Our June newsletter is now live! 🥳 This month, we share news on our latest blog, our Board of Trustees Meeting and our work on the Icon Labour Survey, as well as a round-up of heritage science news, funding, calls for papers, events and jobs. Read online: buff.ly/TsjPf1Y Subscribe: buff.ly/MKVTfSd

New training opportunities 👀 The Heritage Science Data Service is running another FREE webinar on depositing heritage science data! 💡 ‘How to deposit data with the HSDS’ 💡 14 July 2026 (11:00-13:00 BST) 💡 Learn more and register: buff.ly/AKirgxD #HeritageScience @hsds-update.bsky.social

DARIAH is seeking a new Signature Project! 👀 The goal of this call is to develop an innovative & sustainable core service that strengthens & expands DARIAH’s infrastructure. 🚨 Deadline: 15 July ➡️ Read more: www.dariah.eu/2026/03/17/c...

📢 Work with radiocarbon analysis? Apply for NEIF Panel A! The National Environmental Isotope Facility supports analysis at the University of Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit and the NEIF Radiocarbon Lab at SUERC: Centre for the Isotope Sciences (University of Glasgow) @isotopesuk.bsky.social

📢 #HeritageScience job alert! Exciting opportunity from one of our members, Historic Royal Palaces 🎉 💡 Heritage Scientist 💡 Hampton Court Palace, with travel to other sites (Hybrid) 💡 Part-time (18 hrs/week), 12 months FTC 💡 £21,900 pro-rata ⏰ Deadline: 15 July 2026

Do you use science or technology to understand, preserve, manage or engage with heritage? Icon has launched a landmark Labour Market Survey to understand the heritage and conservation science workforce, with NHSF as the technical steering group! Full announcement: buff.ly/gNgPjcO #HeritageScience

📢 New NHSF Blog Post! Discover the latest funding stream from Heritage Science Data Service! Hear from NHSF members @nationalgalleries.bsky.social & Science Museum Group (@sciencemuseum.org.uk) on their successful projects and learn how to apply for Round 2. @hsds-update.bsky.social buff.ly/85tll1V

📢 REMINDER: Don't miss the next free webinar on Horizon Europe funding! 💡 24th June 2026 💡 10:00 - 11:00 BST 💡 Learn more and register: buff.ly/2aBZylv Can't make it? This webinar will be repeated multiple times over the coming months, so stay tuned for further announcements.

💡 This week: ‘Filth and health: hygiene and sanitation in the Middle Ages' A BAA conference for those interested in medieval heritage science & archaeology, or working on the history of hygiene/sanitation/healthcare. 🫧 Friday 26th June 2026 (10:30-17:30) 🫧 Barts Hospital, London

New Event: How #HeritageScience is revealing the secrets behind Richard III's Book of Hours 🔍 📖 'Hidden in Plain Sight - Looking at changes to the Richard III's Book of Hours' 📖 10 July 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 BST 📖 Hybrid - Lambeth Palace Library In-person: buff.ly/Kw92BEk Online: buff.ly/JN2OTwD

#HeritageScience in the news 📰 @uk.theconversation.com Prof. José Iriarte at @exeter.ac.uk shows how LiDAR scanning maps archaeological sites beneath the dense canopy of the Amazon. He also explains its wider applications: encouraging sustainable farming practices & climate justice. buff.ly/KFMpVKU

📢 Latest: Using heritage science to understand the chemistry behind Indigenous Australian art and cultural heritage materials. 🌿 'Multi-analytical Characterization of Indigenous Australian Plant Exudates and Cultural Heritage Materials' 🌿 19 June 2026 (5pm BST) 🌿

📢 Registration Open: "Who is Responsible for the Archives? An Interdisciplinary Approach to Ethics in a Digital Age" Relevant for anyone in our #HeritageScience community working with archives! 💡 Friday 26 June 2026 (9:00 - 17:45) 💡 Hybrid (Aston University, Birmingham) 💡 More:

📢 Applicant webinar tomorrow! Free Grant Information Session to learn more about the HSDS Small Grants Programme: 16 June 2026, 13:30 - 14:00 Online buff.ly/iLSUl2C Don't worry if you can't make it – a recording will be available on the HSDS website after the session. @hsds-update.bsky.social

Do you work with material chemistry? Sharing this Call for Posters with our #HeritageScience community! ⏰Deadline: 18 October 2026

We’ve launched a new space on our website to help you explore upcoming UKRI funding opportunities. The page gives a longer-term view of more than 45 opportunities opening between now and December. Explore the page: www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...

