CIMAM invites curators, researchers, and museum professionals working in modern and contemporary art to apply for a Travel Grant to attend the 58th CIMAM Annual Conference, taking place in Harare, Zimbabwe (20–22 November 2026).
Under the theme ‘Museums Beyond Limits: Imagining Repair Across Cultures, Ecologies and Knowledges,’ this edition marks a historic moment: the first time CIMAM’s Annual Conference will be held on the African continent.
Since 2005, the CIMAM Travel Grant Program has supported over 400 professionals from emerging and developing economies, fostering international exchange, visibility, and long-term connections within the global museum community.
Travel Grants are awarded to directors, curators, and researchers working in modern and contemporary art museums based in countries classified as Groups C, D, and E according to ICOM.
The grant will cover the following:
- Registration Fee for the Annual Conference, which includes access to all conference sessions, lunches, dinners, refreshment breaks, access to organised visits, and coach service to and from planned visits during the conference days.
- Travel expenses (train, bus, or round-trip economy flight ticket).
- Four-night accommodation in one of the hotels recommended by CIMAM.
- CIMAM membership for the period awarded (2026-28).
