[Preservenw] NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions

[Gary L Menges]

The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Preservation and Access 
has offered Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller
Institutions for more than a decade. These grants help small and mid-sized 
cultural heritage institutions such as libraries, museums,
historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices, 
and colleges and universities improve their ability to
preserve and care for their humanities collections.  Awards of up to $6000 
support preservation related collection assessments,
consultations, training and workshops, and institutional and collaborative 
disaster and emergency planning.  Preservation Assistance
Grants also support education and training in best practices for sustaining 
digital collections, standards for digital preservation,
and the care and handling of collections during digitization. Institutions may 
request funds for a preservation assessment of digital
collections.  NEH does not fund digitization or the development of digital 
programs in this grant category. 

All applications to the NEH must be submitted through Grants.gov. See the 
application guidelines for details.

 

The 2012 guidelines for Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions 
are available at
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html. You will also find sample 
project descriptions, sample narratives, and a list of
frequently asked questions. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2012.

 

Small and mid-sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant and 
those considering projects in digital preservation are
especially encouraged to apply.

 

For more information, contact the staff of NEH's Division of Preservation and 
Access at 202-606-8570 and preservation at neh.gov

 

 

Elizabeth Joffrion

Senior Program Officer

Division of Preservation and Access

National Endowment for the Humanities

1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Washington, DC 20506

202-606-8570 (fax) 202-606-8639