Grants

This National Endowment for the Humanities Grant is designed to support projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Include Appropriate Digital Media Professionals
• Create Appeal Digital Formats for the General Public
• Demonstrate the Capacity to Sustain Themselves
• Demonstrate Potential to Attract Broad, Nonspecialist Audience

This National Historical Publications & Records Commission Grant is designed to support projects that significantly improve public discovery and use of historical record collections. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Improve Public Discovery and Use of Collections
• Digitize and Publish Online Historical Records
• Enhance Public Access
• Community Engagement

This National Historical Publications & Records Commission Grant is designed to support projects that promote access to historical records to encourage understanding of America’s democracy, history and culture. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Improve Access
• Assess Institutional Strengths and Opportunities
• Create Replicable and Sustainable Digital Platforms for Historical Collections
• Virtually Unify Records
• Promote Management Structures for long-term sustainability

This National Historical Publications & Records Commission Grant is designed to support publication of online editions of historical records. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Access to Historical Documents
• Publishing Documentary Source Materials Online

This National Endowment for the Arts Grant is designed to support projects that enhance public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Support of Exhibitions
• Care of Collections
• Conservation
• Community Engagement

This Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant is designed to support small museums’ projects that serve the public. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Digital Learning Resources
• Collections Management, Curation, Care and Conservation
• Exhibitions
• Collections Stewardship and Access
• Institutional Capacity

This Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant is designed to build the capacity of African American Museums. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Build Institutional Capacity
• Increase Access to Museum and Archival Collections at African American Museums and Historically Black Colleges and Universities

This Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant is designed to support projects of museums of all sizes that strengthen their ability to serve their public. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Digital Learning Resources
• Collections Management, Curation, Care and Conservation
• Exhibitions
• Collections Stewardship and Access
• Community Engagement

This Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant is designed to support projects that address critical needs of the museum field. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Collections Management, Curation, Care and Conservation
• Build Institutional Capacity
• Collections Stewardship and Access
• Community Engagement

This Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant is designed to support Native American tribes in improving core library services. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Strengthening Community Engagement
• Advancing Collections Stewardship and Access
• Enhance Preservation and Revitalization of Native American Cultures and Languages

This Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant is designed to support Native Hawaiians in sustaining heritage, culture and knowledge. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Sustaining Heritage, Culture and Knowledge
• Organizational Capacity Building
• Collections Stewardship

This National Endowment for the Humanities Grant is designed to support cultural institutions preserving large and diverse collections for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Prolong Useful Life of Collections
• Support Institutional Resilience
• Prevent Catastrophic Loss from Emergencies
• Sustainable Preventive Conservation Measures

This National Endowment for the Humanities Grant is designed to support small to mid-sized institutions improve their ability to preserve and care for their collections. Digital preservation projects would apply to the following criteria:

• Draw on Knowledge of Consultants Whose Preservation Experience Relates to Their Collections
• Preserve and Care for Significant Humanities Collections