The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a number of fully-funded grants to support DPC Members attending the iPRES 2023 Conference in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, 19-22 September.
Each Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of conference registration and contribution towards travel and accommodation for those attending in-person.
More details about the grants are provided below, and applications are welcomed from DPC members until the grant application deadline of Friday, 9th June 2023 (please note this deadline has been extended from the original deadline of 2nd June).
About iPRES 2023
iPRES is the premier and longest-running conference series on digital preservation. Since 2004, annual iPRES conferences have been hosted around the globe on four continents. The conference brings together scientists, students, researchers, archivists, librarians, providers, and other experts to share recent developments, innovative projects and to collaboratively solve problems. Year on year the debate and research profiled at iPRES have moved digital preservation from a technology driven niche specialism of experts to a global challenge with the community to match.
This year’s 19th conference, iPRES 2023, will be hosted by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, from September 19 through the 22! The theme ‘Digital Preservation in Disrupting Times’ continues and enhances conversations undertaken by delegates to the 2022 meeting, even as we navigate a world under immense pressure. The topics covered under this theme include:
- Digital Accessibility, Inclusion, and Diversity
- Sustainability: Real and Imagined
- We’re All in This Together
- From Theory to Practice
- Immersive Information
To find out more, please visit the iPRES 2023 conference page at https://ipres2023.us/.
About the DPC Career Development Fund Grants
Each Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of the fees for online or in-person conference registration.
Successful candidates attending in person will also receive a contribution towards travel and accommodation, which will be offered up to the following limits:
- Domestic travel - £150
- Intra-Continental travel - £300
- Inter-Continental travel - £750
If your grant application is successful, you will be asked whether you would like to receive in-person or online-only registration.
Eligibility
All DPC Members are eligible to apply for this Career Development Fund grant. This includes prospective members whose request to join is approved by the application deadline of 07:00 UTC on 9th June 2023. Career Development Fund grants are not available to non-members. For information about joining the DPC, see https://www.dpconline.org/about/join-us.
Please note that only one grant is available per member per advertised call. In other words, DPC members may submit a maximum of one application for one applicant for this advertised call (e.g., one application for a person representing a DPC member organization). We recommend that any member organization which supports an application discusses appropriate outcomes and benefits for the organization prior to submission. Moreover, because only one grant is available per member institution, we recommend that applicants ensure that they are not inadvertently competing with colleagues.
For more details about eligibility and criteria for DPC grants, please read the full Career Development Fund Guidelines. Applicants are also encouraged to contact the Training & Grants Manager, Amy Currie (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), should any questions arise.
How to Apply
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The application form for this grant and full guidelines are available on the Career Development Fund page of the DPC website.
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All sections of the application form should be completed and returned to Amy Currie (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), accompanied by explicit approval for attendance from a supervisor via email or attached letter, by 7:00 UTC on 9th June 2023 (this deadline has been extended from the original deadline of 2nd June - 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 member, 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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 on 9th June 2023 (this deadline has been extended from the original deadline of 2nd June click here to see the deadline in your local time).
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Successful applicants will be notified on or before 4th July 2023.
Further information
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For information relating to the iPRES 2023 conference, see https://ipres2023.us/.
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For questions relating to the grant programme, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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For a list of other Career Development Fund grants available to DPC Members, see https://www.dpconline.org/digipres/train-your-staff/cdfund/cdf-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., AVP, Ex Libris, Iron Mountain, Libnova, Max Communications, Preservica and Twist Bioscience. A full list of supporters is online here.