Modern Heritage Research Grants
Monetary support is available for research proposals to conduct independent investigative work for a period of 6 months.
Grants can be awarded to individuals or teams from different entities or institutions. Teams may include academics from various institutions, professional organizations, or be formed as a group of individuals.
Eligibility Criteria
- Open to researchers, practitioners, and academics, who are interested in the modern architecture heritage of the UAE.
- Proposals must address the built environment of the UAE from mid to the end of the 20th century. Current and/or future impacts and influences of the period can also be considered.
- Submissions can be made by individuals or collectives and are open to residents and non-residents of the UAE. However, lead grant holders must be UAE residents. If you are a non-resident of the UAE, you can be part of a collective submission.
- The individual and collective grant amount should not exceed 50,000 AED per proposal submission.
- The project must be completed within six months, and a detailed timeline should be included in the application form.
- Project proposals that are related to or building on a master’s dissertation can be considered.
- All proposals (including creative works) must be built on validated primary research and must be original.
- Ongoing work shall not have previously been funded by another grant for the same project or the grant proposal must add a new aspect to the ongoing work.
- Ongoing scholarly research leading to the publishing of an article, book chapter, or book, can be supported if the final work will be completed at the end of the 6-month grant period.
Apply for 2025 – 2026 cycle
To ensure sending a successful application, those wishing to apply should review the Eligibility Criteria section and share all the required documents.
Apply NowSelection Process
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Applications will undergo a two-stage review and selection process by an internal committee and an advisory committee composed of specialists in the field of modern heritage.
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Only shortlisted applications in the first stage will be contacted, and interviews may be held to support the second stage of the selection process.
Selection Criteria
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Proposals will be reviewed based on eligibility, program requirements, impact, innovation, originality, and overall quality of an application.
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Any applications that do not fulfill the criteria mentioned above or are incomplete will be excluded.