NEH Preservation and Access Research and Development grants

The Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment
for the Humanities will be accepting applications for grants in its
Research and Development program. The new 2010 guidelines, which
include sample proposal narratives, can be found at:
<URL:http://neh.gov/grants/guidelines/PARD.html>. 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.

Eligible activities 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. NEH especially encourages
        applications that address the following topics:

    *   Preventive Conservation: how to protect and slow the
        deterioration of humanities collections through the use of
        sustainable preservation strategies.

    *   Digital Preservation: how to preserve digital humanities
        materials, including born-digital materials, for which there
        is no analog counterpart

    *   Recorded Sound and Moving Image Collections: how to preserve
        and increase access to the record of the twentieth century
        contained in these formats

Applications addressing one of these three areas of interest are
eligible for a maximum award of $400,000 for up to three years. The
application receipt deadline is July 1, 2010 for projects beginning
May 2011. 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 six weeks before the deadline. A list
of recent awards is available at:

    <URL:http://neh.gov/
        grants/guidelines/researchdevelopment-samples.html>

Please note that the Division is also accepting applications for two
other grant categories: "Humanities Collections and Reference
Resources" (July 15, 2010 deadline) and "Education and Training"
(July 1, 2010 deadline). Details on these programs, as well as on
the full slate of funding opportunities in Preservation and Access,
can be found at:
<URL:http://www.neh.gov/grants/grantsbydivision.html#preservation>
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

    <URL:http://www.neh.gov>

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


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