The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund travel grant for the 9th edition of The No Time To Wait Conference (#NTTW9), taking place October 15 to 17, 2025 at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin.
This Career Development Fund grant will provide a contribution towards the costs of travel and accommodation for a DPC member attending NTTW9 in person. Grant applications are welcomed from DPC Members until the deadline of 7:00 UTC on 3rd June 2025, and more details are provided below.
About the No Time To Wait Conference
The No Time to Wait conference is back for its ninth edition, taking place from October 15 to 17, 2025 at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin. No Time to Wait is a three-day conference dedicated to exploring open media, open standards, and digital audiovisual preservation. Organized by the National Library of Ireland and MediaArea.net, this event is part of a conference series and represents the ninth installment since its inception in 2016.
The 2025 call for proposals is now open at this form and registration form here. To find out more, please visit the No Time to Wait 9 website, follow @nttw.bsky.social for news and updates, and the recommended hashtag is #nttw9.
About the DPC Career Development Fund Grant
This DPC Career Development grant will provide funding to support the costs for a DPC member attending the No Time To Wait 9 conference in person. This may be used towards any one or all of the following expenses:
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Hotel booking for up to three nights (Tuesday 14th October – Friday 17th October) 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 Dublin)
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 only one grant is available per DPC member. DPC members may submit a maximum of one application for one applicant for this advertised grant for NTTW9 (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 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 on 3rd June 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 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 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 on 3rd June 2025 (click here to see the deadline in your local time).
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Successful applicants will be notified on or before 1st July 2025.
Further Information
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For information about The No Time To Wait Conference, visit the website at https://mediaarea.net/NoTimeToWait9, follow @nttw.bsky.social for news and updates, and the recommended hashtag is #nttw9.
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For questions relating to the 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, Iron Mountain, Libnova, Max Communications, Preferred Media, Preservica and Simon P Wilson. A full list of supporters is online here.