This National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant, ‘Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections,’ is designed to help cultural institutions preserve their diverse humanities materials for future generations. It supports preventive conservation measures like managing environmental conditions, providing protective storage, and safeguarding against disasters. Libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations can apply to protect collections including books, manuscripts, photographs, and artifacts, ensuring continued access for research, teaching, and learning. The grant encourages collaborative planning, considering factors such as material nature, building performance, local climate, cost-effectiveness, and environmental impact. Awards are available for both project planning and implementation phases.
Opportunity ID: 120613
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 20111201-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: | Sep 07, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 01, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 01, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Dec 31, 2011 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $350,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | City or township governments Private institutions of higher education Special district governments State governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education County governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Description: | Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (SCHC) helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting preventive conservation measures that mitigate deterioration and prolong the useful life of collections. Libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country are responsible for collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art, and historical objects that facilitate research, strengthen teaching, and provide opportunities for life-long learning in the humanities. To preserve and ensure continued access to such collections, institutions must implement preventive conservation measures, which encompass managing relative humidity, temperature, light and pollutants in collection spaces; providing protective storage enclosures and systems for collections; and safeguarding collections from theft and from natural and man-made disasters. To help institutions develop sound preventive conservation projects, NEH encourages collaborative and interdisciplinary planning, which is important for identifying sustainable strategies. Such planning should include consideration of the following factors: the nature of the materials in a collection; the performance of the building, its envelope, and its systems in moderating internal environmental conditions; the capabilities of the institution; the nature of the local climate and the effects of climate change; the cost-effectiveness and energy efficiency of various approaches to preventive conservation; and the project�s impact on the environment. Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections offers two kinds of awards: grants for planning and for implementation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/SCHC.html |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
Division of Preservation and Access Room 411 National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8570 Email:preservation@neh.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections Division of Preservation and Access Room 411 National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8570 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 | PKG00076970 | Sep 09, 2011 | Dec 01, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
120613 SF424_Short_1_1-1.1.pdf
120613 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms-1.0.pdf
120613 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
120613 Attachments-1.0.pdf
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