Institutional Repository Capacity Grant
Support for institutions that already have a repository to improve its policies, content, metadata quality and use.
About this call
Having a repository is only the first step; many repositories hold little content or are rarely used. This grant concept supports repository policies, deposit workflows and advocacy, metadata quality, and interoperability so that repositories become active, trusted sources of institutional research.
What this call aims to achieve
Expected outcomes
- Adopted repository and deposit policies
- Measurable growth in deposits and use
Impact framework
- Inputs
- Repository expertise; training; policy templates.
- Activities
- Repository assessment; policy development; deposit campaigns; metadata clean-up; interoperability improvements.
- Outputs
- Policies adopted; items added; metadata improved.
- Outcomes
- Active, well-used repositories.
- Long-term impact
- Institutional research that is preserved and discoverable.
How we will measure it
- Repositories supported
- New items deposited
- Repository usage
- Repository staff trained
The Foundation never charges a fee to apply. Read the Grant Guidelines and How to Apply.
