Apply for VRA Professional Development Grant

The grant can be used to participate in a professional development opportunity of the grantee’s choosing (e.g., a conference, symposium, or workshop), or to enroll in relevant research activities (e.g., hands-on field work or a site visit for scholarly purposes).

Funding Information

• The VRA Professional Development Grant awards up to $1,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants should have a professional interest in visual resources and cultural heritage information management, and may include retirees, the currently unemployed, or students seeking educational and training opportunities in support of broad access to cultural information. Membership in the Visual Resources Association is not required. Former recipients of the Professional Development Grant are not eligible for a period of two years following their most recent award. Other applications for funding for the same professional development event must be disclosed.
• The VRA has United States Internal Revenue Service status as a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity. All elements of proposed professional development must be performed within the legal parameters of United States local, regional, and federal government requirements. International applications are welcome provided individuals have a similar non-profit, educational purpose.

Criteria

Priority will be given to applications that:

• enable a leadership role at an event, including, but not limited to, giving a paper, teaching a workshop, or chairing a committee;
• support research that shows promise to lead to publication and contributes to the visual resources and cultural heritage information management community; and
• provide evidence that receiving the grant will benefit the applicant as well as an institution, community, or region.

For more information, visit VRA.