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The Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humanities will be accepting applications for grants in its Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program. These grants support projects to preserve and create intellectual access to such collections as books, journals, manuscript and archival materials, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, art, and objects of material culture. Awards also support the creation of reference materials, online resources, and research tools of major importance to the humanities. Maximum awards are $350,000 for up to three years.
Eligible activities include:
· arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections; · cataloging collections of printed works, photographs, recorded sound, moving images, art, and material culture; · implementing preservation measures, such as basic rehousing, reformatting, deacidification, or conservation treatment; · digitizing collections, or preserving and improving access to born-digital resources; · developing databases, virtual collections, or other electronic resources to codify information on a subject field or to provide integrated access to selected humanities materials; · creating encyclopedias; · preparing linguistic tools, such as historical and etymological dictionaries, corpora, and reference grammars; · developing tools for spatial analysis and representation of humanities data, such as atlases and geographical information systems (GIS); and · designing digital tools to facilitate use of humanities resources.
The new guidelines, which include sample proposal narratives, can be found at: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HCRR.html. The application receipt deadline of July 15, 2009 is for projects beginning May 2010. 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@xxxxxxx. Program staff will read draft proposals submitted six weeks before the deadline. A list of the 2008 awards is available at http://www.neh.gov/news/awards/preservationFeb2008.html.
Joel
Wurl Visit the NEH Website at www.neh.gov
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