Conservation Awards

The Conservation Awards 2005
Call for Entries

Are you completing an exceptional conservation, collections care or
digital preservation project? If so, why not apply for a
Conservation Award.

    UKP15,000 for the Award for Conservation
    UKP10,000 for the NEW Award for Care of Collections
    UKP10,000 for the Student Conservator of the Year and their
    training institution
    UKP5000 for the Digital Preservation Award
    UKP2000 for the Anna Plowden Trust Award for Research and
    Innovation in Conservation

The Conservation Awards, the UK's premier awards in the conservation
field, have now been launched for 2005, their tenth anniversary,
with a new sponsor, Sir Paul McCartney. The Awards will be presented
at the British Museum on 22 November 2005. Short-listed applicants
attract significant publicity, and receive a certificate recognising
their achievement at the presentation event.

To be eligible for the Award for Conservation or the Award for Care
of Collections, a project must have been completed in the UK between
1 July 2003 and 31 January 2005. The Award for Conservation is open
to projects focused on the conservation of individual items or
collections, of the decorative elements or fixtures associated with
a historic building (but not the building itself), or of monuments
and sculptures. The Award for Care of Collections, offered this year
for the first time, is open to projects focused on improving the
conditions in which collections are housed.

To be eligible for the Student Conservator of the Year Award, a
project may focus on conservation, collections care or research and
innovation, and must have been completed as part of a recognised UK
training programme or internship, between 1 December 2003 and 31
March 2005.

To be eligible for the Digital Preservation Award, a project must
demonstrate leadership and advancement in the digital preservation
arena and must have been completed by 31 May 2005.

To be eligible for the Anna Plowden Trust Award for Research and
Innovation, a project must be a completed programme of research or
development aimed at furthering the practice of conservation,
including production of materials, equipment, systems or techniques
for improved conservation and collections care, or for examination,
analysis, treatment or monitoring. It must have been completed with
a view to possible publication or put on the market in the UK
between 1 July 2003 and 31 May 2005.

The outcome of all projects submitted must be accessible to the
public in the UK.

Deadlines for applications:

    8 March 2005 for the Award for Conservation and the Award for
    Care of Collections

    5 May 2005 for the Student Conservator of the Year Award

    31 May 2005 for the Digital Preservation Award and the Anna
    Plowden Trust Award

Detailed information about the Awards will shortly be available at
<URL:http://www.consawards.ukic.org.uk>  For more details or an
application form, please contact the

    Awards Administrator
    +44 20 7326 0995
    admin<-a t->consawards< . >ukic< . >org< . >uk

Queries specifically about the Digital Preservation Award should be
directed to the

    Executive Secretary
    Digital Preservation Coalition
    +44 1904 435 362
    maggie<-a t->dpconline< . >org

The Conservation Awards are supported by Sir Paul McCartney and also
funded and managed in partnership with English Heritage, the
Institute of Paper Conservation, the Museums, Libraries and Archives
Council, the National Preservation Office and the United Kingdom
Institute for Conservation. The Digital Preservation Award is
sponsored by the Digital Preservation Coalition and the Research and
Innovation Award by the Anna Plowden Trust.

Susan Hughes
Administrator, Conservation Awards
+44 207 326 0995


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