Call for Applications: 2023-24

MEAP invites applications for a new grant opportunity in 2023. Regional Grants provide additional funding (up to $100,000) to create multi-institutional digital collections.

Regional Grants(opens in a new tab) provide an opportunity for previous MEAP grantees to activate the networks they have built through years of archival work, training and community building. Grant projects should result in the digitization of archival collections from multiple institutions and apply consistent metadata practices to these different materials. Projects should create new opportunities for research by linking together disparate collections.

Projects can apply for funds to augment available hardware and enable more project partners to participate in the digitization and documentation process. Grantee holders will be responsible for managing funds across the project and for ensuring that all digital files and metadata are submitted according to MEAP requirements.

Note: Only previous MEAP grant holders are eligible to apply for Regional Grants. Prospectives applicants for Regional Grants are required to contact the MEAP team before applying. All proposed projects should be discussed with the team ahead of submitting an application.

All materials created with MEAP funding will be published on an open access platform hosted by the UCLA Library. This includes digitized archival objects, surveys, and inventories.

Project teams are responsible for securing necessary permissions for open access publication. Project and Regional Grant applicants must provide evidence of permission for publication at the Detailed Application phase. Planning Grant projects may build in time to explore rights related questions.