Funding Areas
The Getty Foundation awards grants internationally in four core areas through dedicated initiatives

A Connecting Art Histories research team led by the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz visits the Shah-i- Zinda in Samarqand, Uzbekistan
Photo: Mirela Ljevakovic, 2012
Art History
We help scholars pursue new research and collaborate across regions and disciplines

Eladio Dieste's Cristo Obrero Church, a 2016 grantee in Estación Atlántida, Uruguay
Photo © Leonardo Finotti
Conservation
We support the protection and preservation of the world's art and cultural heritage
Conserving Canvas
Conserving Black Modernism
Keeping It Modern
MOSAIKON
Panel Paintings Initiative
Campus Heritage Initiative

Malaysia Sketchbook, 1988, Betye Saar. Watercolor and collage. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California
Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
Museums and Archival Collections
We make collections more accessible to scholars and the public
PST ART: Art & Science Collide
Black Visual Arts Archives
The Paper Project
Online Scholarly Cataloguing Initiative
Electronic Cataloguing Initiative

2019 Getty Marrow Undergraduate Interns Noah Chang and Gloria Ortega at the Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Photo: J. Paul Getty Trust
Professional Development
We invest in current and future arts leaders