Deadline: 12-Jan-23
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the National Digital Newspaper Program.
This program aims to create a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1690 and 1963 from all 56 states and U.S. jurisdictions.
NDNP supports dissemination activities that engage the wider public in exploring the digitized content, within appropriate limits. Your budget may include staff time, consultation with outside experts, and other eligible expenses related to disseminating NEH-funded products, but the primary purpose of this program is to create a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers.
NEH welcomes applications that involve collaboration between prior NDNP recipients and new partners. Such collaborations might involve arranging with experienced recipients to manage the creation and delivery of digital files; offering regular and ongoing consultation on managing aspects of the project; or providing formal training for project staff at an onsite institute or workshop.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $325,000
- Award Floor: $1
Principles
- If you are seeking your first, second, or third NDNP award, you should develop selection criteria with the following principles in mind:
- Titles should reflect the political, economic, and cultural history of the state or jurisdiction.
- You should give preference to titles that are recognized as “papers of record” at the state or county level and that contain published legal notices, news of state and regional governmental affairs, and announcements of community news and events.
- Selected titles should provide state, or at least multi-county, coverage of the majority of the population areas.
- You should give preference to newspapers with a broad chronological span over those with short runs or those that published sporadically.
Responsibilities
- In collaboration with the recipients, and in partnership with technical advisors at LC, NEH responsibilities will include:
- Convening an initial workshop for recipients as well as subsequent program meetings or workshops/
- Consultation regarding the final selection of titles
- Consultation regarding the production schedule for sample and final files
- Consultation (TIFF, OCR output, PDF, JP2, and metadata) to ensure the required sample of digital assets complies with the LC’s technical specifications for the program
- Ensuring LC review of all updated bibliographic records of digitized titles in WorldCat to ensure CONSER authentication and conformity with current cataloging practices for US newspapers
- Reviewing and editing newspaper title essays.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply, you must be established in the United States or its jurisdictions as one of the following organization types:
- A nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
- An accredited institution of higher education (public or nonprofit)
- A state or local government or one of their agencies
- A federally recognized Native American Tribal government.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343516