UPCOMING DEADLINES
National Endowment for the Arts
NEA GRANTS FOR ARTS PROJECTS: Museums
DEADLINE: February 13, 2020 (Note 2-step application proccess)
AWARD AMOUNTS: $10,000 to $100,000
ELIGIBLE PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: exhibitions, conservation or preservation; collections management; re-installation of collections; and more
Council on Library and Information Resources (Generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
DIGITIZING HIDDEN COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES: Enabling New Scholarship through Increasing Access to Unique Materials
DEADLINE: Initial proposals due March 31, 2020
AWARD AMOUNTS: $50,000 to $250,000 for single-institution applications $50,000 to $500,000 for collaborative, multi-institution applications
ELIGIBLE PROJECT ACTIVITIES: Digitization of material of scholarly value
Note: CLIR Applicant resources and upcoming webinars to answer applicants' questions.
National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS AND REFERENCE RESOURCE GRANTS (HCRR)
DEADLINE: July 15, 2020
AWARD AMOUNTS: Up to $50,000 for Foundations projects to support institutional planning and pilot activities Up to $350,000 for Implementation projects
ELIGIBLE PROJECT ACTIVITIES: planning; assessments; digitization; rehousing; and conservation treatment leading to enhanced access. (The grants can also support digital reformatting of analog sound recordings.)
(Watch for new guidelines - NEH: "In the meantime, use last year's guidelines to get a sense of what is involved in assembling an application.")
DID YOU KNOW?
NEDCC maintains a list of funding opportunities for conservation, digitization, audio preservation, and other preservation activities, including eligible projects, deadline dates, and links to the guidelines.
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