The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant to support a DPC Member attending the 19th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC25) taking place 17-19 February 2025 in The Hague, the Netherlands.
This Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of online or in-person 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 on 12 November 2024, and more details are provided below.
About the IDCC25 Conference
The International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC), organised by the Digital Curation Centre, is an established annual event with a unique place in the digital curation community, reaching out to individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains involved in curating data and providing an opportunity to get together with like-minded data practitioners to discuss policy and practice.
The main theme of IDCC this year (IDCC25) is 'Twenty years back, twenty years forward: lessons and directions in digital curation'. To find out more, please visit the IDCC25 conference page at https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc25.
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 three nights (Sunday 16th February – Wednesday 19th February) based on partner hotel list provided by IDCC25 organizers
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Contribution towards travel expenses (e.g., economy flight, train, public transport to/from The Hague)
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 12th November 2024. 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 IDCC25 (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 (currie@dpconline.org), accompanied by explicit approval for attendance from a supervisor via email or attached letter, by 7:00 UTC on 12th November 2024 (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 on12th November 2024 (click here to see the deadline in your local time).
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Successful applicants will be notified on or before 4th December 2024.
Further Information
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For information relating to the IDCC 2025 conference, see https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc25.
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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, Preservica and Simon P Wilson. A full list of supporters is online here.