The Thriplow Charitable Trust is a trust, registered in 1993, whose aims are the furtherance of higher education and research, with preference given to British institutions. Primary, secondary and early years education do not fall within the Trust’s remit, nor does it normally support capital projects, such as new buildings.
For administrative reasons, grants can only be made to charitable bodies or component parts of charitable bodies. In no circumstances can grants be made directly to individuals. Grants are usually made of amounts between £1,000-£5,000. The Trust favours discrete projects and is reluctant to contribute to appeals for large sums. As a small charity, the Trust does not normally contribute to major charitable bodies with large funds or to clinical trials.
The Trust gives grants for academic research funding, undergraduate and graduate bursaries, exhibitions, conservation/environmental research, museum and library collections, teacher training and resources in the developing world, and early career development in the performing arts. In the case of successful applications, we are no longer able to consider applications in consecutive years.
The Trust has recently supported the following
Academy of Ancient Music
Publication costs of critical editions of works by Handel and Dussek
African Child Trust
Sponsorship of a group of students through university in Tanzania
Amarna Trust
Expedition costs to Tell el-Amarna and coffin preservation at Fitzwilliam Museum
Ancient India and Iran Trust
Conference expenses
Anna Plowden Trust
Conservation training bursaries
Ashmolean Museum
Cataloguing the Hope Collection
Bodleian Library
Cataloguing Dennis Healey and Roy Jenkins archives
British Institute at Ankara
Publication costs of scholarly monograph
British Museum
International museum training programme and training of textile conservator
Britten Sinfonia
Professional development workshop
Cambridge University Library
Cataloguing of archive material
Chester Zoo
Orchid research
Council for At-Risk Academics
DEMAND
Engineering placement for undergraduates/apprentices designing for the disabled
English National Ballet
Bursaries for young dancers
ENO
Support for BAME vocal fellowship
Fitzwilliam Museum
Early career development for painting conservator
Hamilton Kerr Institute
Publication of conference proceedings
IOSF
Post-mortem research into declining UK otter populations
IT Schools Africa
UK prisoners refurbish computers and send them to African schools and universities where ITSA trains teachers on their use
Joseph Banks Project
Editing costs and publication of collected letters of Joseph Banks
Lanchester Trust
MA and PhD at Coventry University in Principles of Flight
The Longford Trust
Bursaries for prisoners and ex-offenders for higher education
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
Bursary for mature studentship
MathsWorldUK
Commissioning costs of touring exhibits to promote maths learning
MERU
One-year engineering student placements in medical engineering for disabled
National Museum of Computing
Exhibition costs
The Natural History Museum
Open Book Publishers
Free access to academic papers
Oxford Natural History Museum
New display cases
Personal Histories Project
Recording equipment
Prospect Burma
Rambert
Support for musical fellowship
Robert Southey Letters Project
Publication of collected letters of Robert Southey
Royal Scottish Conservatoire
Scholarship fund support
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Undergraduate bursary
St Catharine’s College, Cambridge
Cataloguing John Addenbrooke’s cabinet
Snowden Trust
Bursaries for students with disabilities
SOAS
Society of Architectural Historians
Postgraduate bursaries in architectural history
SPANA
Veterinary clinical skills centre at the University of Namibia
STEPS
Bursary for a Palestinian student at St Andrews
Textile Conservation Foundation
Bursary support for MA students in textile conservation at the University of Glasgow
Tibet Foundation
Support for Tibetan medical students in China
TUC Library
Exhibition on international labour collaboration in conjunction with Nottingham University
University of Cambridge, Centre for South Asian Studies
Cataloguing of photographic archive, conference expenses
University of Cambridge, Division of Archaeology
Akkadian language film of a Babylonian story
University of Cambridge, Faculty of Classics
Aldborough, N. Yorks, excavation
University of Glasgow Exploration Society
Research expeditions to study wildlife in Trinidad, Bolivia, Equador, Tobago, Uganda and Iceland
University of Leicester
William Wilberforce Diaries and Letters project
University of West of England
Pee-power: research into battery potential of urine for use in lighting in refugee camps
West Dean College
Bursaries for graduate and postgraduate students of the conservation of historic objects
Wildlife Trust for Cambs, Beds, Northants
Great Fen project and related monitoring
YMSO
Career development scholarships
Zambia Orphans Aid
Support for trainee teachers in Zambia
Zoological Society of London
Travel costs for students from developing countries to attend the Interventions in Wild Animal Health Field Course in India
ACT
Clinical Research Fellowship for early career development
Age UK
Alzheimers research
Arthur Rank
Education and Learning Centre for training in palliative care
British Council for the Prevention of Blindness
Boulter Fellowship for eye care professionals from the developing world to study at ICEH
East Anglian Air Ambulances
Educational placements for medical students
Fight for Sight
Research into retinopathy in premature babies
Francis Hospice
Training/professional development course for counselling bereaved children
IMET2000
Training of child psychiatrist in Gaza
INSPIRE
Research into spinal cord injury
Institute for Cancer Research
Travel bursaries for medical students
Interburns
Research into soft tissue reconstruction
Liver Group
Biomechanical artificial liver project
Meningitis Now
Research into combination anti-pneumococcal vaccine
MNDA
PhD research
Orchid
Prostate cancer research
St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital
Joint teaching programme: Peace in Sight
Spinal Research
Cord repair research based in Cambridge
Applying for Funding
Click here for the online application form.Please complete the online form above. Applications may also be submitted by post or email together with a covering letter and any supporting material. Please include within the form all relevant information necessary for assessment of your application, plus a link to your Annual Report. The completeness of the application form is a consideration in the decision to fund.
For further information, please write to the Secretary, The Thriplow Charitable Trust, PO Box 225, Royston SG8 1BG or email contact@thriplowcharitabletrust.org
The next meeting of the Trustees will be on 28 March 2025
Deadline for applications: 21 February 2025.