How to Apply

MEAP invites applications for its eight round of funding. Awards are available for Planing, Project, and Regional Grants. Preliminary Applications due November 17, 2025.

Call for Applications

MEAP invites applications for its eighth cohort of projects to document, digitize, and make accessible collections at risk from environmental conditions, political uncertainty, inherently unsustainable media, inappropriate storage, or communal and social change. All materials created with MEAP funding will be published on the open access UCLA Digital Library.

A Global Program for Modern Cultural Heritage Preservation

The UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program supports the preservation and discovery of at-risk archival collections that invite a more expansive understanding of the world we live in.

MEAP grants fund projects that document, digitize and make accessible cultural heritage materials from the 20th and 21st Centuries. We are committed to supporting projects that reflect community voices, cultural expression, and historical experiences that have been left out of national narratives and archives.

Application Details

Funding Available

MEAP offers three grants on an annual cycle: Regional Grants, Project Grants, and Planning Grants.
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    Regional Grants

    Opportunity to expand on previous MEAP digitization. Create digital collections that include cultural heritage materials from three or more institutions, families, or archival repositories.
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    Project Grants

    Funding for digitizing and documenting archival content or curating already-digital assets.
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    Planning Grants

    Funding to evaluate and prepare materials for digitization.

Getting Started

Confirm eligibility and explore all available resources while drafting a proposal for MEAP funding.
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    Project Eligibility

    Not sure if your project is eligible? Check out project eligibility information here.
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    Program Guidelines

    These guidelines define the scope and eligibility requirements for the MEAP grant program.
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    Evaluation Criteria

    Applications will be evaluated by an international panel of scholars using this criteria.

Application Resources

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