NEH: Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
Deadline: 31 January 2019
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is accepting applications for its “Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions” that help help small and mid-sized institutions such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, cultural organizations, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities improve their ability to preserve and care for their significant humanities collections.
Activities
The program also encourages applications for the following activities:
- consultants working as mentors with advanced students or recent graduates from preservation programs to provide emerging preservation professionals with practical experience. Advanced students and recent graduates may assist in conducting preservation assessments, addressing specific preservation issues, and/or trainingstaff at the applicant institution
- the development of disaster plans and collaborative work with local institutions for training in disaster preparedness and emergency response to address the risk to cultural heritage materials from natural disasters, theft, and other types of damage
- disaster planning, response, recovery, and mitigation; preservation assessments; conservation treatments; temporary relocation and storage of collections; purchase of supplies; education and training related to disaster planning and response; and reformatting of collections as a preservation methodology for institutions in federally declared disaster areas
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $15,000
- Award Floor: $1
Eligibility Criteria
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Private institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=310934