In response to ITP fellows seeking support to attend conferences and carry out research, the ITP offers financial assistance for fellows to attend and participate in conferences and to conduct research which will help develop professional skills and networks in the museum and heritage sector.
Successful fellows are able to demonstrate the relevance of attending a conference or carrying out research, to their professional needs and development. ITP also like to see how an applicant’s conference attendance or proposed research draws on experiences from the ITP summer programme and legacy work.
We ask successful grant applicants to document the progress of their grant so it can be shared with the ITP network. Typically, fellows will produce a blog, report and a short film to document their experience.
New grant opportunities are announced yearly on the ITP blog. Previous ITP grants can be viewed in our archive below.
2026
Collaboration Grants
2026 marks the 20th anniversary of the International Training Programme. To celebrate this milestone, instead of our usual conference and research grants, this year the ITP has awarded collaboration grants to support members of the network in developing and delivering a collaborative project. Working within the ITP network, recipients use the funding to undertake a project with a collaborative element at either a local, national, or international level.
The aim of these grants is to strengthen and grow connections across the network, fostering partnerships between fellows from different countries or institutions, and supporting collaborations involving UK partner and British Museum colleagues.
This year’s successful collaboration grants are:
Exploring Traditional Methods of Conserving Ethnographic Objects: Reviving Our Ancestors’ Skills
Chantal Umuhoza (Rwanda, ITP 2018)
Beatrice Bamigbade (Nigeria, ITP 2022)
Kolawole Adeyera Samson (Nigeria, ITP 2023)
Junior Bigira, Rwanda Cultural Heritage Academy
Cultures for Sustainability: A Cross-Cultural Model for Sustainable Education
Li Yingchong (China, ITP 2025)
Steven Roper, The Whitworth
Fan Xuechun, The Palace Museum
From Storage to Story: Reinterpreting Kenyan Origin Artefacts Through Community Voices
Lillian Amwanda Ochieng (Kenya, ITP 2024)
Joseph Tema, Glasgow Museums
Sacred Fauna Symbolism in Egypt, India and Europe: Digital Storytelling and Cultural Knowledge Exchanges
Nagwa Bakr (Egypt, ITP 2019)
Vishi Upadhyay (India, ITP 2019)
Ioan Oprea (Romania, ITP 2019)
Building Sustainable Conservation Capacity in Kenya and Nigeria
Ogechukwu Okpalanozie (Nigeria, ITP 2023)
Rodah Lange (Kenya, ITP 2023)
Lillian Amwanda Ochieng (Kenya, ITP 2024)
Sentidos Comunes: Rethinking Accessibility in Museums
Yanoa Pomalima Carrasco (Peru, ITP 2022)
Tatiana Quevedo Mogollón (Colombia, ITP 2024)
