysia, to cultural, research and academic institutions, professional organisations, and historians, archaeologists, conservators, curators, and others.

About the Grant

The Barakat Trust awards are open to applicants worldwide in the fields of:

• research into the history of the art and architecture, and the archaeology and material culture of Islamic societies, including archaeological and other fieldwork, and research trips
• the conservation, preservation, restoration, and presentation to the public of artefacts, buildings and archaeological sites produced by Islamic societies
• the work of libraries, museums and other public collections in the conservation, documentation, and presentation of artefacts and manuscripts produced by Islamic societies in their broadest sense, including the digitisation of archives and collections, and the training of conservation and curatorial staff
• the organisation of events intended to further research in the history of the art, architecture, archaeology, and material culture of Islamic societies, including colloquia and conferences, lectures, seminars and workshops, exhibitions, and attendance at such events

Types of Grants:

Barakat International Studentship - One scholarship of up to £25,000 to a Muslim student from the Islamic world who has already been accepted on a taught Masters courses in a subject relevant to the history of Islamic art and architecture and/or the study of Islamic archaeology, material culture and/or heritage.

Barakat Postgraduate Student & Early Career Award -

Postgraduate students, early career professionals, and early career scholars who were awarded a doctorate after 30 June 2018, may apply for grants with an upper limit of £1,500 towards the costs of travel for fieldwork, research and study relating to:

• the history of the art, architecture and material culture of the Islamic world before circa 1920 CE;
• the archaeological investigation of Islamic world;
• the conservation of artefacts, buildings and material culture produced in or for the Islamic world before circa 1920 CE;

libraries, museums and other public institutions exhibiting the art and material culture of the Islamic world before circa 1920 CE; education and training associated with (1) to (4) above; conferences, exhibitions and publications associated with (1) to (4) above.

Barakat Major Awards (Including Digital Projects, Conservation, and Conservation Training ) -

Established scholars attached to research institutions, curators, and heritage professionals may apply for awards with an upper limit of £10,000 for fieldwork, research, study, exhibitions, conservation and documentation projects, and training of professionals in fields associated with history, heritage, conservation and archaeology relating to:

• History of the art, architecture, and material culture of the Islamic world before circa 1920 CE
• Archaeological investigation of the Islamic world.

Barakat Publication Grants -

Grants with an upper limit of £6,000 towards the costs of a major publication on the history of the art, architecture and material culture of the Islamic world before circa 1920 CE, the archaeological investigation of Islamic world, and the conservation of artefacts, buildings and material culture produced in or for the Islamic world before circa 1920 CE.

Barakat Senior Scholar -

One visiting scholarship of £10,000 to enable an established Muslim scholar to reside in Oxford for three months to carry out a specific programme of research and to deliver a lecture on their research.

Barakat Postdoctoral Scholarship -

The Barakat Postdoctoral Scholarship provides a grant of £20,000 to enable a Muslim post-doctoral scholar, who was awarded a doctorate after 30 June 2018, to reside in Oxford for nine months (normally October to June) to carry out a specific programme of research on Islamic art and/or architecture to prepare such research for publication.

Barakat Oxford Masters Studentship -

One studentship to cover one year’s fees for a Muslim student already accepted by the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the University of Oxford to read for an MSt or MPhil in Islamic Art and Architecture. Renewal for the second year of the MPhil may be granted to candidates who perform well in the qualifying examination, but the grant may not be extended to cover doctoral studies.

Hands on Islamic Art -

Fostering Inclusiveness and understanding through community engagement with Islamic art heritage in the United Kingdom

The Barakat Trust has recently received a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to create this new grant category.

This category will offer grants of £8,000 plus in-kind support for projects in the United Kingdom (UK) that use collections of Islamic art in the UK to foster greater understanding about the cultures of the Islamic world, and involve a significant element of public engagement, ideally as part of the process of making collections more accessible. The grant will be open to UK institutions with collections of Islamic art and material culture. We are particularly interested in understudied collections.

Who can Apply

We fund individual and institutional efforts to promote and preserve artistic culture and heritage related to the Islamic world as outlined in our Scope of Awards webpage.

While we have a long track record of supporting projects and initiatives driven by individuals, including but not limited to research trips, publications, and training opportunities, individuals applying for grants from The Barakat Trust need to identify an institution to which grant monies can be transferred on their behalf. We cannot make transfers to personal bank accounts but are strongly committed to the support of individual professional development and projects led by individuals.

Institutions to which we can transfer funds include:

• Registered charities
• Registered community interest companies
• Registered charitable incorporated organisations
• Social enterprises
• Education institutions including universities
• Museums, libraries, and archives
• Companies

How to Apply

The Barakat Trust has various grant categories. Each category has its own separate application form and specific guidelines. If you are applying to more than one category of award you will need to submit the appropriate application for each category. We regret that we can only consider applications submitted using the correct application form.

To download the application from for a specific grant category, go to the Grant Application Forms webpage.

To submit your application and supporting documents, go to the “Apply Now” webpage and submit the documents by the deadline (no later than midnight GMT on 31 March 2023).

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