The call for proposals for the "Funding Programme for the Digitisation of Cultural Heritage Objects of the State of Berlin" of the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt (Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion) for the year 2025 opened on 15 May 2024. The online application deadline for the 2025 funding programme is 15 July 2024 at 13:00. As always, funding is subject to the availability of budget funds.
Funding will be provided for the interdisciplinary digitisation of outstanding or highly sought-after cultural assets that are representative of Berlin or the respective cultural institutions. The aim of this funding programme is to make the digitised material and data of Berlin's cultural heritage institutions visible and accessible online, including via the portal of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB), and to ensure the long-term reusability and the promotion of the digital content.
The 2025 funding programme does not have a thematic focus. If you are thinking of applying with a digitisation project involving objects from colonial contexts, this is explicitly possible. We also welcome collaborative projects that make objects from different institutions visible and reusable. Please also consider the issue of 'outreach' in your projects. Conservation measures necessary for digitisation can also be applied for. The costs for the digital long-term preservation of the project data with the Research and Competence Centre for Digitisation (digiS) at the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) are included in the funding. Data preparation is a central aspect of the funding and the projects. We offer initial legal advice in collaboration with iRights Law.
To prepare your project application, please refer to the current funding guidelines for 2025 on our website for information on the funding criteria. Please also refer to the supporting documents and other information we have prepared for you:
- FAQ
- Creation aid for structuring and conceptualising the project / Erstellungshilfe zur Strukturierung und Konzeption des Projektantrags („Projektbeschreibung“)
- Previously funded projects
This year, for the first time, we are using the electronic application procedure "eGoKüf" (eGovernment Künstler:innenförderung). Please familiarise yourself with the new application form well in advance of submitting your application. The application form can be found on the service portal of the Land Berlin. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Further information on the call for applications and important deadlines, as well as the current funding guidelines for the 2025 funding programme for the digitisation of cultural heritage objects, can be found here as well as on the website of the Senatsverwaltung (Berlin Senate Administration).
We are happy to advise on the development of project ideas and the preparation of project applications prior to submission.
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