[Preservenw] Change in NEH Preservation Grant Deadline

[Gary Menges]

Please note that the deadline for Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
grants has changed to December 1, 2010 (from November 16, 2010).  The start
date for a project also changes to September 2011 (from July 2011). For
grant guidelines, visit http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/SCHC.html. For
a list of awards from the program?s first year, see
http://www.neh.gov/news/awards/SustainingCulturalHeritage2010.html.

 
Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections grants are available to U.S.
nonprofit museums, libraries, and archives, as well as state and local
governmental agencies and tribal governments with humanities collections to
plan and implement preventive conservation projects. A growing body of
research suggests that institutions can develop effective, energy-efficient,
and environmentally sensitive preservation measures, particularly for
managing the environmental conditions under which collections are stored or
exhibited. Therefore, NEH encourages projects that explore and implement
sustainable preservation measures that balance preservation effectiveness,
cost, and environmental impact and that are designed to mitigate the
greatest risks to collections rather than to meet prescriptive targets.
Planning grants of up to $40,000 and implementation grants of up to $400,000
are available.

Please contact the division for more information by emailing
preservation at neh.gov or calling 202-606-8570.

Laura J. Word
Senior Program Officer
Division of Preservation and Access
National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Room 411
Washington, D.C.  20506
202/606-8570
lword at neh.gov