Bursaries now available for ARA 2024 Conference
Bursaries are now available for the Archives and Records Association UK & Ireland Annual Conference: 28-30 August 2024, Birmingham, UK
‘Climate and Crisis: Tackling it Together’
Making Your Case to Attend the Conference
Make your case for attending and show how you’ll be more valuable to your institution afterwards. We hope you can make the case for you to come to at least a day of the ARA Conference. You can also choose to join us for our Wednesday evening reception, or Thursday evening Gala Dinner. If you need help in persuading your employers, we have a model business case letter here:
Download Business Case Letter Template
If you are not able to gain institutional support, ARA members can apply for a conference bursary
Deadline for applications: 10am Wednesday 22 May 2024
Ancestry Bursaries
Four bursaries are available through our Premier Conference sponsors:
Ancestry.co.uk
These bursaries are available to archivists, including archive managers, company archivists, principal archivists and collection managers from a local authority archive who have either never attended the ARA Conference before or have not attended in the last three years (ie were not at Belfast 2023, Chester 2022 or Leeds 2019).
Please use this form to apply for the Ancestry bursaries
ARA Bursaries
To apply you must be an individual member of the Association who has been a member for at least one year and who is, at the closing date for applications, either a student member, a full member, an overseas member or is registered on the conservation certificate course.
Four full ARA Bursaries are available.
New Professionals Bursary
One full bursary is available for members of the ARA Section for New Professionals who have never attended an ARA conference or received an ARA bursary of any sort.
The funds for this bursary are raised by crowd-funding. You can make a donation to support this bursary here
ARA Diversity bursaries
These two bursaries are open to members and non-members of the ARA.
The bursaries will cover the costs of full attendance over the three days including two nights’ accommodation and all meals, including the Gala Dinner. The recipient is entitled to up to £100/€120 towards UK travel to/from Birmingham.
Applicants need to meet the following criteria:
· Minority Ethnic background
· Not have a postgraduate qualification in archives, conservation or records management
(If you are a speaker at Conference from a Minority Ethnic background, you are eligible to apply for any ARA Diversity bursary)