Deadline: 17-May-22
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Research and Development program.
The purpose of this program is to support projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. Research and Development offer two funding tiers in order to address projects at all stages of development and implementation.
Program Supports
- This program supports projects at all stages of development, from early planning and standalone studies to advanced implementation.
- Research and Development projects contribute to the evolving and expanding body of knowledge for heritage practitioners, and for that reason, outcomes may take many forms.
- Projects may produce any combination of laboratory datasets, guidelines for standards, open-access software tools, workflow and equipment specifications, widely used metadata schema, publications, online resources, or other products.
Projects Areas
Research and Development projects are encouraged to address one or more of the following areas of special interest:
- Preserving audiovisual and digital heritage.
- Conserving the material past.
- Protecting imperiled cultural heritage.
- Serving under-represented communities.
- Responding to climate change.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $350,000
- Award Floor: $1
Eligibility Criteria
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Eligible applicants must be based 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
- 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 as solely fiscal agents or fiscal sponsors may not apply on behalf of ineligible applicants.
- Individuals and other organizations, including foreign and for-profit entities, are ineligible.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338191