The Heritage Protection Commissions and Capacity Building Scheme provides funding for strategic research and to build skills and capacity in our historic environment. The research funding from this scheme helps us to know what our historic environment comprises, which aspects of it are the most significant, how people value and interact with it, and what innovations in science and approach will help us to look after it for the future. The capacity building is targeted towards helping to reduce or avoid risk to the historic environment by building the capacity and commitment of local communities to champion the conservation and enhancement of their own local historic environment.

Funders: Historic England

Award Range: From £100 to £300,000

Total Fund: £4.5 million

Open Date: 1 April 2024, 12:01am (Midnight)

Close Date: 31 March 2025, 11:59pm (Midnight)