Open Book Collective1/9 We are very pleased and excited to announce our first Call for Applications to our #CollectiveDevelopmentFund. The call and guidance is available in English, Spanish, & Portuguese, all via this link: https://openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/obc-collective-development-fund-grant-programme-2024-call--guidance
8/9 The first two #CollectiveDevelopmentFund calls are being funded by Arcadia Fund & Research England, via the @copim Community and Open Book Futures project. Future calls are already being funded by a portion of the revenue we receive from our Supporter Programmes https://openbookcollective.org/cms/fixed_page/funding_model/
2/9 In this round, the OBC #CollectiveDevelopmentFund will fund up to five projects, for budgets of between £7,500 and £15,000. Applications are open until May 31, and we are offering an optional scope check for outline ideas until May 10.
We also announced the launch of the #CollectiveDevelopmentFund: our new grant program that aims to amplify the quantity, quality & diversity of #OAbooks. By spring 2026, we will be investing £90,000 to empower publishers & infrastructure providers #Funding https://openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/first-collective-development-funding-call-to-open-in-april-2024/
