NHSF Newsletter - August 2026

This August, we're bringing you a bumper issue, featuring member news, upcoming funding streams, international job opportunities and more.

 

In our August issue...

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NHSF News

  • Final Call: Heritage Science Workforce Survey
  • New NHSF Blog Post: Practice, People and Purpose – Heritage Science at Icon26 
  • Putting heritage science on the map

Member News

  • British Museum – New Multiscale Heritage X-ray Imaging Centre open for access 
  • Historic England 
    • Historic England and English Heritage announce Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Landscape Awards
    • Historic England commissions climate resilience research
    • Historic England publishes national guidance on UVC irradiation treatment
    • Share Your Experience of Wellbeing Archaeology
  • Historic Environment Scotland publishes report on Year 2 of Skills Investment Plan for Scotland’s Historic Environment
  • National Archives – History and Archives in Practice 2027
  • National Trust, Oxford Archaeology and Knepp Castle Estate launch Knepp Accord 
  • University of Cambridge – Jesus College Science Research Fellowship 
  • University of Oxford – Two roundtables on building successful heritage-academic partnerships 

Sector Round-Up

General News

  • New Heritage Science Data Service Training Dates Announced 
  • National Library of Wales launches collaborative knowledge-sharing hub for climate and cultural heritage
  • Horizon Europe Consultation – European Partnerships to be implemented as joint undertakings

Funding

  • Heritage Science Data Service Small Grants Programme Round 2 
  • Save the Date: RICHeS Access Fund Second Call
  • Save the Date: AHRC Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science 
  • Third Call for Access for E-RIHS ERIC Services
  • NERC Research Infrastructure Renewal
  • Previously advertised

Calls for Papers

  • Advances in UK Heritage Science: Impacts, Public Benefits and Global Context
  • Journal of the American Institute of Conservation Special Issue – Fire Retardants in Art
  • Journal of the American Institute of Conservation Special Issue – Conservation Outreach and Community Engagement
  • Previously advertised

Events & Activities

  • European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage (RCH) Kick-off Event 
  • Carbon Literacy for Conservation and Collections Care 
  • Previously advertised 

Jobs & Opportunities

  • Getty Conservation Institute – Conservation Guest Scholars Program
  • Fulbright-National Archives Heritage Science Fellowship
  • Previously advertised

See the NHSF news page here.