⏰️ Only three days left! ⏰️ Our HSDS User Needs Survey is CLOSING on Monday 15 June 2026! If you use heritage science data, equipment, facilities and/or reference collections, this is your final chance to take part and shape the future of #HeritageScience. buff.ly/44GJWuo @hsds-update.bsky.social

The British Academy funding scheme now open! @britishacademy.bsky.social SHAPE Involve and Engage offers up to £8,000 for projects involving public engagement with humanities or social sciences, including #HeritageScience. ⏰️ 15 September 2026 (5pm) 💡 Webinar: 29 June 2026 More:

📢 Historic Environment Forum (HEF) invites contributions on heritage sector resilience & collaborative work. Take the survey (approx. 15 minutes) or submit a more detailed case study. Involves the whole heritage sector, including #HeritageScience. ⏰ 19 June 2026 (5pm) Learn more:

📢 Upcoming research webinar from the Digital Curation Centre! 💡 Getting to know ELIXIR-UK 💡 17 June (2-3pm BST) 💡 Register: buff.ly/4ygTn4s @elixiruknode.org @digitalcuration.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Relevant for anyone in our #HeritageScience community who accesses bioscience data.

📢 Grant session TODAY! Thinking of applying to the Heritage Science Data Service Small Grants Programme? Find out more through these free webinars. Session 1: 10 June 2026, 11am-12pm Register: buff.ly/k5Tu8mQ Session 2: 16 June 2026, 1:30-2:30pm Register: buff.ly/x4uOLGb @hsds-update.bsky.social

📢 New #HeritageScience PhD: project on built heritage & augmented mapping of cocoa heritage in São Tomé and Príncipe or Ghana. 💡 University of Antwerp @uantwerpen.be 💡 1-year scholarship, with potential for renewal for up to 4 years. ⏰ Deadline: 3 August 2026 Learn more and apply:

📢 One week to go!📢 The countdown is on – our HSDS User Needs Survey is OPEN until 15th June 2026. If you use heritage science data, equipment, facilities and/or reference collections, contribute to our research and make your voice heard! buff.ly/44GJWuo @hsds-update.bsky.social

📢 Heritage Science Data Service opens Small Grants Programme Round 2! 💡 Up to £25,000 for your project 💡 Supported by AHRC's Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) ⏰ Deadline: 30 September 2026 (5pm GMT) Learn more and apply: buff.ly/oU5RGiJ @hsds-update.bsky.social

The Digital Curation Centre is continuing its webinar series on Digital Research Infrastructure, sure to be relevant to our #HeritageScience community! 💡 'Getting to know JASMIN & CEDA' - 10 June 2026, 2-3pm BST - Explore two major data analysis platforms for environmental science.

📢 New! Heritage Science Data Service (@hsds-update.bsky.social) has launched a new Virtual Research Environment: a 'digital workbench' for researchers in heritage & related fields to access #HeritageScience resources otherwise needing specialist infrastructure/computing power.

📢 International #HeritageScience postdoctoral opportunity! University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne: 'Eco-friendly synthetic leather for the restoration of antique books' 📖 Full-time FTC (12 months) 📖 Laboratoire HiCSA ⏰ 22 June 2026 p1ps.fr/Postdoc-Gree... @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social

The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is seeking a freelance metadata/documentation specialist to work with select 3D datasets and supporting 2D media for submission to the Heritage Science Data Service as part of an HSDS grant-funded project. @hsds-update.bsky.social ⏰️ 15 June 2026

📢 Two weeks remaining! 📢 Our HSDS User Needs Survey is OPEN until 15 June 2026. If you have used (or would like to access) heritage science data, equipment, facilities and/or reference collections, we want to hear from you! 👀 Take part today: buff.ly/KC3FDEU @hsds-update.bsky.social

A fascinating case of #HeritageScience being used to uncover new aspects of the history of medicine in Ming-dynasty China!

📢 Call for Abstracts Bilkent University, Hacettepe University, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Istanbul and the British Institute at Ankara are inviting abstracts for the Bioarchaeology in Türkiye Conference. ⏰ Deadline: 1 July 2026 Learn more: buff.ly/3sUtLnr @dai-weltweit.bsky.social

📢 PlastIC Symposium 2026 – What Plastics Leave Behind PlastIC Innovation & Curation Research Centre at Arts University Bournemouth is hosting a free symposium on the role of plastics in the future of cultural heritage and conservation. ⏰️ 1st July 2026 (12:15 – 16:30)

📢 GREAT NEWS: The new ECHOLOT website is now live! 🌐https://echolot-eccch.eu/ We are proud to present a completely revamped version of our website, which is packed with content covering all aspects of the project and explaining what makes ECHOLOT such a special and exciting initiative.

