Yes. We encourage proposals from organizations, institutions, and independent oral historians and memory workers passionate about oral history, public memory, and racial justice. We also recognize that this is a major oral history project that will require significant project management, coordination, communication, and travel, so we encourage independent practitioners to submit proposals as part of a team (for example, a team might consist of an oral historian, a legal history researcher, a professional videographer, and project manager). We strongly encourage BIPOC oral historians and memory workers to submit proposals.
Although the oral history partner will be publicly acknowledged for their role, LDF will own and hold copyright to all oral history interviews conducted as part of the oral history project. LDF will also own all materials generated as part of the oral history project, such as interview research notes, project blueprints, interview guides, correspondence, etc. All work done on this project will be deemed a “work made for hire” and/or all intellectual property resulting from this project will be assigned to LDF by the oral history partner.
Once the contract, project budget, and scope of work have been finalized by LDF and the oral history partner, an initial installment of funds will be disbursed to the oral history partner at the start of the contract period. Subsequent funding installments will be on a quarterly basis and will be contingent on the oral history partner submitting quarterly progress reports to LDF and meeting agreed upon benchmarks and deliverables.
