Core Preservation Administration Interest Group

Modern Endangered Archives Program

2022-2023 Call for Applications 

Preliminary Applications due November 14, 2022

The Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP) is a UCLA Library granting program. We fund projects that document, digitize, and make accessible endangered archival materials from the 20th and 21st Centuries. Collections focus on history, society, culture, and politics, with an emphasis on social justice, human rights activism, cultural production, indigenous experiences, and under-documented communities. Materials may include print, photography, film, audio, ephemera, and digital objects. 

• Learn more by exploring the open access MEAP Digital Library, now featuring over 12,000 objects from 11 countries, and all funded projects on the new MEAP website.

• Join us in the essential work of ensuring access to cultural heritage and communal memory. All details available at https://meap.library.ucla.edu/2022-call-for-applications. 

 

What We Fund

MEAP invites applications for its fifth cohort of projects designed to preserve, document, and digitize collections at-risk from environmental conditions, political uncertainty, inherently unsustainable media, inappropriate storage, or communal and social change. Funding is now available for Planning Grants to survey or inventory archival collections and for Project Grants to digitize and publish existing collections. 

MEAP funds projects focused on collections from the 20th and 21st centuries. Collections must be held and digitization work completed outside the U.S. and Europe. See full eligibility requirements on our website. 

Available Awards

MEAP offers two grants: Planning Grants (1 year, up to $15,000) and Project Grants (2 years, up to $50,000). 

Application

All applications must be submitted in English through our Survey Monkey Apply system. Application details and resources are available on our website. 

Deadline

Preliminary applications are due on Friday, November 14, 2022 (11:59 pm Pacific Time)

 

Want to learn more? 

• Visit our website at meap.library.ucla.edu. Find out more about current MEAP projects and explore Applicant Resources, including application templates and a detailed FAQ. 
• Review the MEAP Application Handbook, which includes an application checklist.
• Register for our live informational webinar on Applicant Webinar on Thursday, Oct 13, 2022. A recording will be available after the session.
• Explore the 2022-23 Call for Applications in Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili.
• Join the MEAP mailing list for project updates and announcements. 

The Modern Endangered Archives Program is funded by Arcadia - a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.

 

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Brooke Morris-Chott
Advocacy and EDI Program Officer
Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures
American Library Association
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