On June 23, 2026, the German federal government announced that the newly relaunched program ‘Preserving Written Cultural Heritage’ has selected 92 projects for the conservation of historical originals, with a total grant of about 1.5 million euros. In its first year, the program attracted roughly 200 applications. The funding, provided jointly by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Länder through the Kulturstiftung der Länder, replaces the former KEK model project funding and BKM special program. Examples of approved projects include the preservation of 10,000 index cards documenting forced labour at the Buchenwald concentration camp, the conservation of a 53,000‑item stenographic collection at the Saxon State Library, and the restoration of membership questionnaires from 1945 to 1990 at Berlin’s New Synagogue foundation. The full list of funded projects is available online.
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