<div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="4">BCMA Bursaries </font></b></div><div>2025 Bursary Applications are being accepted until February 3, 2025!</div><div><h4 class="gmail-pt-3 gmail-mb-4" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;line-height:1.4;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding-top:1rem"><font color="#000000" style="">Eligibility:</font></h4><p class="gmail-mb-3" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:1rem"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Membership Status</font></span></p><p class="gmail-mb-3" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:1rem"><font color="#000000">Applicant should be a BCMA member <span style="box-sizing:inherit"><i style="box-sizing:inherit">OR</i></span> be employed by or volunteer for a BCMA member institution</font></p><p class="gmail-mb-3" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:1rem"><font color="#000000">If this is a barrier to you or if you have questions about your eligibility, please contact <a href="mailto:development@museum.bc.ca" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent">development@museum.bc.ca</a></font></p><p class="gmail-mb-3" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:1rem"><font color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">The following individuals are</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> encouraged to apply:</span></font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif"><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">IBPOC culture and heritage professionals</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Unemployed/underemployed culture and heritage professionals</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Students interested in the museum sector</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Emerging professionals who have worked in the museum sector for<i style="box-sizing:inherit"> less than five (5) years</i></font></li></ul><p class="gmail-mb-3" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:1rem"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Eligible Expenses:</b></span></p><p class="gmail-mb-3" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:1rem"><font color="#000000">There is no restriction on the training provider. Consideration will be given to both credit and non-credit educational opportunities.</font></p><p class="gmail-mb-3" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:1rem"><font color="#000000">Eligible expenses include but are not limited to consultant fees, tuition or registration fees, travel, and textbooks.</font></p><h4 class="gmail-pt-3 gmail-mb-4" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;line-height:1.4;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding-top:1rem"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000" style="">Evaluations:</font></span></h4><p class="gmail-mb-3" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:1rem"><font color="#000000">Applications are evaluated on the basis of:</font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif"><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Financial need of the institution or individual making the application.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Suitability and proven commitment of the individual(s) nominated; and,</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Value for money of the training selected.</font><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Tuition and expenses for a credit course at a local college or university may be rated higher than an application for fees, travel, and accommodation for a three-day workshop in Vancouver, for example.</font></li></ul></li></ul><h4 class="gmail-pt-3 gmail-mb-4" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;line-height:1.4;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding-top:1rem"><font color="#000000" style="">Available funds: <br></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal">Awards typically range from $800 – $1,000. The BCMA provides up to $7,000 annually for members to engage in educational opportunities.</span><span style="font-weight:normal"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></h4></div><div><a href="https://museum.bc.ca/funding-opportunities/bcma-bursaries/">Learn more and apply here! </a></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="l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