[padg] Save America's Treasures Grant Deadline is Approaching - May 20 - Don't miss this funding opportunity for preservation

["Julie Martin Carlson" <jcarlson@xxxxxxxxx>]

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2008 SAVE AMERICA’S TREASURES GRANTS

DEADLINE: May 20, 2008

Don’t miss this funding opportunity for preservation – Prepare your application now!

 

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SAVE AMERICA’S TREASURES GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PRESERVATION AND/OR CONSERVATION WORK on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and nationally significant historic structures and sites. Grants are administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

 

ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES: Conservation treatment and preservation of nationally significant intellectual and cultural collections. This includes documents, photographs, books, and works of art on paper.

 

Award Levels:  $25,000 to $700,000 on a 1:1 matching basis.

Selection Criteria: Collections must be of national significance.

(See guidelines at http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/)

 

* NOTE: This year ALL applications must be submitted through Grants.gov, the Federal government grant Web site. Paper applications will not be accepted.  Be sure to register EARLY with Grants.gov – the registration process can take up to 3 weeks.

 

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HOW CAN THE NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER HELP?

NEDCC can generate estimates and help with descriptions of conditions of your collections. To discuss a grant project, contact Walter Newman at NEDCC,  waltern@xxxxxxxxx; 978-470-1010. 

NEDCC urges you to take advantage of this opportunity to preserve collections of national significance.

 

APPLICATIONS AND GUIDELINES ARE AVAILABLE AT: 

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/

 

Please discuss your project idea with the staff of one of the partner agencies:

- NEH:   www.neh.gov, phone: 202-606-8475, rcanevali@xxxxxxx

- NEA:   www.arts.gov, phone: 202-682-5457, mclaughm@xxxxxxxx

- IMLS:  www.imls.gov, phone: 202-606-4641, sshwartzman@xxxxxxxx

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NEDCC and its services, visit: www.nedcc.org

 

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Are you creating and maintaining digital collections and records?  Attend NEDCC's Digital Directions conference, June 10-12, 2008, in Jacksonville, Florida.  For more information, go to www.nedcc.org and click on “Digital Directions.”