The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant to support a DPC Member attending the 2025 Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) Telling Our Stories Conference, taking place 10-13 November in Warrane/Warrang, Sydney, NSW.
This Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of conference registration fees and provide a contribution towards travel and accommodation. Grant applications are welcomed from DPC members until 07:00 UTC | 17:00 AEST on 8th August 2025, and more details are provided below.
About the ASA 2025 Conference
Join the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) for this year’s conference Telling Our Stories: Community, Connection, Resilience:
“The purpose of archives is often explained as being for the benefit of societal memory. As the International Council on Archives' Universal Declaration on Archives states; they are authoritative sources of information which play an essential role in the development of societies by safeguarding and contributing to individual and community memory and that open access to archives enriches our knowledge of human society, promotes democracy, protects citizens' rights, and enhances the quality of life.
What has been the societal impact of archives and archival practice over the past 50 years? How is this changing over time? How should it be changing?
The conference aims to bring together a wide range of perspectives and stories on our profession and practice by showcasing what archives mean to communities, institutions and individuals. It is also a space to explore where we have been, are, and want to develop as a sector.”
The conference will be held from 10-13 November in Warrane/Warrang, Sydney, on the traditional land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. To find out more about the Telling Our Stories conference, please visit https://ausarchivists.eventsair.com/asa2025.
About the DPC Career Development Fund Grant
This Career Development Fund grant will provide funding to help with expenses incurred in attending the ASA 2025 Telling Our Stories conference in person. This may be used towards any one or all of the following expenses:
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Conference registration fees
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Hotel booking for up to four nights (Sunday 9th November – Thursday 13th November) based on suggested/preferred hotel list of conference organizers
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Contribution towards travel expenses (e.g., economy flight, train and/or public transport to/from Warrane/Warrang, Sydney)
The amount of funding is at the discretion of the review panel and will be explicitly stated in the grant offer letter to the successful applicant.
Eligibility
DPC Members are eligible to apply for this Career Development Fund grant. This grant is not available to non-members. Prospective members are eligible if their membership application is approved by the application deadline of 07:00 UTC on 8th August 2025. For information about joining the DPC, see https://www.dpconline.org/about/join-us.
Please note that a DPC Member may submit a maximum of one application for this advertised grant for the ASA 2025 Telling Our Stories conference (e.g., one application for a person representing the DPC Member organization). We recommend that any member organization which supports an application discusses appropriate outcomes and benefits for the organization prior to submission.
Individuals associated with consortia or funded through agencies that are members of the DPC are eligible. However, they must confirm their application with the main DPC contact within the agency before applying. The DPC may pass the details of applications to the main DPC contact within these organizations as part of their assessment.
For more details about eligibility and criteria for the grants, please read the full Career Development Fund Guidelines. Applicants are also encouraged to contact the Training and Grants Manager, Amy Currie (amy.currie@dpconline.org), should any questions arise.
How to Apply
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The application form for this grant and the full Career Development Fund Guidelines are available on the DPC website’s Career Development Fund page.
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All sections of the application form should be completed and returned to Amy Currie (amy.currie@dpconline.org), accompanied by explicit approval for attendance from a supervisor via email or attached letter, by 7:00 UTC | 17:00 AEST on 8th August 2025 (click here to see the application deadline in your local time).
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DPC members may submit a maximum of one application for one applicant for this advertised grant. There cannot be multiple applicants representing the same DPC membership, so please coordinate with colleagues to ensure one application is submitted.
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Applicants are encouraged to email any questions about the grant or process to amy.currie@dpconline.org.
Important Dates
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All sections of the application form should be completed and returned, accompanied by explicit approval for attendance from a supervisor, by 7:00 UTC | 17:00 AEST on 8th August 2025 (click here to see the deadline in your local time).
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Successful applicants will be notified on or before 22nd August 2025.
Further Information
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For information about the Telling Our Stories 2025 Conference, visit the website at https://ausarchivists.eventsair.com/asa2025.
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For questions relating to the DPC grant programme, email amy.currie@dpconline.org.
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For a list of other Career Development Fund grants available to DPC Members, see https://www.dpconline.org/digipres/prof-development/cdfund/dpc-grant-calendar
Acknowledgements
The Career Development Fund is sponsored by the DPC’s Supporters who recognize the benefit and seek to support a connected and trained digital preservation workforce. We gratefully acknowledge their financial support to this programme and ask applicants to acknowledge that support in any communications that result. At the time of writing, the Career Development Fund is supported by Arkivum, Artefactual Systems Inc., boxxe, Cerabyte, Evolved Binary, Ex Libris, HoloMem, Iron Mountain, Libnova, Max Communications, Preferred Media, Preservica and Simon P Wilson. A full list of supporters is online here.