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CANB's Grant Season begins March 1st this year.
Get your draft grant proposals in to the Archives Advisor by March 31st, so that it can be reviewed before submission to the Adjudication Committee on May 6th.
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CANB GRANT PROGRAM
The CANB Grant Program takes place in the spring/summer every year.
Through this program, successful applicants can receive funding to support archival projects undertaken at your archives.
Funding is available for the following types of projects:
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Arrangement and Description;
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Digitization, Reformatting, & Migration (in-house & external);
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Supplies Purchase;
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Redescription of non-RAD Compliant Fonds; and
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Training & Professional Development.
Archival institutions must be CANB members in good standing in order to qualify for a grant. Qualified applicants may submit more than one grant application (but multiple applications must be ranked by priority).
Please make sure to read over the new Guidelines to make sure that your project qualifies for funding. Applications will be reviewed by the CANB Executive Committee, and announcements will be made to successful applicants in June.
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A mid-term check-in with the Archives Advisor will happen by email in the fall.
A final report must be submitted to the CANB by March 31, 2026.
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CANB Grant Program Downloads:
CANB Grant Program Guidelines 2025-2026
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Grant opportunities:
1. Arrangement and Description and its cost spreadsheet
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2. Digitization, Reformatting, and Migration of AV Material
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3. In House Digitization, Reformatting, and Migration
4. Purchasing Supplies and its cost spreadsheet
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5. Redescription of non-RAD Compliant Fonds and its cost spreadsheet
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6. Training and Professional Development
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CANB GRANT RECIPIENTS 2024-2025
Agricultural Museum of New Brunswick
"Storing Achival Materials"
Grand Manan Museum
"A&D project for Gladys Leighton 1925-2015 fonds"
Musée acadien de l'Université de Moncton
"Classement et description de la collection d'affiches du Musee acadien de l'Universite de Moncton"
Centre d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson
"Classement et description du fonds Arthur LeBlanc (150)"
Kings County Historical & Archives Society
"Converting records in a portion of the "H-Boxes" to RAD Compliant format and uploading to CANB - Part 3"
Saint John Jewish Historical Museum
"Filing Photographic Acquisitions, 2000 to 2024"
Charlotte County Archives
"Re-Description and re-processing of the Colin & Elinor Mawson fonds"
Kings Landing
"Kings Landing Corporation Architectural Drawings"
Fredericton Region Museum / York-Sunbury Historical Society
"Safeguarding Heritage: Enhancing Archival Storage Efficiency/Arrangement and Storage of New Archival Acquisitions"
Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame & Museum
"Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee Records 2015-2024"