Guidelines on the Types of Projects that may be eligible for Financial Support

Revised December 3, 2003, Memorials WG

The following types of projects may be eligible for financial support and endorsement by the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF). These guidelines are for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a guarantee of support.  All project proposals must be submitted to the Task Force in accordance with the ITF mission and specific procedures.  For detailed information on submitting project proposals for consideration, please contact the ITF Project Coordinator: 

Mr. Karel Fracapane
Office of the Chair
Task Force for International Cooperation on
Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research
Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca
Stanza 163
Viale Trastevere 76/A
00153 Roma
Italy
Tel.: +39-06-58493642
Fax: +39-06-58492863
E-mails: fracapane.itfshoah@istruzione.it

Projects that may be eligible for Financial Support:

•	Projects from institutions and organizations located in regions or countries where Holocaust education and research face severe resource constraints

Education

•	Teacher training seminars
•	Training seminars for student-teachers
•	Training seminars for student-journalists
•	Publication and/or translation of educational leaflets, brochures and similar texts
•	Creation and development of educational websites 
•	Historic exhibitions for teaching purposes
•	Student essay writing projects
•	Student film projects
•	Student theater projects
•	Art projects with an explicit and articulated educational purpose (e.g., traveling exhibitions of either an educational or historic nature are particularly encouraged)
Remembrance

•	Collection of information on memorials (e.g., databases, catalogues)
•	Creation and dissemination of information about memorial sites (e.g., websites, networks, published documentary reference sources)
•	Collection of reclaimed and catalogued data about individuals, families, communities and sites 
•	Preservation of memorial sites (emergency funding only)
•	Promoting best practice on memorial sites.

Research

•	Publication of scholarly books
•	Translation of scholarly books
•	Organization of university-level Holocaust studies programs/courses
•	Documentary films
•	Archival organization and access

While there are many worthwhile and important efforts taking place, the Task Force is unable to consider providing financial support for the following types of enterprises:

•	Projects where the major beneficiaries are citizens of countries or regions that do not face resource constraints with regard to Holocaust education and research.
•	Commemoration and observance ceremonies
•	Non-academic conferences
•	Literary works, theater and fine and plastic arts productions that do not have an articulated educational purposes
•	Capital projects or physical construction of memorials

Please contact the ITF Project Coordinator for any questions or concerns about the types of projects that may be eligible for support from the ITF Fund.