NEH grants

NEH grants are available to plan and implement preventive
conservation projects that prolong the useful life of humanities
collections. Cultural institutions are increasingly interested in
sustainable preservation strategies, which balance preservation
effectiveness, cost, and environmental impact. And a growing body of
research suggests that institutions can develop effective,
energy-efficient, and environmentally sensitive preservation
measures, particularly for managing the environmental conditions
under which collections are stored or exhibited.  NEH therefore
encourages projects that explore and implement sustainable
preservation measures that are designed to mitigate the greatest
risks to collections rather than to meet prescriptive targets.

The program offers two kinds of awards:

Planning grants up to $40,000

    These grants can help institutions identify realistic approaches
    for mitigating risks to collections; examine passive and
    low-energy alternatives to conventional energy-intensive systems
    for managing environmental conditions; and analyze existing
    climate control systems and the performance characteristics of
    buildings and building envelopes to develop a plan for improved
    operation, effectiveness, and energy efficiency.

Implementation grants up to $400,000

    These grants can support managing interior relative humidity and
    temperature by passive methods; installing or re-commissioning
    heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems; installing
    storage systems and rehousing collections; improving security
    and the protection of collections from fire, flood, and other
    disasters; and upgrading lighting systems and controls to
    achieve levels suitable for collections that are energy
    efficient.

The deadline is November 16, 2010 and the guidelines are on the NEH
Web site: <URL:http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/SCHC.html>  U.S.
nonprofit museums, libraries, and archives, as well as state and
local governmental agencies and tribal governments with humanities
collections are eligible to apply.

Please contact the division for more information by emailing
preservation<-at->neh<.>gov or calling 202-606-8570.

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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