Deadline: 17-May-22
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is accepting applications for Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants: Digital Infrastructure.
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is for digital infrastructure projects in the humanities that support the maintenance, modernization, and sustainability of existing digital scholarly projects and platforms and benefit users in the long term.
A digital project is considered "infrastructure" if it is mature, that is, if it has been fully developed and widely used across multiple institutions and communities over a sustained period of time. The project should have funding in place for dedicated software and hardware as well as full-time staff or other means of sustainable maintenance.
Activities
Activities and costs supported by Digital Infrastructure awards may include, but are not limited to:
- acquiring and/or upgrading software and hardware systems and equipment
- updating and enhancing existing content
- hiring dedicated personnel or consultants
- developing and modernizing digital architecture
- creating other mechanisms for ensuring the long-term functioning of digital resources
- improving data management
- integrating digital resources for improved long-term preservation and access
- extending the functionality of existing digital platforms to improve sustainability
- improving the user experience
- training and outreach activities
- developing business practices related to project sustainability
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%20Grants%20Digital%20Infrastructure%20NOFO%202022%2020220517-CHA%20%281%29.pdf