National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

NEH 20240111-PG: 2023 Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions

Limit: 1*  // PI: B. Carter (Center for Digital Humanities)  

 

*UArizona may submit only one application. However, the University’s library and museums may each apply separately. 


Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized organizations preserve and manage humanities collections, ensuring their significance for a variety of users, including source communities, humanities researchers, students, and the public, by building their capacity to identify and address physical and intellectual preservation risks. The program encourages applications from institutions that have never received an NEH grant as well as community colleges, minority serving institutions (Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities), Native American tribes and tribal organizations, and Native Alaskan and Native Hawaiian organizations. Furthermore, NEH encourages applicants whose organizations or collections represent the contributions of historically excluded communities.

The Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions program focuses on foundational activities in preservation and management of collections. Collections may include archives and manuscripts, prints and photographs, moving images, sound recordings, architectural and cartographic records, decorative and fine art objects, textiles, archaeological and ethnographic items, tribal collections, material culture, historical objects, special collections of books and journals, and digitized and born-digital materials. Supported activities should fall into the following general categories, though the lists of possible activities are not exhaustive:

Preservation Assessments and Planning

  • General preservation assessments

  • Digital preservation assessments

  • Conservation assessments

  • Assessing environmental impacts of lighting systems or aging mechanical systems

  • Assessing collection documentation needs to identify an appropriate collection management system

  • Foundational conversations and/or consultations with source communities represented in collections to determine culturally appropriate preventive conservation practices and/or initiate or develop accurate vocabularies and/or descriptions of collection items resulting in a processing guide or written report with actionable recommendations

  • Consultations with scholars and subject matter experts to initiate or develop accurate vocabularies and/or descriptions of collection items resulting in a processing guide or written report with actionable recommendations

  • Development and revision of written plans, policies, and procedures such as emergency/disaster preparedness and response plans, digitization plans, storage plans, collection management plans, collecting plans, loan policies, and processing manuals

 

Preventive Care

  • Purchase, shipping, and installation costs of storage and preservation supplies, including durable furniture and supplies (e.g., cabinetry, shelving units, storage containers, boxes, folders, and sleeves) for the purpose of rehousing collections for long-term storage or display, digital storage (e.g., external hard drives, RAID, NAS, LTO systems, and cloud- based storage), and discrete and reversible units to improve the environment (e.g., portable dehumidifiers, air conditioning units, UV filtering shades, and HEPA vacuums). Project expenses such as storage furniture, UV filters, or discrete units for air conditioning must demonstrate that they will not make irreversible changes to buildings.

  • Implementing and improving environmental monitoring and/or integrated pest management programs, including the purchase of necessary monitoring supplies and related tracking software

  • Implementing and/or piloting environmentally sustainable preventive care strategies, which may have been recommended in previous preservation assessments or by a consultant, such as addressing water runoff systems to prevent moisture impacts on collections spaces or creating preservation microclimates for vulnerable collections

  • Workshops and/or training for staff and volunteers that address preservation topics, which might include preservation and care of specific material types, care and handling of collections during rehousing and/or digitization, preservation standards for digital collections, disaster preparedness and response, integrated pest management, or an overview of the agents of deterioration

    Collections Management

    • Initial steps that improve the management of collections and knowledge of the contents of collections, such as location and format surveys, inventories, updating condition reports, and/or other preparatory steps toward description of collections

    • Workshops and/or training courses for staff and volunteers that address intellectual control topics such as best practices for arrangement, description, and cataloging of collections

      We encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity to hire a consultant to support and further develop your organization’s capacity. Staff can also lead project activities, especially if they are implementing recommendations from a previous assessment or established frameworks. In all cases, you must demonstrate that project staff and consultants have the necessary background, skills, and training to perform the requested activities. For more information on how to select a preservation or information consultant, applicants may wish to consult the FAQs and resources included in H. Other Information.

      Applications can focus on discrete activities, such as an assessment or the development of a written plan, or a combination of connected activities, such as rehousing and updating collection inventory. If you have previously received a Preservation Assistance Grant, you may apply for another one to support the next phase of your preservation efforts. For example, after completing a preservation assessment, you might apply to purchase storage supplies and cabinets to rehouse a collection identified as a high priority for improved storage. NEH will not give these proposals special consideration and will judge them by the same criteria as others in the competition.

