History funds

PROV's "Local History Grants Program" provides small grants to community organisations to support the cost of any project that preserves, records or publishes Victorian local history. The program is administered by Public Record Office Victoria.

A new trend appearing in local history has been the significant number of new audiences who have emerged in the digital/online realm, due to the widespread adoption of digital and mobile technologies and the growing availability of broadband internet service. Electronic publishing is also becoming an increasingly popular alternative to traditional printed books, as ePublications can be distributed over the internet and through electronic bookstores, and users can read the published content on a dedicated eBook reader, mobile device or computer. These grants are a means to allow more resources to enter the digital domain.

The Local History Grants Program supports 

• the preparation and publishing of local history books, including ePublications 
• Apps for mobile devices
• the digitisation and publishing of records and documents
• virtual exhibitions
• the recording of oral histories
• the preparation and display of exhibitions
• the conservation and cataloguing of documents and objects
• internet projects that provide local history information
• training in local history skills
• the design and production of interpretation panels or plagues on heritage sites or locations
• heritage walks 
• digital storytelling

 In digital stories people use film and audio to record and tell their own story in DVD and online projects.
 Applications for the 2012-2013 Round of grants is are now open, and applications close on 12th November 2012. Link to the Grants page.