Application Available for Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections Funding Opportunity
Due: January 10, 2025
Maximum funding:
Planning: $50,000
Implementation Level I: $100,000
Implementation Level II: $350,000
Organizations located in a non-contiguous state or jurisdiction, including AK, HI, PR, GU, AS, VI, and NMI, may request up to an additional $10,000 for Planning, $20,000 for Implementation Level I, and $70,000 for Implementation Level II to cover increased consultants' travel costs as well as shipping and material costs.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections program. This program helps cultural institutions preserve humanities collections for future generations through environmentally sustainable preventive care strategies that reduce energy consumption and costs and strengthen institutional resiliency in the face of a changing climate.
The SCHC program offers three levels of funding: Planning, Implementation Level I, and Implementation Level II.
Planning
The Planning category provides funding for institutions to develop and assess environmentally sustainable preventive care strategies in collection spaces. These awards are up to $50,000 for a two-year period of performance.
Implementation Level I
The Implementation Level I category provides funding for institutions to implement environmentally sustainable preventive care projects that address specific, discrete preservation challenges that have been identified through an assessment. These awards are up to $100,000 for a period of performance of up to two years.
Implementation Level II
The Implementation Level II category provides funding for institutions to implement environmentally sustainable preventive care projects that address large or multifaceted preservation challenges that have been identified through assessments and planning conducted by a multidisciplinary collaborative professional team appropriate to the goals of the project. These awards are up to $350,000 for a period of performance of up to three years.
Optional Draft Review
Program officers will review an optional draft of the narrative portion of your application in any stage of completion if submitted by December 5, 2024, by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Please email your draft as an attachment to preservation@neh.gov.
Webinar
A live webinar will be hosted on November 8, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
The webinar will be recorded and published on the program resource page, https://www.neh.gov/grants/sustaining-cultural-heritage-collections, by November 29, 2024.
More information: https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/sustaining-cultural-heritage-collections
Further questions or to request a consult with a program officer: preservation@neh.gov
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Anne W. Ackerson
Communication + Development Coordinator
Council of State Archivists
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