NEH Grant Opportunity - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
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 materials,
online resources, and research tools of major importance to the
humanities. Maximum awards are $350,000 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 (including mass
deacidification);
* digitizing collections;
* preserving and improving access to born-digital sources;
* 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.
The new guidelines, which include sample proposal narratives, can be
found at:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HCRR.html. The
application receipt deadline of July 15, 2010 is for projects beginning
May 2011. 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.
A list of the 2010 awards is available at:
Please note that the Division is also accepting applications for two
other grant categories, with deadlines of July 1, 2010: "Research and
Development" and "Education & Training." Details on these programs,
as
well as on the full slate of funding opportunities in Preservation and
Access, can be found at:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/grantsbydivision.html#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
www.neh.gov.
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