CFP: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HCRR.html
Deadline: July 20, 2011
Awards: Up to $350,000 for 3 years
The Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humanities will be accepting applications for grants in its Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program. These grants support projects to preserve and create intellectual access to such collections as books, journals, manuscript and archival materials, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, art, and objects of material culture. Awards also support the creation of reference materials, online resources, and research tools of major importance to the humanities. Maximum awards are $350,000 for up to three years.
Eligible activities include:
* arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections;
* cataloging collections of printed works, photographs, recorded sound, moving images, art, and material culture;
* providing conservation treatment (including deacidification) for collections, leading to enhanced access;
* digitizing collections;
* preserving and improving access to born-digital sources;
* developing databases, virtual collections, or other electronic resources to codify information on a subject or to provide integrated access to selected humanities materials;
* creating encyclopedias;
* preparing linguistic tools, such as historical and etymological dictionaries, corpora, and reference grammars
* developing tools for spatial analysis and representation of humanities data, such as atlases and geographic information systems (GIS);
* designing digital tools to facilitate use of humanities resources.
In response to recent studies noting the deeply hidden, often perilous condition of audio-visual sources in cultural heritage institutions, this program encourages applications that address the preservation and access needs of humanities collections of sound recordings and moving images. Applicants may request funds to establish intellectual and physical control of such materials as well as to digitize them.
