ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how to fund oral history projects within an academic setting. It includes: acquiring funding, human resources, writing grants, tying the project to a specific event, and seeking donations at related events. The chapter also highlights the importance of collaborating with departments on campus and/or community organizations to pool resources. To a certain extent, the amount of time and financial resources that universities can spend on oral history collection will depend, at least in part, on the university's organizational structure. The size of the institution and the resources available to the oral history program will frame the type of oral history project that the university is able to take on. The organizational structure can have a major impact on the degree of autonomy of the oral history program. An oral history project takes some strong initial planning and an understanding of a financial commitment to the project.
