OPEN: 2026–2027 British Museum EMKP Legacy Digitisation Grant, applications due December 1, 2026, at 12:00 noon GMT.
International — British Museum EMKP 2026–2027 Legacy Digitisation Grant (Up to £20,000; December 1)
British Museum EMKP 2026–2027 Legacy Digitisation Grants. Global applicant funding up to £20,000; deadline December 1, 2026, at noon GMT.
FundingUp to £20,000 per individual Legacy Digitisation Grant award, for projects lasting up to one year. This is the individual applicant maximum, not a programme-wide funding pool. Total programme pool and mandatory matching contribution are not stated in the official call.
DeadlineOPEN for 2026–2027. Full application deadline: December 1, 2026 at 12:00 noon Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Apply through EMKP Flexigrant; no separate mandatory LOI stage stated.
Last verified2026-11-06
Required next actionReview official track requirements https://www.emkp.org/digitisation-grants/, 2026–2027 call https://www.emkp.org/grants/, FAQs https://www.emkp.org/faqs/ and the downloadable 2026–2027 guidelines linked on the track page. Confirm eligible host institutional financial and ethical oversight, budget, work plan, permissions, digital asset/repository plan and supporting letters. Submit online at https://emkp.flexigrant.com/ by December 1, 2026, noon GMT.
Broad Eligibility
Individuals working through appropriate host institutions, cultural communities, museums, archives, nonprofits and other organizations with qualifying completed legacy documentation. Exceptional independent-researcher arrangements require prior funder discussion. No nationality exclusion; ethical oversight and rights to digitise records must be established.
Atlas Analysis
Official British Museum EMKP 2026–2027 programme, Legacy Digitisation Grants. Genuine applicant-funded project grant, £20,000 individual maximum, one year project period, noon GMT Dec 1 2026 closing. digitisation of pre-existing fieldnotes, film, photographs, video, audio and other completed research collections documenting material practices that were or are endangered. Worldwide organizations and community researchers with eligible host/finance/ethics arrangements; check portal documents, budgets, recordings, permissions and open access. No global pool or universal match published. Official https://www.emkp.org/digitisation-grants/, grants https://www.emkp.org/grants/, FAQ https://www.emkp.org/faqs/, 2026–2027 linked grant guidelines reviewed November 6, 2026. Independent title/source/identifier WordPress all-status duplicate search found no same programme or track.
Funding opportunity
The British Museum’s Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP) is accepting applications for its 2026–2027 Legacy Digitisation Grants. This is competitive project financial assistance, not a vendor procurement. Eligible projects digitisation of pre-existing fieldnotes, film, photographs, video, audio and other completed research collections documenting material practices that were or are endangered.
Individual applicant funding and deadline
Individual project awards are available up to £20,000, for projects lasting up to one year. No overall programme funding pool or mandatory applicant matching percentage is published in the controlling call. Applications close December 1, 2026, at 12:00 noon GMT through EMKP’s Flexigrant application portal.
Eligible organizations and projects
Individuals working through appropriate host institutions, cultural communities, museums, archives, nonprofits and other organizations with qualifying completed legacy documentation. Exceptional independent-researcher arrangements require prior funder discussion. No nationality exclusion; ethical oversight and rights to digitise records must be established. Digitise and safeguard existing recordings and collections from completed research on endangered material knowledge. Grants support work anywhere globally. Proposals must be submitted in English. The applicant must establish appropriate permissions, community collaboration, a realistic methodology and digital records plan.
Allowable costs and restrictions
Eligible project costs include documentation or digitisation equipment, eligible travel and subsistence, research assistants, transcription and translation, justified administration directly related to the project, and local repository deposition. Generic institutional overhead, principal applicant salary or teaching replacement, film-style documentaries, acquisitions, material-knowledge revival projects, and unrelated outreach are not normally funded. Exceptions for certain knowledge-holder roles require the funder’s advance guidance. Digital materials are generally deposited in the British Museum’s EMKP repository under open-access arrangements; restrictions for culturally sensitive records can be discussed with EMKP.
How to apply
Read the applicable official Legacy Digitisation Grants instructions, the funder FAQ, and the 2026–2027 call. Prepare the online Flexigrant application with project work plan, detailed budget, host-institution support, ethics arrangements and digital materials plan. Apply at EMKP Flexigrant before the deadline. Confirm the final forms and track-specific supporting documents in the live portal.
Source verification: November 6, 2026. Funder: EMKP, British Museum.
Source verificationReferenced source · www.emkp.orgAtlas last verified this record 2026-11-06. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