Research Category
Funding Type
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
1/11/2024

NEH 20240111-PJ: 2024 National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)

No applicants   // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

 

The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress (LC) to create a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1690 and 1963, from all the states and U.S. jurisdictions. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at LC and will be freely accessible online (see the Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website).  The accompanying US Newspaper Directory of bibliographic and holdings information on the website directs users to newspaper titles available in all types of formats.  During the course of its partnership with NEH, LC will also digitize and contribute to the NDNP database a significant number of newspaper pages drawn from its own collections.

NEH welcomes applications that involve collaboration between prior NDNP recipients and new partners. Such collaborations might involve arrangements to manage the creation and delivery of digital files; regular and ongoing consultation about project management; or formal training for project staff at an onsite institute or workshop. NDNP has supported such collaborations between the following partners: Arkansas and Mississippi; Florida and Puerto Rico; Louisiana and Mississippi; Minnesota and Iowa; Minnesota and North Dakota; Minnesota and South Dakota; Montana and Idaho; Texas and New Mexico; Texas and Oklahoma; and Virginia and West Virginia. 

NDNP supports dissemination activities that engage the wider public in exploring the digitized content, within appropriate limits. Your budget may include staff time, consultation with outside experts, and other eligible expenses related to disseminating NEH-funded products, but the primary purpose of this program is to create a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers.  

Research Category
Funding Type
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
01/12/2024

NEH 20230517-CHA: 2023 Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants: Capital Projects

A-P. Durand  (College of Humanities)

 

The purpose of the program is to strengthen the institutional base of the humanities by enabling infrastructure development and capacity building. Awards of federal matching funds aim to help institutions secure long-term support for their core activities and expand efforts to preserve and create access to outstanding humanities materials. 

  • Capital Projects support the purchase, design, construction, restoration, or renovation of facilities for humanities activities. This includes costs related to planning as well as the purchase and installation of related moveable and permanently affixed equipment for exhibiting, maintaining, monitoring, and protecting collections (whether on exhibit or in storage), and for critical building systems, such as electrical, heating ventilation and air conditioning, security, life safety, lighting, utilities, telecommunications, and energy management. 

Fundraising is a critical part of NEH Challenge grant awards: up to 10 percent of total funds (NEH federal matching funds plus certified gifts) may be used for fundraising costs during the period of performance.

Research Category
Funding Type
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
05/17/2023

NEH 20220921-FT: 2023 Summer Stipends

  • J. Kim (Photography)
  • J. Jenkins (English /School of Information)



UA may submit two proposals.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research Programs is accepting applications for the Summer Stipends program. The purpose of this program is to stimulate new research and publication in the humanities. Summer Stipends support continuous, full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. NEH funds may support recipients’ compensation, travel, and other costs related to the proposed scholarly research.

Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on research-based projects in the humanities for a period of two consecutive months.

 

 

Eligibility:

Within the parameters listed below, individual researchers, teachers, and scholars eligible whether they have an institutional affiliation or not. Applicants holding tenured or tenure-track positions at institutions of higher education must be nominated by their institutions unless they are exempt from this requirement.

U.S. citizens, whether they reside inside or outside the United States, are eligible. Foreign nationals who have lived in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the application deadline are also eligible. Foreign nationals who take up permanent residence outside the United States any time between the application deadline and the end of the period of performance will forfeit their eligibility. Leaving the U.S. on a temporary basis is permitted.

While you do not need to have an advanced degree, if you are currently enrolled in a degree granting program then you are ineligible. If you have satisfied all the requirements for a degree and are awaiting its conferral, you are eligible, but you must include a letter from the dean of the conferring school or their department chair attesting to your status as of the application deadline.

If you are tenured or on a tenure track and teach full time at an institution of higher education that is not exempt from nomination, your institution must nominate you to apply for a Summer Stipend.

You may apply without a nomination if you are:
an independent scholar not affiliated with an institution of higher education
• a U.S. citizen teaching at a foreign institution
• non-tenure-track faculty at an institution of higher education
• a staff member, but not faculty, at an institution of higher education (you may not teach during the academic year preceding the award)
• community college faculty
• emeritus faculty
• a faculty member at an institution of higher education that is one of these federally recognized minority-serving institutions:
Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNHs)
Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions (NASNTIs)
Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs)

 

Funding Type
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
09/20/2023

20230112-PJ: 2023 National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)

No applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

 

The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress (LC) to create a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1690 and 1963, from all the states and U.S. jurisdictions. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at LC and will be freely accessible online (see the Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website).

