Publishing Historical Records

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	Federal Grant Title:	Publishing Historical Records
	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:	PUBLISHING-201110
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jan 28, 2011
	Creation Date:	Jan 28, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 06, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 06, 2011
	Archive Date:	Nov 06, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	30
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$250,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$20,000
	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 - Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), supports projects that promote supports projects that promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. This funding category has two application deadlines. This announcement is for Colonial and Early National Period Projects (those preparing publications whose documents fall predominantly prior to 1820). An additional funding opportunity is published for New Republic through the Modern Era Projects (those preparing publications whose documents fall predominantly after 1820).The Commission seeks proposals to publish historical records of national significance. Projects may focus on the papers of major figures from American life or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, social reform, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience. The historical value of the records and their expected usefulness to broad audiences must justify the costs of the project.Grants are awarded for collecting, describing, preserving, compiling, editing, and publishing documentary source materials. The NHPRC does not fund proposals to purchase historical records; it also does not fund proposals to publish the papers of anyone who has been deceased for fewer than ten years.Eligible Activities Include:Scholarly documentary editions in printed and bound volumes. Scholarly documentary editions in online and other formats. Image editions in online, microfilm, and other formats. Conversion of existing print and microfilm editions to electronic publications. Combinations of the above. A publishing project that has received NHPRC support can apply for a grant for a new or subsequent stage of that project. These proposals must demonstrate that they have successfully completed the performance objectives associated with previous NHPRC grant awards. Proposals must be substantially updated, including a description of the new activities and a justification of the new budget. The applicant must describe the extent to which the project met its performance objectives under its most recent grant.Applicants not previously funded may apply for a grant to begin a historical documents publishing project. These applications are considered with other proposals and will be judged by the same criteria as others in that competition. All applicants should be aware that the application process is highly competitive. Applicants may apply for funding up to three years. Applicants should be aware that the Commission normally awards grants on an annual basis; subsequent funding is conditioned on previous years' project performance. Award amounts ordinarily range from $20,000 to $250,000 annually. The Commission expects to make as many as 35-40 grants in this category, for a total of up to $4,500,000. In accordance with Federal regulations, the Commission reserves, for Federal Government purposes, a royalty-free, non-exclusive, and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work and authorize others to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work that results from each grant. The Commission requires that grant recipients acknowledge NHPRC grant assistance in all publications and other products that result from its support. Cost sharing is required. Cost sharing is the financial contribution the applicant pledges to the cost of a project. Cost sharing can include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. The Commission ordinarily provides no more than 50 per cent of total project costs for Publishing Historical Records projects.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/publishing.html
Grant Announcement Contact: Jeff de la Concepcion Grant Program Specialist Phone 202-357-5022

Grant Program Specialist [Jeff.delaconcepcion@Nara.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • Electronic Records Projects; • Archives Leadership Institute; • Documenting Democracy: Access to Historical Records Projects; • State and National Archival Partnership (SNAP); • Preserving and Providing Access to Records; • Publishing Historically Significant Records Relating to the History of the United States; • Host Institution for NHPRC Fellowship in Historical Documentary Editing; • Host Institution for NHPRC Fellowship in Archival Administration; • Subvention Program