Closed calls for projects

The results are published as a list: project title, project lead, country, amount awarded and a three-line summary. Unsuccessful projects are not named, but applicants receive a written evaluation.

Each call keeps its page for ten years, which makes it possible to follow the evolution of priorities.

Projects supported include the inventory of five thousand objects in a municipal museum, the digitization of customs archives, the training of twenty archaeological site guides and a database of workshop marks.

The most frequent reasons for rejection are an unbalanced budget, poorly documented provenance, the absence of a local partner and objectives that are too broad for the planned duration. A rejected project may be submitted again after improvement.

Evaluators stress the clarity of the expected results and the team's ability to achieve them.

At the end of the project, the project lead submits a final report describing the results, the expenditure and the difficulties encountered. The reports are summarized in a public note that serves as a guide for subsequent applicants.

The digital data produced — inventories, databases, teaching materials — are openly accessible where the project lead consents.

Statistics are compiled for each call: number of applications, breakdown by country and type of institution, selection rate. They make it possible to verify the fairness of the procedure.

These figures are indicative and are published with the results, after validation by the committee.