nwa NATIVE AMERICAN COLLECTIONS ROUNDTABLE - CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP

NWA Native American Collections Roundtable Conference Scholarship 2022

Intent

One of the main goals for the Native American Collections Roundtable (NACR) is to bridge access for individuals working with, or aspiring to work with Native American collections with the Northwest Archivists [NWA] Annual conference, as participant or presenter. This year, the conference will again be held virtually, May 2nd - 5th, with the theme of:

Not to be Forgotten: The Resiliency and Sustainability of Archives to Preserve Untold Stories

To support this effort, the NACR is offering 25 scholarships to cover conference registration and an annual membership to Northwest Archivists as an opportunity for continued professional development of award recipients.

Past scholarship winners are welcome to apply, but priority will be given to new applicants.

Guidelines

Eligible applicants will meet at least one of the following three criteria:

1. Tribal member working with Native American collections;
2. Individual working for tribal information programs;
3. Individual working with Native American collections;
4. Tribal member interested in working with Native American collections.

The scholarship will be awarded prior to the conference; NWA will be notified of scholarship recipients, register them, and return conference registration confirmations to awardees. Recipients must attend the conference.

Following the conference, all awardees are expected to write a short report (example), due Friday, June 2nd, 2022, about their conference experiences, to be published on the NWA and NWA-NACR blogs.

Selection

Current members of the NWA-NACR Scholarship Committee will review applications on a rolling basis and award funding as such. Beginning in April, applications will be collected every Friday leading up to the event, and awards made the following Mondays until designated funds are exhausted.

Applicants will be evaluated based on the case made in addressing the required questions in their application. Considerations will also be made to provide geographic representation in the awards.

Application Components

-      Completed application

Please direct any questions about the scholarship and application process to nwanac@gmail.com, include “NACR Scholarship” in the subject line.