Research Category
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
01/12/2023

20220921-FT: 2023 NEH Summer Stipends

J. Jenkins
J. Wu

UArizona may submit two nominations.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research Programs is accepting applications for the Summer Stipends program. The purpose of this program is to stimulate new research and publication in the humanities. Summer Stipends support continuous, full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. NEH funds may support recipients’ compensation, travel, and other costs related to the proposed scholarly research.

Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on research-based projects in the humanities for a period of two consecutive months.

NEH Webinars

On May 18, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. EST, NEH staff will host a webinar describing the application and nomination processes and offering some tips writing the application. Administrators and prospective applicants will find helpful information and are encouraged to attend. The presentation will include a question-and-answer segment and will be recorded and available for viewing later. You can join the webinar here. Captioning will be available.

A second live webinar focused on application writing strategies will be presented on August 17, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. EST. You can join the webinar here. Captioning will be available.

Eligibility

Within the parameters listed below, individual researchers, teachers, and scholars eligible whether they have an institutional affiliation or not. Applicants holding tenured or tenure-track positions at institutions of higher education must be nominated by their institutions (unless they are exempt from this requirement) and must be selected through this limited submissions selection process.

U.S. citizens, whether they reside inside or outside the United States, are eligible. Foreign nationals who have lived in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the application deadline are also eligible. Foreign nationals who take up permanent residence outside the United States any time between the application deadline and the end of the period of performance will forfeit their eligibility. Leaving the U.S. on a temporary basis is permitted.

While you do not need to have an advanced degree, if you are currently enrolled in a degree granting program then you are ineligible. If you have satisfied all the requirements for a degree and are awaiting its conferral, you are eligible, but you must include a letter from the dean of the conferring school or their department chair attesting to your status as of the application deadline.

If you are tenured or on a tenure track and teach full time at an institution of higher education that is not exempt from nomination, your institution must nominate you to apply for a Summer Stipend.

You may apply without a nomination if you are:

  • an independent scholar not affiliated with an institution of higher education
  • a U.S. citizen teaching at a foreign institution
  • non-tenure-track faculty at an institution of higher education
  • a staff member, but not faculty, at an institution of higher education (you may not teach during the academic year preceding the award)
  • community college faculty
  • emeritus faculty
  • a faculty member at an institution of higher education that is one of these federally recognized minority-serving institutions:
    • Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
    • Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNHs)
    • Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions (NASNTIs)
    • Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs)
Research Category
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
09/25/2022

20220517-CHA: 2022 NEH Challenge Grants

UArizona is eligible to submit toward the September 27, 2022, deadline but not to the May 17, 2022, deadline.

An internal competition for the September 27, 2022, deadline will be available on UA Competition Space in summer, 2022.

Research Category
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
05/17/2022

2022 National Digital Newspaper Program

No applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

 

NDNP is a partnership between NEH and the Library of Congress (LC) to create a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1690 and 1963, from all 56 states and U.S. jurisdictions. This searchable database will be permanently maintained by LC and will be freely accessible online (see Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers). Successful applicants will select newspapers—published in their state or jurisdiction between 1690 and 1963—and over a period of two years, convert approximately 100,000 pages into digital files (preferably from microfilm), according to the technical guidelines outlined by LC. 

Research Category
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
01/13/2022

2022 NEH Summer Stipends

UArizona may nominate two applicants.

The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Stipends program aims to stimulate new research in the humanities and its publication. The program works to accomplish this goal by:

  • Providing small awards to individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.
  • Supporting projects at any stage of development, but especially early-stage research and late-stage writing in which small awards are most effective
  • Furthering the NEH’s commitment to diversity and inclusion in the humanities by encouraging applications from independent scholars and faculty at Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and community colleges.

Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months.  NEH funds may support recipients’ compensation, travel, and other costs related to the proposed scholarly research.

L. Darling
J. Rosenblatt

Research Category
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
09/22/2021

American Rescue Plan Humanities Organizations

UArizona may submit one institutional proposal.Eligibility: An applicant may not submit multiple applications under this notice. NEH will consider parent organizations and their subordinates to be a single entity for purposes of eligibility. NEH will use the definition of "related organization" provided by the Internal Revenue Service in the glossary of the 2020 Instructions for Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax for eligibility determinations. Institutions of higher education are encouraged to include academic libraries, museums, academic presses, and research centers in a single proposal.Because of the short deadline, an expedited internal expression of interest to coordinate an institutional application is necessary. RDS will coordinate interested PIs/Teams for the final application.Coordinating PI: J. Duran
Research Category
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
05/14/2021