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The Heritage Collections Care Consortium is offering a fully funded scholarship in Emergency Management for Heritage Collections. This scholarship aims to train collections care professionals in developing an emergency management program for collections. It also provides training on wellbeing and resilience to better prepare heritage responders to cope with emergencies and disasters.
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The application is open to all heritage professionals worldwide responsible for emergency preparedness in museums, libraries, archives, and historic houses. To be eligible for the scholarship, you must be actively involved in emergency planning and response in your organisation.
The scholarship will support your professional development by providing:
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Tools to assess risks to collections
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Skills to create an operational emergency response plan for collections
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Knowledge to design a comprehensive training program for emergency response teams
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Practices and skills to maintain resilience and well-being in emergencies and disasters.
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The successful candidates will:
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Attend an online course in Emergency Preparedness: Strategies for Museums, Archives, and Libraries
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Take part in a half-day online workshop Wellbeing and Resilience for Emergency Responders
​Please note that the scholarship is fully funded.
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The application deadline: APPLICATION CLOSED
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We prioritise applications from countries that have been recently impacted by natural disasters or war.
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Application Process
To apply for the scholarship, please provide the following information in electronic form as a pdf document:
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State your name, the name of your organisation, and the name and contact details of your line manager or supervisor supporting your application
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Please state in a few sentences how the knowledge and skills you would gain from this scholarship might help you in your work and benefit your organisation.
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Please confirm in this document that you would be able to attend the Emergency Preparedness: Strategies for Museums, Archives, and Libraries course
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Please confirm that you would be able to attend the half-day Wellbeing and Resilience for Emergency Responders workshop.
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Please attach your professional biography.
Please send the application as an attachment to Andor Vince at andor@heritagecollectioncare.com. Your application will be acknowledged within 24 hours of its receipt. If for any reason you do not hear from us within this time, please follow up on your application by contacting us.
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All the applications will be processed by Friday 25th October. You will receive an e-mail letting you know whether your application has been successful.
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