Grants

The Catholic Archives Group Travel Bursary Program

The CAG Travel Bursary is designed to provide funding assistance to CAG members in good standing for transportation to the annual CAG general meeting and conference. Bursaries will be awarded up to 50% of total transportation costs to a maximum of $500.00 per applicant. Up to $5,000 in budgeted funds for that year can be expended. Approval and the amount of assistance granted will be approved by the CAG Executive on the recommendation of the Grants and Bursaries Adjudication Committee.

More information will be available ahead of the 2026 conference.

The Sister Loretta Gaffney, RHSJ, Project Grant

Application Guidelines 2024

The purpose of the Sister Loretta Gaffney Project Grant is to provide financial support to one of our member institutions so that they may undertake a project that would otherwise be beyond their means. Sister Loretta Gaffney, RHSJ, was a founding member of CAG and a steadfast supporter of professional development for archivists.

The grant is available to any CAG member in good standing who requires assistance in acquiring supplies, specialized equipment, contract staffing, or other items to ensure the preservation and proper care of their institution’s documentary heritage.

Download the 2024 Gaffney Project Grant application

  1. All application forms must be received by August 15, 2024, by the Adjudicating Committee. Please submit your application by email to BOTH:
    Robert Little rflittle@gmail.com -AND- Joe Keast jkeast@csjcanada.org
  2. A maximum of $1,500 is available to the institution selected to receive funding.
  3. The Adjudicating Committee of the two CAG members will review the applications and rank the applications based on relative merit.
  4. The Committee will notify the CAG Executive of the recommended application for funding.
  5. Upon receiving approval from the CAG Executive, the Adjudication Committee will notify the successful applicant of funding for the project.
  6. The successful applicant will submit an article for Archival Connections, the CAG newsletter, about how they used the grant money.

About Sister Loretta Gaffney, RHSJ

Sister Loretta Gaffney (1920-2014) was one of the proudest members and most ardent supporters of the Catholic Archives Group. Like many CAG members, Sister Gaffney came to archives rather late in her life, after distinguishing herself in three previous careers (nursing, laboratory technology, and pastoral care) taking on the role of Provincial Archivist for the St. Joseph Province of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph in 1978. She, nevertheless, devoted the next 30 years of her life to the archival endeavour.

Read more in the March 2014 issue of Archival Connections.