[Preservenw] NEH--Division of Preservation and Access Grant Opportunity

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NEH Grant Opportunity - Preservation and Access Research and Development

 

The National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access will be accepting
applications for grants in its Research and

Development program.   The revised 2012 guidelines, which include new

sample proposal narratives, can be found at:

 

http://neh.gov/grants/guidelines/PARD.html.   Please note the deadline

for submission: May 16, 2012 for projects beginning January 2013.

 

Grants in this program support projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing
access to humanities collections and resources.

These challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical
importance to the nation's cultural heritage-from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog
recordings and digital assets subject to technological obsolescence-and to develop advanced modes
of searching, discovering, and using such materials. Maximum awards are $350,000 for up to three
years.

 

Applications addressing one of the following three areas of special interest are eligible for a
maximum award of $400,000 for up to three

years:

 

*             Digital Preservation: how to preserve digital humanities

materials, including born-digital materials;

 

*            Recorded Sound and Moving Image Collections: how to preserve and

increase access to the record of the twentieth century contained in these formats; and

 

*            Preventive Conservation: how to protect and slow the

deterioration of humanities collections through the use of sustainable preservation strategies.

 

Eligible activities for Research and Development projects include:

 

 

*             the development of technical standards, best practices, and

tools for preserving and creating access to humanities collections;

 

*            the exploration of more effective scientific and technical

methods of preserving humanities collections;

 

*             the development of automated procedures and computational tools

to integrate, analyze, and repurpose humanities data in disparate online resources; and

 

*             the investigation and testing of new ways of providing digital

access to humanities materials that are not easily digitized using current methods.

 

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 at neh.gov.  Program staff will read draft proposals submitted
electronically up to six weeks before the deadline.

 

Please note that the Division is also accepting applications this summer for two other grant
programs: Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions (May 1, 2012 deadline) and
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (July 19, 2012 deadline).  Details of these
programs, as well as 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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on Twitter: @NEH_PresAccess.

 

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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 <file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\jsternfeld\Local%20Settings\Tempo

rary%20Internet%20Files\OLKC64\www.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