The Library of Congress is excited to announce a Notice of Funding Opportunity (Notice) to make three awards for up to $70,000 each in support of minority-serving higher education institutions.
Donor Name: Library of Congress
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/07/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $70,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The Library will provide financial support to enable higher education institutions to use Library of Congress digital materials to create projects that center on one or more of the following groups: Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and other communities of color in the United States. For this Notice, the United States includes all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
The purpose of this CCDI program is to expand the connections between the Library of Congress and minority serving higher education institutions. Successful applicants shouldmake use of Library of Congress digital collections and materials to create projects that center on one or more of the following groups: Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and other communities of color. They welcome projects that explore gender, sexuality, class, color, ability, and more among one or more of the above groups.
The Library invites applicants to think creatively and broadly about how they can reuse and remix the Library’s digital materials.
The following list of examples is meant to inspire and not limit the possibilities for what project proposals might include:
- A Story Map integrating local newspaper and photographic coverage, found in Library digital collections and elsewhere, of important spaces in a community’s history that is created as part of a history or writing course.
- A free online primary source collection or course pack on a particular topic designed for use by multiple courses
- A web site that integrates parts of different Library digital collections that relates to a particular community, and shares the stories created by technology students and history students working together.
- A platform that showcases Library materials and community materials associated with a particular community’s traditions or history and invites students to record oral histories to be shared within the community.
- A series of online videos that explain how to do family history research while traversing Library held materials such as newspapers, manuscript collections, etc. for a particular community.
- An augmented reality visualization that enables students, staff, and community members to explore the history of their locale through Library digital collections.
- A film that documents a journey through Library digital collections aimed at uncovering a historical mystery associated with a particular community.
- A digital zine that showcases Library and community materials associated with the higher education institution.
- A podcast series that showcases unique finds from Library and community materials and invites students to produce, plan, and provide commentary or conduct interviews during each episode.
A series of dance performances about local historical events that are informed by Library digital collections.
Funding Information
- The Library’s intention is to make up to three cooperative agreement awards of up to $70,000 each. Actual awards may be less than $70,000.
- Period of Performance: 12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- A 2-year or 4-year minority serving higher education institution (Institution), such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions (ANNHs), American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Native American-Serving, Nontribal Institutions (NASNTIs), and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs);
- A not-for-profit institution (note: 501(c)(3) status is not required in order to apply);
- Based in any of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, territories, and commonwealths (Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands);
- Proposing a project that must be conducted within the United States or U.S. commonwealth or territory.
- Other Eligibility Information
- The Institution shall not submit more than one application under this announcement.
- Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LAM) which are a legal component of a Higher Education Institution should apply under this announcement (instead of the LAM announcement #030ADV23R0035).
- The Library will only issue an award to a single institution that meets the eligibility requirements stated in the Notice. The institution can choose to sub-contract part of the work to other institutions. However, the institution to which the award is issued is responsible for all aspects of the award as the Library will have no contractual relationship with any other institution or contractor.
- Successful applicants cannot reapply in subsequent years for the same project.
- Late, incomplete, or ineligible applications will not be considered for funding under this Notice
- An Institution (or a principal member of an Institution) that has been convicted or found to be at fault in connection to the award or the performance of a Federal award or contract in the past five years may be disqualified.
The Library will notify an applicant if their application will not be reviewed due to a determination of ineligibility.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
