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
Connecting Art Histories (2009-present)
Digital Art History (2013-2023)
Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships (2017-2024)
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 (2018-present)
Conserving Black Modernism (2022-present)
Keeping It Modern (2014-present)
MOSAIKON (2008-2023)
Panel Paintings Initiative (2008-2018)
Campus Heritage Initiative (2002-2007)
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(2019-2025)
Black Visual Arts Archives (2022-present)
The Paper Project (2018-present)
Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative (2009-2017)
Electronic Cataloguing Initiative (1997-2007)
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