The Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) is pleased to announce
that it is accepting applications for its VRAF Professional Development
Grant program. This program offers two $850 grants yearly, one with a fall
deadline and another in the spring. The purpose of the Grant is to support
professional development in the field of visual resources and cultural
heritage information management. Grant funds can be used to participate in
a professional development opportunity of the grantee’s choosing (such as a
conference, symposium, workshop, online education), or to enroll in
relevant research activities (such as hands-on field work or a site visit
for scholarly purposes).  For consideration, please submit your application
for the fall grant no later than September 16, 2016. If you have any
questions about the VRAF Professional Development Grant or the application
process, and to submit your application, please contact Betha Whitlow,
[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> The recipient of the fall 2016
VRAF Professional Development grant will be announced by October 7, 2016,
and the award money must be used before October 7, 2017*.* Please
visit the VRAF’s
website
<http://vrafoundation.org.s119319.gridserver.com/index.php/grants/professional_development_grant/>
for a full description of the grant, including eligibility, acceptable uses
of funds, and a complete list of past recipients.



Past recipients include Anne Young, Manager of Rights and Reproductions at
the Indianapolis Museum of Art, to attend the 2013 American Law Institute
Continuing Legal Education (ALI CLE) Legal Issues in Museum Administration
course. Her attendance was crucial in the production of *Rights &
Reproductions: The Handbook for Cultural Institutions*, an indispensable
resource. About the grant, Anne wrote, “The Grant funded a portion of my
course tuition and associated travel costs to attend the program. It is my
belief that this Grant was also a contributing factor to my receiving a
partial-scholarship, half of the course tuition, from ALI CLE that further
supported my attendance… Without my attendance at ALI CLE’s LIMA and the
VRAF’s Grant support, I would not have been able to make the vital
connections to make the *Handbook* contributors and legal review panelists
as robust as they are today.” The *Handbook *is now available and can be
downloaded from the American Alliance of Museums
<https://aam-us.org/ProductCatalog/Product?ID=5186> website.

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Curator of Visual Resources
Washington University in Saint Louis
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