Acquisitions and Collections

Acquisitions and Collections is sponsored by Henry Moore Foundation. This grant supports the acquisition of new sculptural works for collections, or the conservation of existing sculpture collections. It also considers grants for cataloguing and display costs.

Cataloguing Henry Moore’s work Touring exhibitions and loans Henry Moore Grants support the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern and contemporary registers, and funds research that expands the appreciation of sculpture.

Types of project we support FAQs & further information Types of project we support We welcome applications from UK and international non-profit organisations for exhibitions, exhibition catalogues, commissions, conferences, research, non-commercial publications and the development of collections through acquisitions, conservation, cataloguing and display.

Individual sculpture historians, academics and conservators can apply to our Research and Travel category. Please note that we do not accept applications from individuals who are independently wishing to create, inform, develop or research their own practice.

Types of project we do not support Residency programmes, central or building costs, traditional memorials/figurative statues, commercial publishing projects, play equipment, community gardens and wellbeing activities. Individuals independently wishing to create, inform, develop or research their own practice. Community project applications will only be considered when the applicant is a non-profit arts organisation.

Henry Moore Grants are available to non-profit organisations in the following categories: New Projects and Commissions For exhibitions, exhibition catalogues and sculpture commissions. If your exhibition or commission project aims to encourage new thinking about sculpture or sculpture history, or contributes to public awareness and appreciation of sculpture, you are eligible to apply.

The maximum grant available in this category is £20,000. Acquisitions and Collections To acquire new sculptural works for collections, or to conserve sculpture in existing collections. We also consider grants for cataloguing and display costs.

The maximum grant available in this category is £20,000. Conferences, Lectures and Publications To publish a new book or journal, or to stage a conference or other event related to sculpture. Please note, exhibition catalogues are only eligible under the New Projects and Commissions category.

The maximum grant awarded in this category is £5,000. Long-Term Research grants To support extended research projects requiring funding for more than one year, e.g. a permanent collection catalogue.

The maximum grant available in this category is £20,000 Henry Moore Grants are available to individuals in the following category only: Research and Travel grants Available to sculpture historians, academics and conservators who are researching and publishing on sculpture conservation, production, history and/or interpretation, to support research costs, travel, photography and archival access.

We cannot accept applications which are to inform or develop an artist’s own work, and/or professional practice. The maximum grant available in this category is £2,500. We use Flexi-Grant to administer grant applications.

Please register to create an account, from where you can submit, manage and review all your grant applications. For help on the application process and answers to common questions, please see our FAQ guidance page .

Henry Moore Grants portal Applications are considered four times per year, and may be submitted between the following dates (all times GMT): Applications open 1 August, 9:00 Submissions close 1 September, 23:00 For projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 January 2027 Applications open 1 November, 9:00 Submissions close 1 December, 23:00 For projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 April 2027 Applications open 1 February 2027, 9:00 Submissions close 1 March 2027, 23:00 For projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 July 2027 Applications open 1 May 2027, 9:00 Submissions close 1 June 2027, 23:00 For projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 October 2027 Organisations must be registered to apply.

Please see our FAQ guidance page for details on how to register. Registration requests must be received one week before the deadline. Requests received after this time will be registered for the following round.

We’ve made this video introduction to help walk you through the process of applying for a Henry Moore Grant. FAQs and further information Find answers to frequently asked questions about project eligibility, the application process, and our Artist Award scheme. You can also find downloadable documents on this page, including our grant terms & conditions and versions of our logo for use in marketing materials.

FAQs and further information on Henry Moore Grants We support researchers through our sculpture research programme at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds. Fellowships allow researchers to spend a month using our facilities in Leeds, and include accommodation, travel and subsistence expenses.

Find out more about research fellowships Visiting research fellowships Projects we’ve helped fund Learn more about projects and commissions that we have recently helped to fund through our grant giving.

Louise Gibson: Beachheads Louise Gibson: Beachheads Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Crafted from the detritus of late capitalism, Beachheads is an exhibition of monumental sculpture made from material salvaged from junkyards, textile banks and halfway houses on the road to landfill.

Daniel Lind-Ramos: Ensamblajes Daniel Lind-Ramos: Ensamblajes The first major exhibition of Daniel Lind-Ramos in Europe, Ensamblajes featured five of the artist’s monumental sculptural assemblages, including a new commission enabled by the Foundation’s support.

Roger Ackling: Work and Teaching 1969-2014 Roger Ackling: Work and Teaching 1969-2014 Research and travel grant Amanda Geitner’s research project involved interviewing former students of artist Roger Ackling, in support of her PhD by practice Roger Ackling: Work and Teaching .

See more projects we’ve helped fund through our grants programme Originally launched in 2020 as a response to the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Artist Award Scheme offers meaningful financial support to artists during times of crisis. The Artist Award Scheme has run three times. In 2020, the Foundation awarded £60,000 to 40 artists.

In 2022 and 2025, the fund was expanded to £100,000 in response to the escalating cost-of-living crisis in the UK. This is not a grant that can be applied for. Recipients are selected through a UK-wide nomination process involving leading voices from the non-profit arts sector.

Meet the 2025 recipients of the Artist Award Scheme The category and criteria information above should help answer most application and eligibility queries. Further information about the application process and answers to frequently asked questions are available here. There is additional support in the grants application portal , where you can also quickly assess eligibility without submitting an application.

If you need further grants support or help with the application portal, please complete the form below. For all other queries, please see our Contact us page . We cannot advise whether your project will be funded , only if it is eligible, so please refer back to the guidelines for this information.

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