This department is offering the Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections Grant to assist cultural institutions in preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials. The grant supports preventive conservation measures to mitigate deterioration and prolong the useful life of collections, including managing relative humidity, temperature, light, and pollutants, providing protective storage systems, and safeguarding collections. By implementing sustainable preservation strategies, institutions can effectively steward humanities collections, balance cost and environmental impact, and ensure collections are available for research and education. Applications are accepted until Dec 12, 2013.
Opportunity ID: 241056
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | 20131203-PF |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Humanities (see “Cultural Affairs” in CFDA) |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 45.149 — Promotion of the Humanities_Division of Preservation and Access |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 5 |
| Posted Date:: | Aug 27, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Nov 08, 2013 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Dec 03, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Dec 12, 2013 |
| Archive Date:: | |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | |
| Award Ceiling:: | $350,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Special district governments |
| 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. 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 scientifically sound and sustainable. This program therefore helps cultural repositories plan and implement preservation strategies that pragmatically balance effectiveness, cost, and environmental impact. Such a balance can contribute to an institution¿s financial health, reduce its use of fossil fuels, and benefit its green initiatives, while ensuring that significant collections are well cared for and available for use in humanities programming, education, and research. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
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| Synopsis 5 | Added additional information URL. | Nov 08, 2013 |
| Synopsis 4 | The close date has been changed to 12/12/2013. | |
| Synopsis 3 | I provided additional information for “Agency Contact” and “Funding Opportunity Text Description.” | |
| Synopsis 2 | I provided additional information for “Agency Contact” and “Funding Opportunity Text Description.” | |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 45.149 |
| Competition ID: | PF |
| Competition Title: | Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00184133 |
| Opening Date: | Aug 27, 2013 |
| Closing Date: | Dec 12, 2013 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | preservation@neh.gov |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
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Application for Federal Domestic Assistance-Short Organizational [V1.1] Attachments [V1.0] Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.4] Supplementary Cover Sheet for NEH Grant Programs [V2.0] |
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Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.149 | PF | Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections | PKG00184133 | Aug 27, 2013 | Dec 12, 2013 | View | preservation@neh.gov | Organization Applicants |