Dino Franco Felluga is awarded two grants by Purdue University: an Enhancing Research in the Humanities and the Arts grant ($30,000) designed to built the infrastructure for COVE, and a Global Synergy Research Grant ($12,500) designed to bring together scholars to collaborate regarding the creation of COVE. Purdue Libraries soon after agrees to match the Global Synergy Research grant so that Felluga can simultaneously host a meeting of ARC (Advanced Research Consortium). Additional funds are provided by Digital Education, Office of the Provost.