This commission is offering a grant to digitize nationally-significant historical record collections and make them available online. Projects must utilize existing collections from historical repositories, have permissions from relevant copyright holders, and emphasize creating metadata from existing information. Grant proposals will be assessed based on the national significance of the records, efficient workflow, cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and user evaluation plans. Closing date for applications is Jun 02, 2008.
Opportunity ID: 40177
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | DIGITIZING-08 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Digitizing Historical Records |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 89.003 — National Historical Publications and Records Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 07, 2007 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 02, 2008 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 02, 2008 |
| Archive Date: | Aug 02, 2008 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $150,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | City or township governments County governments State governments Private institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Archives and Records Administration |
| Description: | The National Historical Publications and Records Commission promotes the preservation and use of America’s documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. The Commission seeks proposals that use cost-effective methods to digitize nationally-significant historical record collections and make the digital versions freely available on the Internet. Project must make use of existing holdings of historical repositories and be made up of entire collections or series. The materials should already be available to the public at the archives and described so that projects can re-use existing information to create metadata for the digitized collection. Applicants must have the permission of all relevant copyright holders, where possible. To make these projects as widely useful as possible for archives, historical repositories, and researchers, the applications will be evaluated on: The national significance of the collections or records series to be digitized; |
| Link to Additional Information: | Link to complete grant announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
David Davis
Grants Workflow & Info. Coord. Phone 202-357-5022 Email:david.davis@nara.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | David Davis Grants Workflow & Info. Coord. Phone 202-357-5022 Email: david.davis@nara.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89.003 | DIGITIZING-08 | Digitizing Historical Records | PKG00005733 | Dec 07, 2007 | Jun 02, 2008 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
40177 SF424-2.0.pdf
40177 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
40177 NARANEH_Budget-1.1.pdf
40177 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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