Deadline: 17-May-22
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is accepting applications for Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants: Capital Projects.
This Notice of Funding Opportunity is for capital projects that support the purchase, design, construction, restoration, or renovation of buildings or sites of national, historical, architectural, or cultural significance and facilities that house humanities collections or are used for humanities activities.
The program strengthens the institutional base of humanities organizations by helping them secure and sustain their core buildings, sites, collections, and/or humanities activities for the long term. The program supports capital projects through a combination of federal matching funds and related fundraising from non-federal third parties. Proposed projects must enhance the institution’s impact on the humanities over the long term and build on careful strategic planning.
Awards support the purchase of real property or equipment, design, construction, restoration, or renovation of buildings or sites of historical, architectural, or cultural significance and facilities that house humanities collections or are used for humanities activities.
Activities
Activities may include:
- hiring consultants specializing in fundraising, historic preservation, and project planning
- planning and conceptual design
- development of schematics and construction drawings
- construction
- purchase and installation of related moveable and permanently affixed equipment for monitoring and protecting collections (whether on exhibit or in storage)
- purchase and installation of critical building systems, such as electrical, climate control, security, life safety, lighting, utilities, telecommunications, and energy management
- planning and mitigation against risks posed to humanities buildings, sites, and collections by natural disasters and other climate emergencies (.e.g., hazard preparedness and mitigation plans; climate resiliency plans; long-term sustainability plans)
- development of historic preservation plans
- site and infrastructure assessments
Funding Information
- NEH anticipates approximately $6,500,000 to fund an estimated 12-15 recipients per deadline.
- You may request up to $150,000 for Level 1 awards. You may request between $150,001 and $500,000 for Level 2 awards. You may request between $500,001 and $1,000,000 for Level 3 awards.
- You may request a period of performance up to two years for Level 1 projects and from two to five years for Level 2 and Level 3 projects.
Eligibility Criteria
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Eligible applicants must be established in the United States or its jurisdictions and be one of the following:
- a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
- an accredited institution of higher education (public or 501(c)(3))
- a unit of state or local government
- a federally recognized Native American tribal government
- Applicants must work wholly or in part in the humanities, and must support research, education, preservation, or public programming in the humanities.
- An eligible applicant may apply on behalf of a consortium of collaborating organizations. If selected for funding, the applicant will be programmatically, legally, and fiscally responsible for the award.
- Eligible applicants acting solely as fiscal agents or fiscal sponsors may not apply on behalf of ineligible applicants.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/Challenge%20Capital%20Projects%202022%20NOFO.pdf