Holocaust Research Education & Documentation

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Deadline

  • March 15 at 11:59 pm EST. 
    Grant period begins no earlier than January of the following year.

Applications must be submitted in English on the Fluxx grant portal.

The online submission form will become available 4–6 weeks before the application deadline. Start completing the application as early as possible. The application is extensive, and the portal will close at the deadline.

The process from the application deadline to notification of a decision takes approximately 10 months. The Claims Conference will make every effort to notify grantees of their award in December prior to the January start date of the project.

The funding process is competitive. Not all projects will be awarded funding, and projects may be awarded less funding than requested. Clear project goals and a strong evaluation component are required.

Apply for a grant for projects that further Shoah education, documentation, research and film.

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Guidelines

  • Projects must be about the persecution of Jews by the Nazis and/or their collaborators, or its consequences.
  • The Claims Conference does not accept applications from individuals, only from registered non-profit organizations and research institutions (exceptions for film and new media applications).
  • All projects funded by the Claims Conference require matching funds. The grantee is responsible for securing the remaining sources of matching funding.
  • The Claims Conference provides funding on a reimbursement basis only. Advance payments are not provided.
  • Once funding is awarded, the Claims Conference will approve a project budget indicating expenses eligible for reimbursement. Payments are made upon review and approval of required reporting, including proof of expenditures paid during the grant period.  This is required for Claims Conference funds as well as matching funds.
  • If an application was denied funding in the past, the Claims Conference will not consider a resubmission of the same proposal.

Categories Eligible for Funding

  • Research and Publications
  • Translation of Existing Research
  • Education Programs
  • Educator Training Programs (multi-day only)
  • Other
  • Archival Projects
  • Exhibitions
  • Recording of New Testimonies
  • Augmented/Virtual Reality
  • Video Games
  • Podcasts
  • Social Media
  • Mobile Apps
  • Other

Please visit the Film Grants page for additional information.

General Funding Guidelines

The percentages below represent the maximum amount of the project cost that may be requested.

The application process is competitive, and allocations are generally awarded at a lower percentage.

New ApplicationsMaximum Percentage Request Considered
Research, Education, Documentation: New Projects60-70%
Projects deemed particularly innovative or in priority geographic areas (e.g. Eastern Europe, South America) may be awarded a higher percentage.
*Research, Education, Documentation: 1st Renewal of Project (use renewal application form)55-60%
*Research, Education, Documentation: 2nd Renewal of Project (use renewal application form)50-60%
After funding has been renewed twice for the same project, funding will be limited to 50% support from the Claims Conference.

Only applications with a robust evaluation component will be considered.

Exception: The Claims Conference will only fund up to 1/3 of the total cost of the recognized expenses of programs with significant travel.

Documentation: Exceptional FundingMaximum Percentage
Request Considered
Documentation: Recording of New Testimony (including Transcription)90%

Projects and areas that the Claims Conference does NOT fund

  • Fine arts projects, such as art exhibitions, music performances, and theater arts 
  • Research projects, fiction literature and personal memoirs submitted by individuals 
  • Commemoration and memorial ceremonies, monuments, memorial sites
  • Cemetery preservation or restoration
  • Capital projects 
  • Conferences, except those of unique and exceptional merit 
  • Scholarships for individuals (outside of the Claims Conference Kagan Fellowship program) 
  • Pre-service teacher training 
  • Educator training programs that are one day or less  
  • College or university courses (unless it is within the framework of the University Partnership Program.) 
  • Student trips to Holocaust-related sites in Europe or Israel 
  • Individual school programs or assemblies  
  • Development of new curricular materials unless demonstrated need or of unique and exceptional merit 
  • Operational costs of institutions, endowments or underwriting deficits 

For any questions, email NYAllocAdmin@claimscon.org (for all countries other than Israel) or REDIsrael@claimscon.org (for grants within Israel only).