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Description of Modification
Changed Opportunity Title
Document Type:
Modification to Previous
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
20090715-PW
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Apr 07, 2009
Creation Date:
Apr 08, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Jul 15, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Jul 15, 2009
Archive Date:
Aug 14, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
20
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
$350,000
Award Floor:
$0
CFDA Number(s):
45.149
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Promotion of the Humanities_Division of Preservation and Access
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Agency Name
National Endowment for the Humanities
Description
The Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program supports projects that provide an essential foundation for scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. Thousands of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country maintain important collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture, electronic records, and digital objects. Funding from this program strengthens efforts to extend the life of such materials and make their intellectual content widely accessible, often through the use of digital technology. Awards are also made to create various reference resources that facilitate use of cultural materials, from works that provide basic information quickly to tools that synthesize and codify knowledge of a subject for in-depth investigation. Applicants should define a specific problem, devise procedures and potential solutions, and explain how they would evaluate their projects and disseminate their findings. Project results must serve the needs of a significant segment of humanists. Small and mid-sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant are especially encouraged to apply.
Applications may be submitted for projects that include or combine the following activities: arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections;
cataloging collections of printed works, photographs, recorded sound, moving images, art, and material culture;
implementing preservation measures, such as basic rehousing, reformatting, deacidification, or conservation treatment;
digitizing collections, or preserving and improving access to born-digital resources;
developing databases, virtual collections, or other electronic resources to codify information on a subject field or to provide integrated access to selected humanities materials;
creating encyclopedias;
preparing linguistic tools, such as historical and etymological dictionaries, corpora, and reference grammars (separate funding is available for endangered language projects in partnership with the National Science Foundation);
developing tools for spatial analysis and representation of humanities data, such as atlases and geographical information systems (GIS); and
designing digital tools to facilitate use of humanities resources.
Applications may address the holdings or activities of a single institution or may involve collaboration. In all cases, projects should be designed to facilitate sharing, exchange, and interoperability of humanities information and products.
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement
electronically, please contact:
Humanities Collections and Resources
Division of Preservation and Access
Room 411
National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
202-606-8570
preservation@neh.gov
Synopsis Modification History
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