Slots: 1
Deadlines
Internal Deadline: Contact RII.
LOI: N/A
External Deadline: April 19, 2023, 11:59pm ET
Award Information
Award Type: Grant
Anticipated Award Amount: Between $10,000 and $50,000.
Who May Serve as PI: Applicants must be U.S. nonprofit academic, research, or cultural heritage organizations. Per CLIR policy, the same Principal Investigator may not be nominated to lead two concurrent or overlapping CLIR projects within the same program.
Link to Award: https://www.clir.org/recordings-at-risk/
Link to Application: https://clir.smapply.io/prog/recordings_at_risk/
Process for Limited Submissions
PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/.
Materials to submit include:
- (1) Single Page Proposal Summary (0.5” margins; single-spaced; font type: Arial, Helvetica, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 1-page limit will be excluded from review.
- (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)
Note: The portal requires information about the PIs and Co-PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
Purpose
Recordings at Risk is a national regranting program administered by CLIR to support the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high scholarly value through digital reformatting. Generously funded by the Mellon Foundation since January 2017, the program will run twelve competitions from 2017 to 2025 and will award a total of $6.75 million. Awards range from $10,000 to $50,000 and cover costs of preservation reformatting for fragile and/or obsolete time-based media content by qualified external service providers. Eligible media may include, but are not necessarily limited to, magnetic audio and video tape, grooved discs, wax cylinders, wire recordings, and film (with or without sound). Review our Frequently Asked Questions for more information on eligible projects.
Recordings at Risk encourages professionals who may be constrained by limited resources and/or technical expertise to take action against the threats of degradation and obsolescence. The program aims to help organizations identify priorities and develop practical strategies for digital reformatting, build relationships with partners, and raise awareness of best practices.
Application Assessment Criteria: An independent review panel, comprised of scholars in a variety of domains and technologists with expertise in digitization and digital preservation, will evaluate applications using four primary criteria:
Impact
The potential scholarly and public impact of the project
Urgency
The urgency of undertaking reformatting to avoid risk of loss
Potential for preservation
The viability of the work plan and deliverables for preserving the content over time
Approach to access
The approach to legal and ethical concerns affecting access.
Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.