National Endowment for the Humanities – Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grant Deadline Approaching

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.

The new guidelines, which include sample proposal narratives, can be found at: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HCRR.html.

All applications to NEH must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov; see guidelines for details.

Deadline: July 15, 2009 (for projects beginning May 2010)