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  • Funder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: ST/N005643/1
    Funder Contribution: 3,423 GBP

    The aims of this application link directly to delivering public engagement events in Cardiff to coincide with, and promote, the transit of Mercury on 9th May 2016. 1. To build on the success of the Cardiff 2015 solar eclipse events to promote astronomy and astrophysics to public audiences in the Cardiff area. 2. To mark the transit of Mercury by providing viewing opportunities and promote recent research on Mercury to an audience with a wide range of science knowledge and range in age range. The transit of Mercury comes shortly after the ending of the MESSANGER mission and provides an idea vehicle to promote research findings to local audiences in South Wales. The partnership between Cardiff University and Amgeuddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales (AC-NMW) allows us to combine the expertise of active researchers with a track record of public engagement with the experience of engaging both known, and new, audience through inclusive community engagement and participation. 3. To use the transit of Mercury to attract and engage a non-science audience through a cross-over art and science event. In an educational system that frequently results in students at 16+ having a curriculum polarised between art and science, we aim to provide a bridge between these extremes. This facilitates non-scientist to appreciate the magnitude and beauty of planetary exploration rather than being alienated by the complexity of the science. 4. To proactively include socially deprived groups within events to expand the reach of the enagement.

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  • Funder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: PP/E509822/1
    Funder Contribution: 22,000 GBP

    Abstracts are not currently available in GtR for all funded research. This is normally because the abstract was not required at the time of proposal submission, but may be because it included sensitive information such as personal details.

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  • Funder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: AH/V012673/1
    Funder Contribution: 746,417 GBP

    The National Museum of Wales (operating as Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, ACNMW) is a multidisciplinary museum with sites across Wales, which holds over 5 million objects and specimens, of which 2.2 million, relevant to this AHRC Capability for Collections Fund (CapCo) call, held in the archaeology, art, history (social and Industrial) collections. We have a proven track record of enhancing collections through conservation and research activity and ACNMW is the premier center for collection-based conservation and research in Wales. As such our resources are an important Welsh National facility, supporting not only ACNMW, but also organizations across Wales. This is particularly pertinent within Wales where few such resources are available. Enhancement of our equipment will not only support our own collections, through training students and up-skilling volunteers, but also support collections across Wales, and the analytical support we provide to the Portable Antiquities Scheme in Wales, and reporting under the Treasure Act (1996). Sustained cuts to our grant-in-aid has impacted on our ability to update key items of equipment, to support research and conservation. While we have been able to replace smaller items of equipment (e.g. up to £10,000), reductions in capital funding have impeded replacement of more expensive items many of which are now around 30 years old, and further items, which are 10-20 years-old, and are heading toward obsolescence. Outdated equipment undermines our strategic aims to increase access to collections to a wider audience through exhibition and outreach (with emphasis on co-curation), research (in particular through collaborative research with diverse partners), and physical and digital access for both researchers and a wider range of users. Facilities we have been able to upgrade or develop (e.g. Gweithdy collections study spaces, St Fagan, National Museum of History and specialist natural science collection DNA and imaging facilities) have been funded by external support, such as the Clore Duffield foundation and Heritage Fund, or by specialist expertise and equipment-supported contract research income generation. Under the new Directorship of Dr Katherine Davies, the Collections & Research Division is reviewing its research capability and working to better match resources (staff expertise, equipment and funding streams) for greater impact and more focused outcomes to deliver the Vision and supporting strategies. A formal review of research project has been completed and a Research Manager is in the process of being appointed. Enhancement of our research and conservation capability would be further enhanced by funding from this call to renew parts of our equipment base. We request equipment in four operational areas, Art Conservation Studio, Digitisation Studio (2-D imaging), Imaging Laboratory (imaging of 3-D objects, including 3-D scanning), and the Materials Laboratory. The later is dominantly concerned with processing archaeological objects and materials, but also supports the social and industrial history collections. We are requesting a total of £895,699 to support 4 major pieces of equipment, a suite of microscopes and 8 other pieces of medium scale equipment. We will develop new income generating plans to support maintenance of this equipment and contribute to future succession plans.

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  • Funder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: AH/X009939/1
    Funder Contribution: 316,604 GBP

    This proposal aims to enhance research capability at Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales to support the delivery of a national contemporary art collection for Wales. We aim to deliver the collection via a distributed model where artworks and other objects are displayed in venues across Wales, making them accessible to new audiences who would not usually travel to our sites in Cardiff. A second important strand of this work is a major digitization project of our contemporary art collection. Digitisation aims both to make the collections more accessible to the public and to provide a valuable resource for contemporary art research within Wales and internationally. In order to deliver the national contemporary art collection for Wales we need to: A. Increase our capacity to conduct research on the materiality of our collections so that we can confidently share them physically with communities across Wales B. Increase our capacity for digitisation of our collections including textiles, fashion, and furniture to make them more accessible for researchers and the public Delivering the national contemporary art collection for Wales will both require research on our collections to make them more accessible to new audiences and facilitate new research on parts of our collection that have historically been difficult to access. In supporting the delivery of this important programme of work the equipment requested here will help us to; 1. Collaborate with communities across Wales to develop exhibitions and programmes of activity in their localities, in some areas for the first time 2. Improve access to visual art which has a strong appeal to younger and more diverse audiences 3. Raise the profile of contemporary art collections in Wales with national and international audiences.

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  • Funder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: ST/G503087/1
    Funder Contribution: 6,000 GBP

    Abstracts are not currently available in GtR for all funded research. This is normally because the abstract was not required at the time of proposal submission, but may be because it included sensitive information such as personal details.

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