The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a limited number of Career Development Fund grants to support DPC Members attending the hybrid iPRES 2025 Conference, 3 to 7 November, at the Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Aotearoa (New Zealand).
This Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of conference registration fees and provide a contribution towards travel and accommodation if attending in person. Grant applications are welcomed from DPC Members until 07:00 UTC | 19:00 NZST on 1 July 2025, and more details are provided below.
About the iPRES 2025 Conference
iPRES is the premier international conference series on digital preservation. The conference brings together experts, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers in the field of digital preservation to share their knowledge, experiences, and innovations. It is a unique platform for the global digital preservation community to present research and innovative projects, share practical experience and best practices, discuss emerging trends and challenges and collaborate on future directions and solutions.
This year, iPRES 2025, is being co-hosted by Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) and Te Rua Mahara o Kāwanatanga Archives New Zealand (ANZ). The themes for iPRES 2025 are Haerenga (Journey), Tūtaki (Encounter), and Tūhono (Connect). These themes encourage reflections on the evolving practices, innovations and partnerships shaping the future of digital preservation. Each theme reinforces the others, creating a holistic view of how digital preservation research and practice can adapt, innovate and thrive.
The conference will be held from 3 -7 November 2025 and will be a hybrid event offering in-person and virtual attendance options. For more information, please visit the iPRES 2025 conference website at https://www.ipres2025.nz/.
About the DPC Career Development Fund Grant
This Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of virtual or in-person conference registration fees.
The grant will also provide funding to help with expenses incurred if attending in person. This may be used towards any one or all of the following expenses:
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Hotel booking for up to five nights (Sunday 2nd November – Friday 7th November) based on the suggested/preferred hotels list of conference organizers
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Contribution towards travel expenses (e.g., economy flight, train and/or public transport to/from Wellington)
The amount of funding is at the discretion of the review panel and will be explicitly stated in the grant offer letter to successful applicants.
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 3rd June 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 one applicant for this advertised grant for iPRES 2025 (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.
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 | 19:00 NZST on 1st July 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 | 19:00 NZST on 1st July 2025 (click here to see the deadline in your local time).
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Successful applicants will be notified on or before 29th July 2025.
Further Information
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For information relating to the iPRES 2025 conference, see https://www.ipres2025.nz/.
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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.