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Call for Applications: 2026-27 | Modern Endangered Archives Program Call for Applications: 2026-27 MEAP invites applications for its ninth cohort of projects designed to preserve, document, and digitize collections at risk. Preliminary Applications are due November 16, 2026.
Call for Applications 2026-27 The UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP) offers grants to support the documentation and digitization of at-risk global cultural heritage collections.
Funded by Arcadia, MEAP has been awarding grants since 2019 to preserve and create access to endangered archival materials from the 20th and 21st Centuries, including print, photographic, film, video, audio, ephemeral, and born-digital objects.
MEAP invites applications for its ninth 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. All materials created with MEAP funding will be published on the open access UCLA Library Digital Collections repository .
The 2026-27 Call for Applications is available in Arabic (opens in a new tab) , English (opens in a new tab) , French (opens in a new tab) , Indonesian (opens in a new tab) , Portuguese (opens in a new tab) , Spanish (opens in a new tab) , and Swahili (opens in a new tab) . MEAP offers three grants during this application cycle: Regional Grants, Project Grants, and Planning Grants. Opportunity to expand on previous MEAP digitization.
Create digital collections that include cultural heritage materials from three or more institutions, families, or archival repositories. Funding for digitizing and documenting archival content or curating already-digital assets. Funding to evaluate and prepare materials for digitization.
Application Cycle 2026-27 MEAP has a two-round application process. All applicants must submit a Preliminary Application through our online application system available at meap. smapply.
io. Eligible applicants will be invited to submit a Detailed Application. All applications must be submitted in English.
Applications open September 14, 2026 Preliminary Application Webinar (opens in a new tab) on October 15, 2026 (8am Pacific Time) [ REGISTRATION REQUIRED (opens in a new tab) ] Preliminary Applications due November 16, 2026 Preliminary Application decisions communicated December 2026 Detailed Applications (for invited applicants) due February 12, 2027 MEAP AV Grants Application opens (likely) April 2027 MEAP Planning, Project, and Regional Grant Awards announced Summer 2027 MEAP AV Grant Awards announced Fall 2027 New AV Grant Opportunity Opening Spring 2027 MEAP Starting in 2027, MEAP will offer a new funding opportunity specifically for projects focused on documenting and digitizing audio, video, and film collections.
These new AV Grants (opens in a new tab) will provide dedicated support for the complex challenges of working with audio and moving image materials. AV Grants provide funding up to $100,000 to address the complex challenges of documenting and digitizing audio visual materials. MEAP AV Grants will provide a unique opportunity for audiovisual archives.
Over the last eight years, MEAP has supported grantees through the the unique challenges of working with magnetic media, procuring specialized equipment, cleaning and assessing degrading tape, identifying external vendors, and documenting unknown AV formats. MEAP AV Grants are meant to address these challenges more directly with expanded funding, expert staff support, and a new review panel.
Resulting inventories, reports, and digital collections will be published on the open access UCLA Library Digital Collections repository . The new AV Grant application is still in development. MEAP aims to open Applications for AV Grants in April 2027 with funding selections determined in September 2027.
As a result of this new funding opportunity, proposed projects primarily focused on AV collections will not be considered for the 9th round of MEAP funding and will be held until the new MEAP AV Grant application is open in Spring 2027. default Preliminary Application Template 2026-27 (Cohort 9) Template for Application Planning Purposes. Applications are due November 16, 2026 via the MEAP online application portal.
default Program Guidelines These guidelines define the scope and eligibility requirements for the MEAP grant program. Not sure if your project is eligible? Check out project eligibility information here.
Applications will be evaluated by an international panel of scholars using this criteria.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Organizations to organize, collect, convert, and describe archival materials, existing digital archives. Project teams are responsible for securing necessary permissions for Open Access publication. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $70,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP) Project Grants is funded by UCLA Library, funded by Arcadia. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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