Grants with Fall 2018 Application Deadlines

Published Oct 5, 2018

Many annual funding programs have deadlines in the Fall, and many of these can help fund new search engines, new collection management software, and other projects Andornot can help you with.

British Columbia Arts Council's Professional Project Assistance for Museums and Visual Arts Organizations

The British Columbia Arts Council's Professional Project Assistance for Museums and Visual Arts Organizations supports initiatives in the development of new or unique public programs and documentation by professional museums, Aboriginal cultural centres and visual arts organizations, including artists’ and curatorial collectives. These may include exhibitions, dissemination projects, artists’ residencies, exploration of new forms, audience development or collections management projects.

The maximum contribution to a project in this program is 50% of the total budget of the project.

This grant could be used to upgrade your systems and databases, whether using Inmagic DB/TextWorks or other software, and providing public search access through the Andornot Discovery Interface, as well as virtual exhibits using the Omeka and Umbraco content management systems.

Deadline: October 15, 2018

Department of Canadian Heritage, Museums Assistance Program

The Department of Canadian Heritage Museums Assistance Program (MAP) supports heritage institutions and workers in the preservation and presentation of heritage collections. In particular, the Collections Management component provides up to $50,000 for "projects related to the implementation or upgrade of a collections management system." This could include software such as Inmagic DB/TextWorks and one of Andornot's database starter kits, or our Digital History Hub platform or Andornot Discovery Interface search engine.

Deadline: November 1, 2018

BC History Digitization Program

The British Columbia History Digitization Program at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia Library promotes increased access to British Columbia’s historical resources by providing matching funds to undertake digitization projects that will result in free online access to unique historical material from around the province.

Materials digitized through this program could be made searchable through the Andornot Discovery Interface or our Digital History Hub platform.

Applications for 2019 are expected to open in October, so keep an eye on https://ikblc.ubc.ca/initiatives/bcdigitinfo/ and in the meantime, have a look at last year's successful applications.

Andornot Professional Development Grant

For the past few years we've offered a $1,000 grant to help one of you attend a conference or other professional development event. We intend to offer this grant again this year and will be opening applications up towards the end of the year. Stay tuned to our blog for an announcement, and in the meantime, read about the experience of past recipients Gayle Graham and Mark Goodwin.