Curator preparation

Good judgement needs an accountable home.

Curator applications are not open yet. Prepare examples of your work and learn about the responsibilities of the role.

Prepare an application

Show the scope of your care and judgement.

An application will ask for evidence, context and conflicts—not simply a résumé. It will support professional, academic and community expertise, including a specific exceptional-amateur route.

Evidence to prepare

A body of work, in context.

A statement of subject scope and community motivation.
Three or more representative works, records, publications, collections or public contributions.
ORCID and affiliations where available.
Relevant academic, professional or community credentials where applicable.
Conflicts and any policy-required conduct disclosures.

Exceptional amateur route

Deep practice is evidence too.

Experienced amateurs will also be able to apply. Prepare a substantial public record of careful work, community contributions and evidence of expertise in your subject.

This route does not lower the standard or bypass independent approval; it recognises that expertise can be earned outside institutions.

Authority with a record

Approval will be independent, scoped and reversible.

Curators will be appointed for a defined subject and term. An account, affiliation or academic title alone does not grant review authority.

Independent approval

At least two authorised people will make independent decisions. An applicant cannot decide their own application.

Defined authority

A grant will record subject scope, approvers, term and revocation history. It will not promise authority outside that scope.

Attributable findings

Each finding will name the reviewer and record the evidence, reasons and policy used.

Annual service

A curator role is continued through contribution.

Terms will include an annual continuation check: accepted reviews in the relevant subject scope, conduct and conflict confirmation, and a choice to continue. Quantity alone will not be enough; overturned or poor-quality findings may not count.

What continuation supports

Curators may receive a public service profile, annual community-contribution summary, acknowledgement and citable contribution report. These recognise service; they are not an academic endorsement.

What happens if service pauses

Failure to respond before a term ends is intended to pause new assignments, not erase historic attribution. Findings, scopes and decisions remain part of the accountable record.