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>Please excuse cross postings. > >VRAF Professional Development Grant > >Purpose: >The purpose of the VRAF Professional Development grant is to support >professional development in the field of visual resources and image >management. The grant will support attendance at an educational >event of the grantee's choosing (such as an association conference, >symposium or workshop), or engagement in relevant research >activities (such as publications and/or fieldwork). In recognition >of the differing professional development needs for an emerging >professional and an established career professional, two awards will >be funded. One grant will be awarded to a student or new >professional who has up to five years of experience in the field, >and the other grant will be designated for a career professional >with six or more years of experience. At the discretion of the VRAF >Board and with approval of the applicant, an application may be >moved to a different category that better fits the experience >criteria or the applicant can choose to withdraw the application > >Although the specific criteria for the grant may change from year to >year in order to provide support for a range of experiences and >community members, with the 2013-2014 awards we encourage the VR >community to consider opportunities at any visual resources-related >professional development venue. > >The VRAF Professional Development Grant is part of the Foundation's >mission to advance awareness of critical issues for effective >digital information management (including intellectual property and >copyright); to encourage the application of professional standards, >innovative technology, and metadata cataloging protocols; and to >facilitate workplace training. The VRA Foundation supports a range >of educational offerings to help ensure that such information >reaches a diverse, global audience. > >Award Amount: >Each of the two 2013-2014 awards will provide a grant of $850. The >grant is for use between September 13, 2013 and September 12, 2014 . > >Eligibility: >The grant is open to all visual resource professionals, including >retirees and those currently unemployed. The Foundation also >encourages students seeking educational, training, and research >opportunities in support of broad access to cultural information, to >apply. Membership in the Visual Resources Association is not >required. Each applicant's financial statement of need will be >considered, together with other applications for funding for the >same event or project, which must be disclosed by the applicant. > >Grant monies may be used for: >o transportation >o registration/tuition >o accommodations >o meals >o research >o expenses > >Application Deadline and Decision Announcement: >Applications for the 2013-2014 grants due: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 >Award decision public announcement: September 11, 2013 > >Guidelines and Application Form: >http://vrafoundation.org.s119319.gridserver.com/index.php/grants/professional_development_grant > >Application Form: >http://vrafoundation.org/downloads/VRAF_PDGrantCall_for_Applic2013.doc >http://vrafoundation.org/downloads/VRAF_PDGrantCall_for_Applic2013.pdf > >Completed applications, as well as any preliminary questions, should >be sent via e-mail to:Linda Callahan , VRA Foundation Board Director ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > >-- > -- Maureen Burns, Ed.D. IMAGinED Consulting 310-489-3792 [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] http://imageminders.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~