Important records

National Cataloguing Grants Scheme

The National Archives is administering the distribution of £335,000 to tackle cataloguing backlogs following a successful pilot programme in 2006-07. In 2008, the scheme offers a ringfenced sum of £200,000 to applicants from Wales and the South East, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber and Eastern regions of England; the remaining sum is available to applicants regardless of their location in the United Kingdom. From 2009, the scheme will operate on a fully national basis.

This programme has been made possible by the generous support of the Pilgrim Trust, the Foyle Foundation, the Wolfson Foundation, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Mercers Company Charitable Foundation and the Goldsmiths Company. The National Archives provides expert and secretariat support for the programme. Final decisions on the allocation of grants are made by an independent expert panel.

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The scheme operates a two-stage application process. Applicants are invited to complete the phase one application form below, and return it to nas@nationalarchives.gov.uk by 13 June 2008. 

• Phase one application form (RTF, 25.71kb)

• Guidance notes for applicants (RTF, 74.48kb)

Cataloguing Grants Panel 2008

In attendance:

Successful Applicants in 2007

Applications for over £500,000 were received, the majority from the South West region, which is reflected in the outcomes of the 2007 round. Although many worthwhile projects could not be funded, we are delighted to announce that the following projects have been successful: