AIM Training Grants

The AIM Training Grant is now open to applications from member organisations.

• Eligibility: AIM member organisations
• Grant Award: up to £350
• Closing Date: Rolling applications – submit your application by the end of the calendar month. 2024 claims must be made by Monday 16 December.
• Assessment: Applications will be assessed on the first Tuesday of the month and a decision shared via email.

What will the grant fund?

AIM Training Grants are available to support member museums to develop the skills and expertise of their workforce, both paid and voluntary. AIM members can apply for funding, up to £350 per organisation per year, to support training and development. We can support costs related to fees, accommodation (where distance travel is involved) and environmentally sensitive travel.

The grant can be used to fund:

• Attendance of courses, seminars, and workshops
• Online remote courses and training
• Subject specialist training
• Museum study visits
• Mentoring placements.

We regret that we are unable to fund:

• Conference tickets/expenses
• Individual continual professional development where there is no organisational benefit
• Retrospective applications for funding for training that has taken place or that has been booked prior to the training grant being applied for/awarded.

Eligibility criteria and grant conditions

• Applicant museums must be AIM members and priority will be given to smaller museums, staff members and volunteers that have not previously received a training grant.
• We can support multiple training grant applications from one museum organisational member up to a total value of £350 per year.
• Organisations/ recipients of an AIM National Conference bursary will not be able to apply for an AIM Training Grant in the same calendar year.
• Applicants are encouraged to only seek the funding they need and to round the amount requested to the nearest zero or five.
• Payment of grant funding, if awarded, will be made retrospectively on receipt of a statement of expenses incurred, proof of expenditure, an image, and a brief report of its value for sharing on AIM channels/Bulletin.
• Payment of grants can only be made to the AIM member organisation.
• AIM training grants awarded in 2024 need to be completed and claimed before Monday 16 December 2024. 

How to apply

Please complete the AIM Training Grant application form (found below) and email it to Fiona Woolley, AIM Grants Administrator at [email protected] .

Applications must be submitted by the end of the calendar month. AIM will acknowledge receipt of your application and respond with the outcome within two weeks of the end of the next month.  If your request is urgent, please mark your application as URGENT when you email us. 

Grant payment

Payment of grant funding, if awarded, will be made retrospectively on receipt of a statement of expenses incurred, proof of expenditure, an image, and a brief report of its value for sharing on AIM channels/bulletin (max. 200 words).  Payments can only be made to the AIM member organisation.

AIM training grants awarded in 2024 need to be completed and claimed before Monday 16 December 2024.