Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions

The summary for the Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
	CFDA Number:	45.149
	CFDA Description:	Promotion of the Humanities_Division of Preservation and Access
	Federal Agency Name:	National Endowment for the Humanities
	Category of Funding Activity:	Humanities
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	20080515-PG
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Mar 07, 2008
	Creation Date:	Mar 06, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 15, 2008
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 15, 2008
	Archive Date:	Jun 14, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$6,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Nonprofits having 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: Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized institutions, such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, arts and cultural organizations, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities, improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. These may include special collections of books and journals, archives and manuscripts, prints and photographs, moving images, sound recordings, architectural and cartographic records, decorative and fine arts, textiles, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, furniture, and historical objects. Applicants must draw on the knowledge of consultants whose preservation skills and experience are related to the types of collections and the nature of the activities that are the focus of their projects. Within the conservation field, for example, conservators usually specialize in the care of specific types of collections, such as objects, paper, or paintings. Applicants should therefore choose a conservator whose specialty is appropriate for the nature of their collections. Similarly, when assessing the preservation needs of archival holdings, applicants must seek a consultant specifically knowledgeable about archives and preservation. Because the organization and the preservation of archival collections must be approached in tandem, an archival consultant should also provide advice about the management and processing needs of such holdings as part of a preservation assessment that includes long-term plans for the arrangement and description of archival collections. Small and mid-sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant are especially encouraged to apply.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html
Grant Announcement Contact: Division of Preservation and Access Room 411 National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20506 202-606-8570

preservation@neh.gov [preservation@neh.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • Humanities Collections and Reference Resources; • Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants; • Preservation and Access Research and Development Grants; • National Digital Newspaper Program; • Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections; • Stabilization of Humanities Collections Grants; • Grants to Preserve and Create Access to Humanities Collections; • Reference Material Grants