Opportunity Information: Apply for 20100715 PW
Apply for 20100715 PW
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Humanities Collections and Reference Resources" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.149 Promotion of the HumanitiesDivision of Preservation and Access.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 14, 2010 and posted on Apr 14, 2010.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 15, 2010. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $350,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 30 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Special district governments Private institutions of higher education County governments State governments City or township governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR) program is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant opportunity designed to strengthen the core materials and tools that make humanities scholarship, teaching, and public interpretation possible. It focuses on helping libraries, archives, museums, and related historical and cultural organizations preserve important humanities collections and expand access to them, often by using digital methods. In practical terms, the program supports work that keeps fragile or at-risk materials usable over time while also making their content easier for researchers, educators, and the public to discover and use.
HCRR is built around two closely related goals. The first is sustaining and improving humanities collections. This includes efforts to extend the life of physical and digital holdings such as books and manuscripts, photographs, audio recordings, film and video, art and material culture, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, and born-digital materials. The second goal is creating or enhancing reference resources that help people find, interpret, and work with humanities materials. These reference resources can range from straightforward tools meant to provide quick, reliable information to more complex resources that organize and synthesize knowledge to support deeper research.
Projects funded under this program can cover a wide range of activities tied to preservation and access. Supported work includes arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections; cataloging collections of printed materials, photographs, sound recordings, moving images, artworks, and other objects; and providing conservation treatment, including larger-scale interventions such as mass deacidification. The program also supports digitization projects, as well as efforts to preserve and improve access to born-digital sources. On the reference-resource side, NEH encourages proposals to build databases, virtual collections, and other electronic resources that either codify information within a field or provide integrated access to selected humanities materials. It also supports the creation of encyclopedias, linguistic reference tools (such as historical or etymological dictionaries, corpora, and reference grammars), and tools for spatial analysis and representation of humanities data, including atlases and GIS-based resources. In addition, applicants may propose digital tools that make humanities resources more usable or discoverable.
A notable feature of HCRR is that preservation is treated as inseparable from long-term access. Applicants can request funding for preservation measures such as reformatting (including microfilming), rehousing, and item-level conservation treatment, as long as these activities are part of a broader project that also creates or improves access to the collection. The underlying idea is that preserving materials without improving their discoverability and usability leaves much of their value locked away, while access initiatives that ignore preservation can put materials at greater risk.
This specific funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 20100715-PW) was posted on April 14, 2010, by NEH under CFDA 45.149 (Promotion of the Humanities) through the Division of Preservation and Access. It anticipated making about 30 awards. The maximum award amount listed is $350,000, with no stated minimum award floor, and it does not require cost sharing or matching funds. Eligible applicants include a broad set of U.S. entities: federally recognized Native American tribal governments, state and local governments (including counties, cities/townships, and special district governments), public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, as specified in the announcement). The application deadline for this cycle was July 15, 2010, and the opportunity archive date was August 14, 2010.
For official guidelines and full program details, the announcement points to the NEH program page at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HCRR.html. The listed contact is the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program within NEH's Division of Preservation and Access (Room 411, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20506; phone 202-606-8570; email preservation@neh.gov).
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR) - FAQs
What is the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR) program?
The Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR) program is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant opportunity designed to strengthen the core materials and tools that support humanities scholarship, teaching, and public interpretation. It supports projects that preserve significant humanities collections and expand access to them, often using digital methods.
What are the main goals of HCRR?
HCRR is built around two closely related goals:
- Sustaining and improving humanities collections, including extending the life of physical and digital holdings.
- Creating or enhancing reference resources that help people find, interpret, and work with humanities materials.
What types of organizations is HCRR meant to support?
The program focuses on supporting libraries, archives, museums, and related historical and cultural organizations, especially where projects preserve important humanities collections and make them easier to discover and use.
What kinds of materials and collections are included under the HCRR program?
The program encompasses a broad range of humanities materials, including books and manuscripts; photographs; audio recordings; film and video; art and material culture; archaeological and ethnographic artifacts; and born-digital materials.
What kinds of activities can HCRR fund related to collections?
Funded projects can include preservation and access work such as arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections; cataloging printed materials, photographs, sound recordings, moving images, artworks, and other objects; and providing conservation treatment, including larger-scale interventions such as mass deacidification.
Does HCRR support digitization?
Yes. The program supports digitization projects and also supports efforts to preserve and improve access to born-digital sources.
What are examples of "reference resources" supported by HCRR?
HCRR encourages proposals to build or enhance reference resources such as databases, virtual collections, and other electronic resources that codify information within a field or provide integrated access to selected humanities materials. Supported reference resources can also include encyclopedias, linguistic reference tools (including historical or etymological dictionaries, corpora, and reference grammars), and tools for spatial analysis and representation of humanities data such as atlases and GIS-based resources.
Can HCRR fund tools that help people discover or use humanities materials?
Yes. Applicants may propose digital tools that make humanities resources more usable or discoverable.
How does HCRR treat preservation versus access?
HCRR treats preservation as inseparable from long-term access. Preservation activities are supported when they are part of a broader project that also creates or improves access to the collection, reflecting the idea that preservation without access limits usefulness, and access without preservation can increase risk to materials.
Can applicants request funds for reformatting or conservation work?
Yes. Applicants can request funding for preservation measures such as reformatting (including microfilming), rehousing, and item-level conservation treatment, as long as these activities are part of a broader project that also improves access.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this HCRR opportunity?
The Funding Opportunity Number is 20100715-PW.
When was this opportunity posted, and is it archived?
This opportunity was posted on April 14, 2010. The archive date listed is August 14, 2010.
What was the application deadline for this cycle?
The application deadline for this cycle was July 15, 2010.
Which NEH office managed this opportunity?
The opportunity was managed by NEH's Division of Preservation and Access under the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program.
What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The announcement lists CFDA 45.149, labeled Promotion of the Humanities.
How many awards were anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated making about 30 awards.
What is the maximum award amount?
The maximum award amount listed is $350,000.
Is there a minimum award amount?
No minimum award floor is stated in the provided announcement summary.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity indicates that it does not require cost sharing or matching funds.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants include a broad set of U.S. entities listed in the announcement, including:
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- State governments
- Local governments (including counties, cities/townships, and special district governments)
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofit organizations, including 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (as specified in the announcement)
Where can applicants find the official program guidelines?
The announcement directs applicants to the NEH program page for official guidelines and full details: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HCRR.html.
Who is the listed contact for questions about HCRR?
The listed contact is the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program within NEH's Division of Preservation and Access:
- Address: Room 411, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20506
- Phone: 202-606-8570
- Email: preservation@neh.gov
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