This grant is for supporting research and development addressing major challenges in preserving and accessing humanities collections. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) seeks proposals safeguarding fragile artifacts, manuscripts, analog recordings, and digital assets from obsolescence. Initiatives will develop technical standards, best practices, tools for preservation, explore scientific methods, and create automated procedures for integrating humanities data. Projects can also investigate new digital access methods. NEH especially encourages applications in digital preservation, enhancing access to recorded sound/moving image collections, and sustainable preventive conservation. Outcomes must benefit humanists.
Opportunity ID: 72953
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 20110519-PR |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Preservation and Access Research and Development Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 5 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.149 — Promotion of the Humanities_Division of Preservation and Access |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Feb 22, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 19, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 19, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 18, 2011 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $350,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) County governments State governments Private institutions of higher education City or township governments Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Special district governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Description: | Preservation and Access Research and Development grants support projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. These challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance to the nations cultural heritagefrom fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog recordings and digital assets subject to technological obsolescenceand to develop advanced modes of searching, discovering, and using such materials. Applicants should define a specific problem, devise procedures and potential solutions, and explain how they would evaluate their projects and disseminate their findings. Project results must serve the needs of a significant segment of humanists. Eligible projects include the development of technical standards, best practices, and tools for preserving and creating access to humanities collections; the exploration of more effective scientific and technical methods of preserving humanities collections; the development of automated procedures and computational tools to integrate, analyze, and repurpose humanities data in disparate online resources; and the investigation and testing of new ways of providing digital access to humanities materials that are not easily digitized using current methods. NEH especially encourages applications that address the following topics: Digital Preservation: how to preserve digital humanities materials, including born-digital materials, for which there is no analog counterpart; Recorded Sound and Moving Image Collections: how to preserve and increase access to the record of the twentieth century contained in these formats; and Preventive Conservation: how to protect and slow the deterioration of humanities collections through the use of sustainable preservation strategies. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/PARD.html |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Preservation and Access Research and Development
Room 411 National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8570 Email:preservation@neh.gov |
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Preservation and Access Research and Development 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 | PKG00035070 | Feb 25, 2011 | May 19, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
72953 SF424_Short_1_1-1.1.pdf
72953 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms-1.0.pdf
72953 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
72953 Attachments-1.0.pdf
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