CBM Fund
The Bank believes in the need to support educational, cultural, and scientific activities, as well as social causes, of a national stature, and the protection of national heritage. For this purpose, the Central Bank of Malta Fund was established in January 2022 with the following objectives and purposes:
- To support and fund projects of a national stature with lasting visibility relating to:
- education including inter alia language, literature, history and other humanities disciplines;
- cultural activities, including inter alia drama, dance, music, and other arts;
- scientific research including inter alia medicine, animal welfare and environmental conservation;
- and social causes;
- To encourage and support research, protection, and preservation of Maltese national heritage;
- To promote research and higher education in the Bank's and the Fund's areas of activity, and to this end, whether on its own or together with other institutions, be they public or private entities, local or foreign, participate in research and teaching activities, including the organisation of conferences, seminars, symposia, and courses of academic or technical instruction, grant scholarships and awards for excellence;
- To make contributions towards educational, cultural, scientific activities, and social causes, in order to support legal persons involved in substantial voluntary, not-for-profit and/or philanthropic work; and
- To assist individuals with proven commitment to work on a valid project relating to an educational, cultural, or scientific activity, leading to study, research and publication.
The Central Bank of Malta Fund's Advisory Board is mandated by the Board of Directors to identify projects of a national stature with lasting visibility worthy of support by the Bank, through funds set aside for non-business-related purposes.
The members of the Fund's Advisory Board are Dr Narcy Calamatta who acts as Chair, Prof. Yosanne Vella, Prof. Marvin Formosa and Dr Pauline Lanzon. Dr Jeremy Buttigieg acts as Secretary and Mr Raymond Filletti is the Projects and Financial Controller.
Left to Right: Dr Jeremy Buttigieg, Mr Raymond Filletti, Prof. Yosanne Vella,
Dr Narcy Calamatta, Dr Pauline Lanzon and Prof. Marvin Formosa
Some of the beneficiaries of financial support from the Fund during the year 2025 were Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti for the publication Titles to Talkies, a study on the history of film and cinema in Malta; the Medina Foundation for Music for the purchase of musical instruments for the St Paul Metropolitan Orchestra; the Msida Parish Church towards the restoration of its prestigious pipe organ built by Giovanni Felter in 1899; and the Floriana Parish Church towards the reconstruction of a triumphal wooden arch, a rare example of Maltese cultural heritage. The Bank also pledged support for the restoration and conversion of a dilapidated British military building at the Majjistral Nature and History Park into a multi-purpose exhibition hall, pursued by Heritage Parks Federation; a publication of a historical book on Kalkara led by Assoċjazzjoni Wirt il-Kalkara; and a publication on the Investitures at the Hall of St Michael and St George 1818-1964 by Professor Christopher Grech.
In 2025, the Bank further pledged its support for the procurement and training of a guide dog and a sniffer dog, pursued respectively by the Malta Guide Dogs Foundation and the Malta Tax and Customs Administration.
The Fund is independent of any political, ideological and/or denominational influence.
Applications are to be submitted by filling this 
form and sent to the below address or via 
email:
Central Bank of Malta Fund
Fund Secretariat
Central Bank of Malta
Castille Place
Valletta – VLT1060