[PADG:1239] Stipends for CCAHA Workshop Series

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Call for Applicants 
Workshop Series Stipends


Disaster Mitigation for Cultural Collections

May 14-16, 2001
The Society of the Cincinnati
Headquarters, Library and Museum
At Anderson House
2118 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20008


The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is offering stipends for individuals to attend a series of three emergency preparedness workshops that focus on mitigation strategies.  

Disaster mitigation should play a role in any institution's emergency preparedness and planning efforts.  CCAHA's Disaster Mitigation Workshop Series is designed to help institutions reduce the probability of emergencies they can control, and limit the damage to collections that results from disasters they cannot control.  This series will provide tools for assessing an institution's vulnerability to disaster, evaluating fire prevention and suppression strategies, and assessing health and safety factors related to disaster.

Audience: 

The workshops are intended for staff who are involved in collections care activities or have responsibility for the safety of collections such as librarians, archivists, curators, collections managers, stewards of historic house museums, site and facilities managers, and security and safety staff.


Workshop Series includes:

Be Prepared... Conducting a Vulnerability Assessment - May 14, 2001
Be Prepared... Fire Protection and Suppression - May 15, 2001
Be Prepared... Assessing Health and Safety Risks - May 16, 2001

For more information about these workshops, and workshop registration forms, please see CCAHA's website at 
www.ccaha.org 



Eligibility for Workshop Series Stipends:

Awards of up to $900 will be made to defray travel, lodging, and registration costs for individuals who are interested in attending the entire series.  Consideration will be given to stipend requests for up to $300 (per workshop) for participation in one or two of the workshops, but preference will be given to those who are interested in participating in the entire series.

To be eligible, individuals must work with historic and cultural collections that are available to the public in non-profit institutions with total annual institutional operating budgets of $500,000 or less.  Applications from more than one person at an institution will be considered.

The registration fees for the workshop are as follows:

                Non-Member Fee      CCAHA/Co-Sponsor Member Fee:
1 workshop:        $60.00                    $50.00
2 workshops:      $120.00                   $100.00
All 3 workshops   $170.00                   $140.00


Application Process

Applicants must submit:

--A one-page letter that addresses the institution's need for staff training in this subject; commitment to updating or writing an emergency preparedness and response plan; and readiness to implement mitigation strategies.  The letter should also include a brief description of the emergency preparedness procedures that are in place at your institution.

--A brief letter from the institution's Director, indicating support for the applicant's attendance at the workshops.  The letter should also explain why the selected person is the most appropriate person to attend. 

--A budget for expenses

--Proof of tax-exempt status

--Most recent financial statement

--A brief institutional profile or brochure

--Applicant's resume


Deadline

Applications must be postmarked by March 26, 2001.  Recipients will be notified by April 13, 2001.  Please send applications to: Preservation Services Office, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), 264 South 23rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

For additional information, please contact:

Preservation Services Office
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
264 South 23rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel: (215) 545-0613
Fax: (215) 735-9313
Email: ccaha@xxxxxxxxx