The Department of Humanities is offering the Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (SCHC) grant to help cultural institutions preserve humanities materials through sustainable conservation measures. This grant aims to support preventive conservation strategies that prolong the useful life of collections, enhance institutional resilience, and prepare for natural or man-made disasters. Cultural repositories are encouraged to develop effective and sustainable preservation plans that balance effectiveness, cost, and environmental impact. Collaboration among interdisciplinary teams is crucial in implementing these strategies. The deadline for applications is Dec 05, 2017, 12:00:00 AM EST.
Opportunity ID: 297837
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 20171205-PF |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.149 — Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 04, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 05, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 05, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $350,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Special district governments State governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) City or township governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education County governments Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Description: | The Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (SCHC) program helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, and support institutional resilience: the ability to anticipate and respond to natural and man-made disasters. Cultural institutions, including libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations, face an enormous challenge: to preserve humanities collections that facilitate research, strengthen teaching, and provide opportunities for life-long learning. To ensure the preservation of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art, and historical objects, cultural institutions must implement measures that slow deterioration and prevent catastrophic loss from natural or man-made emergencies. They can accomplish this work most effectively through preventive conservation. Preventive conservation encompasses managing relative humidity, temperature, light, and pollutants in collection spaces; providing protective storage enclosures and systems for collections; and safeguarding collections from theft, fire, floods, and other disasters. As museums, libraries, archives, and other collecting institutions strive to be effective stewards of humanities collections, they must find ways to implement preventive conservation measures that are sustainable. This program therefore helps cultural repositories plan and implement preservation strategies that pragmatically balance effectiveness, cost, and environmental impact. Sustainable approaches to preservation can contribute to an institution’s financial health, reduce its use of fossil fuels, and benefit its green initiatives, while ensuring that collections are well cared for and available for use in humanities programming, education, and research. Sustainable preventive conservation measures may also aim to prepare and plan for, absorb, respond to, recover from, and more successfully protect collections in the event of natural or man-made disasters. Effective and sustainable preservation strategies must be informed by the nature of an institution and its collections. All applicants, whether at the planning or the implementation level, should have completed the process of basic preservation planning; they should also clearly state how sustainable strategies will address priorities established in existing preservation or collection management plans. Sustainable preservation strategies can take many forms, depending on collection materials, the building envelope, and the local climate. However, interdisciplinary collaboration during planning and implementation of these strategies is essential. In SCHC projects, such teams typically consist of consultants and members of the institution’s staff and can include architects, building engineers, conservation scientists, conservators, curators, archivists, and facilities managers, among others. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/sustaining-cultural-heritage-collections |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
Division of Preservation and Access National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8570 or preservation@neh.gov preservation@neh.gov Email:preservation@neh.gov |
Version History
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections Division of Preservation and Access National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8570 or preservation@neh.gov preservation@neh.gov Email: preservation@neh.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.149 | PF2017 | Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections | PKG00235072 | Oct 04, 2017 | Dec 05, 2017 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
297837 SF424_Short_1_1-1.1.pdf
297837 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms_3_0-3.0.pdf
297837 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
297837 Budget-1.0.pdf
297837 Attachments-1.0.pdf
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