For this blog, I looked at the Getty Foundation and the NHPRC Grant Program.
The Getty Foundation has changed its strategy and grant programs recently "to shift resources from our ongoing grant categories to more targeted special initiatives focused on a specific issue or region, and carried out in collaboration with the other Getty programs." Their conservation focuses on works of art with their current projects focusing on panel paintings and mosaics of the Mediterranean region. They are working on redefining how they will fund conservation of other artwork and conservation training. I would say they are trying to take more control over the research results that hold their name.
The NHPRC Grant Program's priorities emphasize research and assistance for archives and range from focused, detailed projects to broader ranged projects. They also provide several opportunities for projects involving electronic and digital records. While they provide a wide range, it would seem that they are pushing for new research to meet the changing demands of archives especially the problem of digital and electronic records.
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It's interesting to consider the motivations behind strategy shifts like those you mention at the Getty Foundation, to speculate about some of the external factors we discussed in class (economic climate, politics, etc.). Which did you feel were most influential in this case?
ReplyDeleteI know that the Getty Foundation has been shifting, refocusing, targeting (AKA shrinking) in the last decade. They are trying to spend their money in such a way as to maximize its benefit to society and to the Getty brand. To wit, one presumes that funding projects destined to cast a high profile will be more suited to the Getty's mission for the foreseeable future. I'm being overly cynical, of course. It is hard to deny the amazing resources the Getty has poured into the cultural heritage preservation field.
ReplyDeleteAll funding agencies try to get as much credit for what they do and have the biggest impact at the lower cost.
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