Archives- Detailed Processing Projects

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	Federal Grant Title:	Archives- Detailed Processing Projects
	CFDA Number:	89.003
	CFDA Description:	National Historical Publications and Records Grants
	Federal Agency Name:	National Archives and Records Administration
	Category of Funding Activity:	Humanities
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DETAILED-201010
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jun 02, 2010
	Creation Date:	Jun 02, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 07, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 07, 2010
	Archive Date:	Nov 06, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	10
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$200,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals for detailed processing and preservation of collections of national significance. The collections also should have high research demand or substantial preservation challenges. To apply in this category, repositories must have virtually all of their collections processed sufficiently so that researchers can find them through online searches, and they must have procedures in place to prevent the creation of new backlogs. If the applicant has not achieved these goals, it is ineligible for this category and should review the NHPRC's Archives - Basic Projects grant announcement. In general, proposals should describe how the repository will process and create detailed descriptions at the series or file level. In the course of such processing, some selective refoldering and basic cleaning may be needed, and applicants must explain whether any item level treatment will be necessary, including removing fasteners, opening envelopes, and flattening, copying, encapsulating, de-acidifying, and mending documents. Projects should revise corresponding collection-level records and submit them to national library catalogs. In general, they should also create or revise detailed finding aids using Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and provide them to a national archival database and appropriate regional and institutional databases. If descriptive methods besides EAD are necessary for the collection, applicants should justify their selection of these methods. For collections of fragile textual materials, applicants may apply for grants in support of preservation reformatting. If parts of collections deserve item-level processing, proposals must justify this detailed work and provide estimates of the percentage of collections to be processed to the item level. When appropriate, applicants should consider hybrid microfilm/digitization (using dual head cameras, or microfilm-to-digital or digital-to-microfilm techniques). Applicants may propose limited digitization of series or items that have the most potential to benefit a broad public, or that provide illustrations of the type of records and documents found in the series and collection. Applications should detail the standards to be used in this process, itemize anticipated expenses, and estimate the percentage of the collections to be digitized. Applicants who wish only to engage in digitization of textual or visual materials, should see the Digitizing Historical Records announcement. For collections of unstable audio, film, or video materials, applicants may propose preservation reformatting or migration to appropriate analog or digital formats. Applicants should also outline their publicity and outreach plans for promoting use of collections. For a comprehensive list of Commission limitations on funding, please see What we do and do not fund (http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/apply/eligibility.html). Additional requirements and information can be found in the full version of the grant announcement, linked below.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/detailed.html
Grant Announcement Contact: Dan Stokes Director for State Programs

Director for State Programs [daniel.stokes@nara.gov]
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