{"id":12493,"date":"2025-09-09T16:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/?p=12493"},"modified":"2025-09-09T16:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:45:23","slug":"cfas-for-2025-26-modern-endangered-archives-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/?p=12493","title":{"rendered":"CFAs for 2025-26 Modern Endangered Archives Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Modern Endangered Archives Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025-2026 Call for Applications&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Preliminary Applications due November 17, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/meap.library.ucla.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Modern Endangered Archives Program<\/a>&nbsp;(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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Three Grant Opportunities.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meap.library.ucla.edu\/about\/planning-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Planning Grants<\/a>\u00a0for organization, survey, and inventory work;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meap.library.ucla.edu\/about\/project-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Project Grants<\/a>\u00a0for digitization and metadata creation; and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meap.library.ucla.edu\/about\/regional-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Regional Grants<\/a>\u00a0to create digital collections that include cultural heritage materials from three or more institutions, families, or archival repositories related to one theme, community or historical event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Global Access to Digital Collections<\/strong>. Explore\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.ucla.edu\/catalog?f%5Bhas_model_ssim%5D%5B%5D=Collection&amp;f%5Bprogram_sim%5D%5B%5D=Modern+Endangered+Archives+Program&amp;sort=title_alpha_numeric_ssort+asc&amp;view=list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over 100,000 unique digital objects<\/a>\u00a0from 26 countries on the UCLA Digital Library. All MEAP funded projects publish digital collections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What MEAP Funds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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. Collections must be held and digitization work completed outside North America, UK, and the Europe Union. See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/meap.library.ucla.edu\/about\/project-eligibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full eligibility requirements<\/a>&nbsp;on our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MEAP has a two-stage application process. All applicants are required to submit a Preliminary Application. Select applicants will then be invited to complete a Detailed Application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All applications must be submitted in English through our Survey Monkey Apply portal. Application details and resources are available&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/meap.library.ucla.edu\/applicants\/how-to-apply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on our website<\/a>. The Application portal will open on September 16, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preliminary applications are due on <strong>Monday, November 17, 2025 (11:59 pm Pacific Time).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explore the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meap.library.ucla.edu\/call-for-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025-26 Call for Applications<\/a>: available in Arabic, English, French, Indonesian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit the MEAP website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meap.library.ucla.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">meap.library.ucla.edu<\/a>. Find out more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meap.library.ucla.edu\/projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">current MEAP projects<\/a>\u00a0and explore\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meap.library.ucla.edu\/applicants\/applicant-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Applicant Resources<\/a>, including application templates and a detailed FAQ.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/ucla.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/_-M_HsuFQRiEzuFCWdzapw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register for the live Applicant Webinar on Thursday, October 9, 2025<\/a><\/u><\/strong>. A recording will be available after the session.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore all\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.ucla.edu\/catalog?f%5Bhas_model_ssim%5D%5B%5D=Collection&amp;f%5Bprogram_sim%5D%5B%5D=Modern+Endangered+Archives+Program&amp;sort=title_alpha_numeric_ssort+asc&amp;view=list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEAP Digital Collections<\/a>, now featuring over 100,000 objects from 48 collections across 26 countries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/iv_IFk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join the MEAP mailing list\u00a0<\/a>for program updates, stories about grantees, and collection announcements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The&nbsp;<\/em><em><u><a href=\"https:\/\/meap.library.ucla.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Modern Endangered Archives Program<\/a><\/u><\/em><em>&nbsp;at the UCLA Library is funded by&nbsp;<\/em><em><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiafund.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arcadia<\/a><\/u><\/em><em>, a charitable foundation that works to protect nature, preserve cultural heritage and promote open access to knowledge.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern Endangered Archives Program 2025-2026 Call for Applications&nbsp; Preliminary Applications due November 17, 2025 The&nbsp;Modern<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opportunities","category-other-grants"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12494,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12493\/revisions\/12494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}