EDI Fund
Help to make Art History more inclusive: apply for the EDI Fund
Do you have ideas for making Art History more equitable, diverse, and inclusive?
Do you want to build a stronger sense of belonging among students?
Are you interested in challenging inequalities in the field?
Apply for the Art History Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Fund!
The School of Art History has created this fund to support student-led projects that make Art History and Museum & Heritage Studies more diverse, accessible, and inclusive. We want to empower you, our students, to help shape positive change.
Who can apply?
All students are welcome to apply, including those in Sub-Honours, Honours, PGT, PGR, Digital Programmes, and MA Combined Studies. You can apply individually or as a group.
What kinds of projects are we looking for?
Projects can explore any area of EDI, such as:
- Gender
- Race and ethnicity
- (Dis)ability and accessibility
- Sexuality and LGBTQ+ inclusion
- Religion and belief
- Students with caring responsibilities
- Commuter students
- Class and educational background
Examples of eligible activities:
- Organising a community-building or festive activity to promote cultural diversity, social inclusion, or community engagement
- Curating a display in the Art History reception area or a virtual exhibition on an EDI-related theme
- Hosting a reading group or discussion series on an EDI theme
- Organising a workshop or symposium with a guest speaker
- Running a research project on a type of inequality in Art History or MHS
Some previous projects are listed at the end of this call.
Further details
Proposals up to £750 will be considered for funding. Keep in mind, however, that proposals with a more modest budget are more likely to be successful. Projects may start at the earliest by week 1 of semester 2, 2026–2027, and should be completed by 31 May 2027. A short illustrated report will be required upon completion to demonstrate how funds were used and what the impact of the project has been.
How to apply
Send a 500-word proposal and a budget (budget not included in word count) to arthistedi@st-andrews.ac.uk by Tuesday 3 November (week 8).
Your proposal should include:
- Project aims and details of proposed activities
- Names, email addresses, and degree programme details of applicants
- Proposed timeline
- Estimated budget (e.g. catering, printing, UK travel by standard class, speaker fee, digitisation expenses) with breakdown of expenses
Deadline: Tuesday 3 November 2026
Results announced: early December 2026
Project period: Semester 2, 2026–2027
Questions?
Contact:
Elsje, Director of EDI – arthistedi@st-andrews.ac.uk
Past Projects
Tatreez: Palestinian Cultural Heritage Talk and Embroidery Workshop with Leena Nammari RSA SSA
Organiser: Isobel Crawford (3rd-year, MA Art History and Sustainable Development).
Crip Art Histories Discussion Group
Organisers: Lucie Howie (PhD student, Art History and Film Studies) and Alex Lednicky (PhD student, Museum and Heritage Studies).
"Jessica A. Colley (she/her), Postdoctoral Fellow at the HaggHaggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, will introduce 'crip materiality,' a method she has developed for studying disability and art history. Cooley argues that ableism is so pervasive that it shapes how we value not only human beings but also art objects. This is especially true of objects subject to what conservators call 'inherent vice' art that is unintentionally disintegrating in ways conservation science cannot stop or reverse. Cooley will close by sketching a few new trajectories for how this concept is evolving in her current curatorial and scholarly work."
