The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), offers grants to digitize nationally significant historical record collections. This grant supports making America’s documentary heritage freely available online using cost-effective methods and existing archival holdings. Applicants must demonstrate collection significance, an effective workflow repurposing existing metadata, reasonable costs, sustainable digital preservation plans, and evaluation strategies. Funds cannot be used for new metadata, edited transcriptions, or pay-to-view websites. Grants are typically 1-3 years, up to $150,000, requiring a cost-sharing contribution where NHPRC covers up to 50% of project costs.
Opportunity ID: 59494
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | DIGITIZING-201106 |
| 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 14, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 09, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 09, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 09, 2011 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $150,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | County governments Private institutions of higher education State governments City or township governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Public and State controlled 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 (NHPRC), a part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), supports projects that promote 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 online. Projects must make use of existing holdings of historical repositories and consist 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 serve as metadata for the digitized collection. To make these projects as widely useful as possible for archives, historical repositories, and researchers, the applications must demonstrate:The national significance of the collections or records series to be digitized; An effective work flow that repurposes existing descriptive material, rather than creating new metadata about the records; Reasonable costs and standards for the project as well as sustainable preservation plans for the resulting digital records; Well-designed plans that evaluate the use of the digitized materials and the effectiveness of the methods employed in digitizing and displaying the materials.Projects may not use grant funds to create descriptive metadata; create edited transcriptions of the digitized materials; develop websites where people will have to pay a fee to view the images.A grant normally is for 1 to 3 years and up to $150,000. The Commission expects to make up to 5 grants in this category, for a total of up to $400,000. The Commission requires that grant recipients acknowledge NHPRC grant assistance in all products that result from its support.Cost sharing is required. It is the financial contribution the applicant pledges to the cost of a project. Cost sharing can include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. The NHPRC will provide up to 50 percent of the total project costs. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Link to full grant announcement, including additional requirements |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jeff de la Concepcion
Grant Program Specialist Phone 202-357-5022 Email:Jeff.delaconcepcion@Nara.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Jeff de la Concepcion Grant Program Specialist Phone 202-357-5022 Email: Jeff.delaconcepcion@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-201106 | Digitizing Historical Records | PKG00023171 | Dec 14, 2010 | Jun 09, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
59494 SF424-2.0.pdf
59494 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
59494 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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