NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
DIVISION OF PRESERVATION AND ACCESS
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions help small and mid-sized institutions, such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities, improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. Awards of up to $6000 support preservation related collection assessments, consultations, training and workshops, and institutional and collaborative disaster and emergency planning. Grants cover consultant fees, workshop registration fees, related travel and per diem expenses, and the costs of purchasing and shipping preservation supplies and equipment.
NEH has recently expanded of the kind of training that Preservation Assistance Grants supports. In addition to general preservation workshops, these grants will support education and training in digital best practices and the management and preservation of digital resources.
All applications to the NEH must be submitted through Grants.gov. See the application guidelines for details.
The 2010 guidelines for Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions are available at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html. You will also find sample project descriptions, sample narratives, and a list of frequently asked questions. The deadline for applications is May 18, 2010.
U.S. nonprofit organizations are eligible, as are state and local governmental agencies and tribal governments. Individuals are not eligible to apply.
Small and mid-sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant are especially encouraged to apply.
For more information, contact the staff of NEH's Division of Preservation and Access at 202-606-8570 and preservation@neh.gov.
Elizabeth Joffrion
Senior Program Officer
Division of Preservation and Access
National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20506
202-606-8570 (fax) 202-606-8639
