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The British Academy is offering up to £8,000 in funding as part of SHAPE Involve and Engage, which is aimed at supporting projects based on imaginative public engagement with humanities or social sciences.

Application deadline: 15 September 2026 (5pm GMT)

This opportunity is relevant for anyone who is working towards increasing public understanding of, access to and engagement with the field of heritage science.

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A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.

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IIC Keck Awards - opportunities for sharing public value stories of conservation science

The IIC Keck Award is presented ‘to the individual or group who has contributed most towards promoting public understanding of conservation and engagement with the accomplishments of the conservation profession,’ including conservation science and related fields.

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The Keck Awards | International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

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In 1994, the IIC Council announced the establishment of the IIC Keck Award, generously endowed by Sheldon and Caroline Keck to commemorate their shared lives of distinguished achievement in conservation. The cash award of £2500 is presented every two years at the IIC Congress to -- in Caroline Keck’s words -- the individual or group who has in the opinion of the Council contributed most towards promoting public understanding and appreciation of the accomplishments of the conservation profession.

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Historic England has launched Heritage Insights – a hub for research and programmes related to public value within heritage and heritage science.

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Gain insights from the latest research coming out of the heritage sector and research professionals. You can use this resource alongside Heritage Counts content to support informed decision-making at every level.

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Gain insights from the latest research coming out of the heritage sector and research professionals. You can use this resource alongside Heritage Counts content to support informed decision-making at every level.

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Connecting People and Place: Valuing the Felt Experiences of Historic Places.

AHRC Place-Based Research Programme Report Series, No3, January 2026.

https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/research/research-projects/place-based-research-programme/news-updates/headline_1234047_en.html

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New Report published by AHRC Place-Based Research Programme and Historic England

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This new report advocates that the emotions attached to everyday historic places are part of how places support wellbeing, as well as what drives investment and local economic life. Find out more.

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Working Together Impact Report: Embedding health and wellbeing in museums and heritage organisations (published November 2025)

Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA) and GEM (Group for Education in Museums)

https://gem.org.uk/new-impact-report-highlights-transformative-benefits-of-creative-health-in-museums-and-heritage/

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Article: How culture and heritage can be catalysts for climate resilience (World Economic Forum)

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Can culture and heritage be catalysts for climate resilience?

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Cultural heritage and local knowledge can be powerful levers for climate resilience and should be embedded into policies, planning and finance.

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Historic England Culture and Heritage Capital portal - work with DCMS and ALBs to establish an agreed economic approach for valuing cultural heritage assets and the benefits they provide to people and businesses.

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Culture and Heritage Capital | Historic England

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An economic approach for valuing our cultural heritage assets and the benefits they provide to people and businesses.

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ITHACA - Integrating Lifetimes in Heritage Capital.

A research project led by UCL which aims to develop a robust and holistic approach for capturing and articulating the value of culture and heritage.

Part of the Culture and Heritage Capital programme.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/research-projects/2024/oct/integrating-lifetimes-heritage-capital-ithaca

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UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

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Integrating Lifetimes in Heritage Capital (ITHACA)

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ITHACA aims to illustrate the impact of care and sustainable usage of heritage assets, and advance evaluation frameworks that consider the lifetimes of heritage.

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Research - Historic England - Developing a taxonomy for culture and heritage capital.

The main objective is to develop a taxonomy of culture and heritage capital (CHC) that articulates the multiple benefits and values generated by culture and heritage (C&H)in a way that enables us to give weight to C&H in wider economic appraisal and decision-making. https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FY000552%2F1

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DCMS CHC evidence bank - research and findings relating to the Culture and Heritage Capital programme.

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Culture and Heritage Capital: research and outputs

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Current research and findings relating to the Culture and Heritage Capital programme.

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The Climate Resilient House - new digital model from English Heritage helps people to understand more about climate risk and adaptation for heritage.

Explore the 3D model, click on hotspots to learn about risks and how to manage them.

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Climate change is one of the greatest threats to heritage. We are working to understand how climate change will impact the sites and collections we care for and how we can adapt to these risks to ensure that English Heritage is climate resilient.

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Icon is developing an Introduction to Heritage Science programme, beginning with a general introductory session followed by a series of material-specific sessions.

