The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Preservation and Access Education and Training program.
Donor Name: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/21/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This program supports projects that develop and implement educational programs for professionals who preserve and provide access to humanities collections. Such materials include but are not limited to paper-based, photographic, archaeological, ethnographic, artistic, audiovisual, digitized, and born-digital collections. Advancing long-term access to these materials for scholars, students, and the public requires skilled professionals from varied backgrounds and communities working in organizations large and small.
Project activities must support one or more of the following programmatic areas:
- field services, networks, or consortia that offer training and educational resources and services to professionals
- continuing education opportunities that provide professionals with extended or specialized training in new or current preservation and access topics
- student and early career programs focused on building skills in preservation and access for cultural heritage collections. Programs may occur at either academic or nonacademic institutions
Preservation and Access Education and Training applicants are encouraged to address one or more of the following areas of special interest:
- Audiovisual and Digital Heritage
- Activities that teach skills meant to address the preservation or access challenges faced by materials at risk of obsolescence.
- Diverse Practitioners
- Activities that reach, encourage, or prioritize participation from people with backgrounds and identities that are underrepresented or underserved in the preservation and access field.
- Diverse Collections
- Activities that teach culturally appropriate, equitable, inclusive, and community-engaged practices that serve collections from underrepresented communities.
- Emergency Preparedness
- Activities that prepare professionals–particularly in areas of the U.S. and its jurisdictions at high risk for sea level rise, extreme weather, flooding, wildfires, or other natural disaster–to mitigate potential hazards and respond to and recover from disasters.
- Environmental Sustainability
- Activities that teach techniques that limit collections stewards’ impact on the environment.
- Recent Developments
- Activities that teach new or recently updated preservation or access-related standards, methodologies, tools and equipment, or workflows.
- Smaller Organizations
- Activities that reach and train staff from smaller libraries, museums, archives, and historical and cultural organizations.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,700,000
- Award Ceiling: $350,000
- Award Floor: $1
Project Period
You may request a period of performance of up to three years.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, your organization must be established in the United States or its jurisdictions as one of the following:
- a nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
- an accredited institution of higher education (public or nonprofit)
- a state or local government or one of their agencies
- a federally recognized Native American Tribal government
Individuals and other organizations, including foreign and for-profit entities, are ineligible.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.