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From: Wurl, Joel <jwurl(a)neh.gov>
Date: Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:08 AM
The Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the
Humanities will be accepting applications for grants in its *Humanities
Collections and Reference Resources* program. These grants support
projects to preserve and create intellectual access to such collections as
books, journals, manuscript and archival materials, maps, still and moving
images, sound recordings, art, and objects of material culture. Awards
also support the creation of reference works, online resources, and
research tools of major importance to the humanities.
HCRR offers two kinds of awards:
*1) **Implementation Grants *-- $350,000 maximum, for up to three
years. Eligible activities include:
· arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections;
· cataloging collections of printed works, photographs, recorded
sound, moving images, art, and material culture;
· providing conservation treatment for collections, leading to
enhanced access;
· digitizing collections;
· preserving and improving access to born-digital sources including
the updating of existing digital resources;
· developing databases, virtual collections, or other electronic
resources to codify information on a subject or to provide integrated
access to selected humanities materials;
· creating encyclopedias;
· preparing linguistic tools, such as historical and etymological
dictionaries, corpora, and reference grammars
· developing tools for spatial analysis and representation of
humanities data, such as atlases and geographic information systems (GIS);
and
· designing digital tools to facilitate use of humanities
resources.
*2) **HCRR Foundations Grants* -- $40,000 maximum, for up to two
years. To help in the formative stages of initiatives to preserve and
create access to humanities collections or to produce reference resources,
*Foundations* grants will support *planning, assessment, and pilot
activities* that incorporate expertise from a mix of professional domains.
Drawing upon the cooperation of humanities scholars and technical
specialists, these projects might encompass efforts to prepare for
establishing intellectual control of collections, to develop plans and
priorities for digitizing collections, to solidify collaborative frameworks
and strategic plans for complex digital repositories and resources, or to
produce preliminary versions of online collections or resources.
New guidelines for HCRR
<http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/humanities-collections-and-reference-resources>
have now been posted, along with sample proposal narratives, FAQs, and
other resources. The application deadline is *July 21, 2015,* with
projects beginning May 2016. All applications to NEH must be submitted
electronically through
Grants.gov; see guidelines for details.
Prospective applicants seeking further information are encouraged to
contact the Division at 202-606-8570 or preservation(a)neh.gov. Program
staff will read draft proposals submitted six weeks before the deadline.
Details on the full slate of funding opportunities in Preservation and
Access, along with news and features, can be found on the Division’s website
<http://www.neh.gov/divisions/preservation>.
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The National Endowment for the Humanities is a grant-making agency of the
United States (U.S.) federal government that supports projects in the
humanities. U.S. nonprofit associations, institutions, and organizations
are eligible applicants. NEH's Division of Preservation and Access supports
projects that will create, preserve, and make available cultural resources
of importance for research, education, and lifelong learning. To learn
more about NEH, please visit
http://www.neh.gov.
Joel Wurl
Sr. Program Officer
Division of Preservation & Access
National Endowment for the Humanities
400 7th Street SW
Washington, DC 20506
phone: 202-606-8252 fax: 202-606-8639
email: jwurl(a)neh.gov
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