The mission of the Decorative Arts Trust, a non-profit organization, is to promote and foster the appreciation and study of the decorative arts. Their efforts include exchanging information through programming, collaborating with museums and preservation organizations, and underwriting internships, research grants, and scholarships for graduate students and young professionals.
The Decorative Arts Trust has launched a new publishing grant program aimed at invigorating scholarship and broadening the appreciation of material culture, with a particular focus on the Americas and projects that advance diversity in the study of American decorative arts and material culture. The program supports both print and digital publishing projects and is designed to meet the evolving needs of the field. It targets two areas: Publishing Grants for Dissertations and First-Time Authors, aimed at supporting book-length academic publications, and Publishing Grants for Collections, Exhibitions, and Conferences, focusing on those specific areas. Funding can be used for a variety of publication-related costs, including image reproduction rights and digitization of publications.