Applications for the Natural Science and Heritage Scheme are now open! This 3 week programme is open to 16-18 year-olds from Oxfordshire state schools and comes with a bursary award of £400. oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/natural-scie...

🏛️ EXCALIBUR Day 1 in Paphos, Cyprus 🇨🇾 At the Tombs of the Kings, partners explored how AI, XR, 3D scanning & risk mapping can support cultural heritage preservation. #DigitalHeritage #CulturalHeritage #EXCALIBURProject

📢 New resource alert! Association of Independent Museums and the National Museum Directors' Council have jointly launched the Museum Climate Hub, a collection of trusted sector resources to help you & your organisation on your sustainability journey. Learn more: buff.ly/lE87gul @nmdcnews.bsky.social

📢 Open for nominations! Have you or someone you know run a project encouraging public understanding of and engagement with conservation science & related fields? Send in a nomination for the IIC’s Keck Award! ⏰️ Deadline: Friday 19th June 2026,23:59. buff.ly/d7xtK9N

Have Your Say: our HSDS User Needs Survey is open until 15th June 2026 💭 If you use heritage science data, equipment, and/or reference collections, we want to hear from you! Take part today and help shape the Heritage Science Data Service for the future. @hsds-update.bsky.social

Next in Historic England’s Sector Decarbonisation webinar series 🌍 🌱 Digital Emissions – should heritage organisations worry about them, and how can we lower them? 🌱 18th June 2026, 1-2pm BST 🌱 Learn more and register: buff.ly/5CALket #HeritageScience

NHSF member University of Oxford is working with The Heritage Alliance to conduct a survey on partnerships between the heritage sector and academia. #HeritageScience has some great case studies and this survey could be relevant for many in our network! ⏰ Take part by 1st June 2026: buff.ly/iRes2eO

Our May blog post is here! 🥳 Reflections on the #HeritageScience panel at CIfA2026 and how we can build connections through collaboration, innovation, and engagement.

PhD Alert – English Heritage x University of York 💡 'Fragmented pasts: medieval monastic window fragments in archaeological archives' ⏰️ 29 May 2026 buff.ly/jB7yHRS Work with NHSF member English Heritage and @york.ac.uk to re-examine medieval stained glass with new digital heritage analysis methods!

An interesting case study for #HeritageScience driving public engagement with funerary heritage and bioarchaeology!

Subscribe to the National Heritage Science Forum newsletter 📰 Every month, you'll receive a handy summary of the latest #HeritageScience news, events, and funding, plus calls for papers & job opps. Learn more about what we do at NHSF and make sure another opportunity never gets lost in your feed!

Do you have research, case studies, or personal experience on the #HeritageScience of plastics in collections storage? NHSF member Icon is inviting 5-minute flash presentations for an in-person symposium: Plastic Predicament. Learn more: buff.ly/Qd4BZZW ⏰️ Deadline: Friday 29 May 2026 (5pm BST)

This is your Monday reminder that our HSDS User Needs Survey is LIVE until 15th June 2026 💭 If you use heritage science data, equipment, and/or reference collections, we want to hear from you! Your voice will help shape the Heritage Science Data Service for the future 🤔 @hsds-update.bsky.social

📢 #HeritageScience job alert! The British Museum is seeking a Research Scientist specialising in dyes and textiles to contribute to the ERC-funded DYE‑a‑LOG project. 🔬 Research Scientist 💡 Full-time, FTC (36 months) 💡 London (Hybrid) 💡 £36,396 ⏰ 3rd June 2026 Learn more:

‘Cool Under Pressure: HVAC, Collection Care and the Climate Challenge’ The HVAC Shutdown Group invites abstracts of up to 500 words on sustainability within climate-controlled storage settings for historic collections. ⏰️ Deadline: 1st June 2026 @designarchives.bsky.social

Friendly mid-week reminder that our HSDS User Needs Survey is LIVE until 15th June 2026 💭 If you use heritage science data, equipment, and/or reference collections, we want to hear from you! Your voice will help shape the Heritage Science Data Service for the future 👀

Interested in Horizon Europe funding, but don’t know where to start? Join a free, whistle-stop tour on what Horizon Europe is, what it can offer, and how to explore its opportunities! ✨️ ‘Introduction to Horizon Europe 2026’ ✨️ 27th May 2026 (online) ✨️ 10 – 11am BST buff.ly/qG2slFC #horizoneu