The DPC is pleased to offer two Career Development Fund grants for members to attend the 2022 Virtual SARBICA International Symposium taking place from 15th to 17th November 2022. Each grant will cover 100% of registration fees for the symposium, and applications are welcomed from DPC members until the grant application deadline of 7:00 UTC/15:00 SGT on 2nd September 2022.
About the 2022 Virtual SARBICA International Symposium
Hosted by the National Archives of Singapore, the 2022 Virtual International Symposium of the Southeast Asia Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (SARBICA) will take place from 15th to 17th November 2022. The environmental reality of the global climate crisis leading to unstable ecosystems, rising sea levels, extreme weather events, increasing natural disasters and displacement of people inspired the symposium theme “Preservation & Sustainability: Two Sides Of The Same Coin?”. The event shall provide a venue to raise awareness, gain new perspectives, promote discussions and engage with questions on the intersection between the work of memory institutions, the environment and sustainability.
This will be a fully virtual event which will be of interest across the DPC membership. There will be a workshop on 15th November 2022 and panel sessions on 16th and 17th November 2022.
For more information, please visit https://sarbicasymposium2022.nas.gov.sg/.
About the DPC Career Development Fund Grants
Each Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of the registration fees for a DPC member to attend the Symposium (for more information on fees and registration, please visit https://sarbicasymposium2022.nas.gov.sg/).
Eligibility
All DPC members are eligible to apply for this grant. This includes prospective members whose request to join is approved by the application deadline of 07:00 UTC on 2nd September 2022. 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 application can be made per member (e.g., one application for one staff member 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 the grants, please read the Career Development Fund Guidelines. Applicants are also encouraged to contact the Training and 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
An application form and the full Career Development Fund Application Guidelines are available on the DPC website’s Career Development Fund page.
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/15:00 SGT on 2nd September 2022 (click here to see the deadline in your local time).
Please note that only one grant is available per member per call. In other words, 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.
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 (via email or attached letter), by 7:00 UTC/15:00 SGT on 2nd September 2022 (click to see your local time).
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Successful applicants will be notified on or before 23rd September 2022
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Further Information
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For information about the 2022 Virtual SARBICA International Symposium, see https://sarbicasymposium2022.nas.gov.sg/.
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A list of other Career Development Fund grants available to DPC Members is at https://www.dpconline.org/digipres/train-your-staff/cdfund, including
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.