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Henry Moore Foundation

Henry Moore Grants

Henry Moore Grants support the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern and contemporary registers, and research that expands its appreciation. Non-profit organisations in the UK and abroad can apply for exhibitions, commissions, acquisitions, conservation, conferences, publications and long-term research, with grants of up to £20,000 (the Foundation says its average is £5,000 to £7,500 and it funds at most half of a project). Sculpture historians, academics and conservators can apply as individuals for Research and Travel grants of up to £2,500. From 2027 there are three rounds a year, each open for one month.

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You could get
Up to £20,000
Closes in
19 days left
1 December
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Non-profit organisations in the UK or anywhere in the world that have been established and operating as a non-profit for at least 12 months; the project must involve sculpture
  • Artists cannot apply for their own practice, but a non-profit venue exhibiting them can
  • Individuals can apply only to the Research and Travel category, and only if they are sculpture historians, academics or conservators researching and publishing on sculpture conservation, production, history and/or interpretation
  • Organisations must be registered on the grants portal before applying, and registration requests must arrive at least one week before the round's deadline

What it funds

  • New Projects and Commissions: exhibitions, exhibition catalogues and sculpture commissions that encourage new thinking about sculpture or sculpture history, or contribute to public awareness and appreciation of sculpture (maximum £20,000)
  • Acquisitions and Collections: acquiring new sculptural works for collections, conserving sculpture in existing collections, and cataloguing and display costs (maximum £20,000)
  • Conferences, Lectures and Publications: publishing a new book or journal, or staging a conference or other event related to sculpture (maximum £5,000)
  • Long-Term Research grants: extended research projects requiring funding for more than one year, e.g. a permanent collection catalogue (maximum £20,000)
  • Research and Travel grants (individuals only): research costs, travel, photography and archival access for sculpture historians, academics and conservators researching and publishing on sculpture conservation, production, history and/or interpretation (maximum £2,500)

Applications may request up to 50% of the project cost (not including in-kind amounts), and the Foundation expects to see other funders; Research and Travel grants can be funded entirely up to £2,500. The maximum £20,000 is rarely awarded; the average grant is between £5,000 and £7,500. Projects should be predominantly focused on sculpture.

What it will not fund

  • Residency programmes
  • Central or building costs, including employed staff time and building maintenance
  • 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 projects, unless the applicant is a non-profit arts organisation
  • Personal study costs
  • Exhibition catalogues outside the New Projects and Commissions category

How to apply

  1. If your organisation is not yet on the Henry Moore Grants portal, email the Grants Manager with its full postal address, website, general enquiries email, telephone number, charity number (where applicable) and confirmation it has operated as a non-profit for at least 12 months, at least one week before the deadline
  2. Create an individual account on the Flexi-Grant portal and link it to your organisation (not needed for Research and Travel)
  3. Complete the eligibility screening questions at the start of the form
  4. Complete the application: project name, aims, dates, budget and other funding in place, and the sculpture-based artists involved
  5. Submit by the round's deadline: 1 December 2026 at 23:00 for the winter round (projects starting or opening no sooner than 1 April 2027)
  6. Shortlisted applications go to the Grants Committee about six weeks after the deadline; all applicants hear by email within two weeks of that meeting

2027 rounds are 1-31 March (decisions by 31 May), 1-31 July (decisions by 30 September) and 1-30 November (decisions by 31 January). Partial applications are not considered and no feedback is given. Successful applicants must accept within three months, get marketing approval, and claim within three years.

Have ready

  • Project budget, with details of other funding already in place
  • Details of the organisation's non-profit status (first application only)

To claim a grant you upload your signed offer letter, Full Marketing Approval and funding evidence; a final report with visitor data is due within six months of the project ending.

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