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DCMS funding to maximise the international partnership brokering and networking policy opportunities of UK arts and humanities research, as a step towards the Horizon Europe Resilient Cultural Heritage Partnership.

Call closes October 2025.

Part of the AHRC-DCMS Cultural Heritage and Climate Change Programme.

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Cultural heritage and climate change networks to drive policy change

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Apply for DCMS funding to maximise the international partnership brokering and networking opportunities of UK arts and humanities research, as a step towards the Horizon Europe Resilient Cultural Heritage Partnership.

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Heritage and Creativity research at the University of Reading.

Promotes public debate on issues such as migration and diaspora, health and (dis)ability, and the role of heritage and the creative industries in promoting inclusion and diversity.

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Heritage & Creativity - Engagement and Impact

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Our Heritage & Creativity research shines a spotlight on the past and reflects on the value of arts and humanities research to society today. Focusing on contemporary global challenges, we foster public debate on issues such as migration and diaspora, health and (dis)ability, and the role of heritage and the creative industries in promoting inclusion and diversity.

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Embedding a Culture and Heritage Capital Approach.

This report, published by DCMS December 2024, provides an update to the work Valuing Culture and Heritage Capital: A framework towards informing decision making.

It presents a baseline description of stocks and the flow of services and benefits. The framework can be used to help articulate the impact of culture and heritage interventions - and is still a work in progress.

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Embedding a Culture and Heritage Capital Approach

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This report sets out DCMS’ approach to embedding best practice for valuing cultural and heritage assets.

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Pitch an idea to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.

What should MPs put under the microscope? The Committee is interested in receiving suggestions from groups under-represented in the fields of science and technology, and about topics that affect the lives of people in all parts of the UK. Submissions by 10th March 2025.

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Updated climate change adaptation guidance has been published by the National Trust (November 2024)

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The International National Trusts Organisation (INTO)

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The National Trust has records of over 90,000 archaeological sites and features in its Historic Buildings, Sites and Monuments Record. Most of these sites are not protected by statutory designations and are vulnerable to land management practices, animal burrowing, vandalism and access erosion. These sites are also vulnerable to the changing climate and the compounding impacts of flooding, prolonged periods of rain, drought, landslides and coastal erosion. These factors affect features such as earthworks, buried remains and waterlogged deposits. The sections of this chapter below explore this in more detail.

Archaeological Earthworks

Buried Archaeological Remains

Waterlogged Archaeological Remains

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National Trust - Climate change adaptation guidance - The International National Trusts Organisation (INTO)

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National Trust experts are creating a range of climate change guidance for the owners and managers of historic and beautiful places. This guidance is available to help heritage organisations build resilience and take decisions in the face of climate hazards.

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The 2024 Climate Adaptation Report (published by Historic England and English Heritage) provides information on current and future projected impacts of climate change on the organisations, and proposals for adapting to climate change.

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Author(s): Kate Guest, Claire Marchetti, Lucy More, Paul Lankester

This report has been jointly prepared by Historic England (hereafter HE) and the English Heritage Trust (hereafter English Heritage) in response to the Government's Fourth Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP4) call under provisions in Part 4, Section 62 of the Climate Change Act 2008. The report includes: ● A summary of the statutory and other functions of the organisations ● The current and future projected impacts of climate change on the organisations ● Proposals for adapting to climate change ● An assessment of progress towards implementing the policies and proposals set out in previous reports This report builds on the Third Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP3) report submitted jointly by HE and English Heritage and includes updated risk assessments and adaptation plans. Identifying climate-driven risks and the necessary adaptation measures are an essential part of climate action. For heritage organisations such as HE and English Heritage, this means understanding and responding to organisational and operational risks, as well as risks faced by the historic environment that we are tasked with protecting. This report considers climate-driven risks for HE as an organisation in relation to its management of personnel, facilities and equipment, as well as to its role as champion of England's heritage. It also considers climate-driven risks to heritage assets on the National Heritage List for England and in the National Heritage Collection which are cared for and opened to the public by English Heritage.

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Climate Change Adaptation Report 2024 | Historic England

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Research Report for Climate Change Adaptation Report 2024

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Report sets out how UKRI can set more spin-outs up for success

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UKRI publishes independent report on the relationships between universities and investors, and sets out a vision to take recommendations forward.