Archives Unleashed Cohorts: Call for Participation (2021-2022)
https://archivesunleashed.org/cohorts/

This is a quick reminder that the Archives Unleashed Cohort Program is currently accepting applications and the deadline is quickly approaching. The program offers an opportunity to engage in web archives research. Up to five research teams will be selected to engage in a year-long collaboration while receiving mentorship and support from the Archives Unleashed Team.

Important Dates

Submission Due:      31 March 2021
Notifications:            15 April 2021
Project Begins:           1 July 2021
Project Ends:             30 June 2022

Program Details

Cohorts will receive the following support:

  *   Participate in cohort events which will provide an introduction to web archives and an opportunity to workshop draft work in a supportive environment. Due to COVID, the opening event will be held virtually in July 2021. The closing event will be held at the Internet Archive, San Francisco, California, United States, tentatively in May 2022.
  *   Bi-monthly mentorship and support meetings with the Archives Unleashed team.
  *   Access to the Archive-It Research Cloud to generate custom datasets
  *   Funding of $11,500 CAD to support project work. Additional support will be provided for travel to the Internet Archive event.

It is expected that all teams will prepare a journal-length article submission as part of this project, which will be developed throughout the term and workshopped at the closing May 2022 event at the Internet Archive.

Please see the Cohort event page for more details. All applications should be submitted to Samantha Fritz ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) by 11:59 PM Eastern on 31 March 2021.


On behalf of the organizers,

Ian Milligan (University of Waterloo)
Jefferson Bailey (Internet Archive)
Nick Ruest (York University)
Jimmy Lin (University of Waterloo)
Samantha Fritz (University of Waterloo)