Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions


The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Preservation and Access has offered Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions for more than a decade. These grants help small and mid-sized cultural heritage institutions such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections.  Awards of up to $6,000 support preservation-related collection assessments, consultations, training and workshops, and institutional and collaborative disaster and emergency planning.  Preservation Assistance Grants also support assessments of digital collections, as well as education and training in standards and best practices for digital preservation and the care and handling of collections during digitization.  NEH does not fund digitization or the development of digital programs in this grant category. 

The 2013 guidelines for Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions are available at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html.  You will also find sample project descriptions, sample narratives, and a list of frequently asked questions.  The deadline for applications is May 1, 2013.



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