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Opportunity Summary:

The Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants program is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through its Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149, Promotion of the Humanities). Its central purpose is to strengthen the humanities field by funding education and training efforts that improve how cultural heritage collections are cared for and how people discover and use them. In practice, the program is aimed at building workforce capacity on a national or regional (multi-state) scale, so that libraries, archives, museums, and related cultural organizations have better-prepared staff and better systems for preserving materials and providing meaningful access to them.

The types of projects supported focus on both physical stewardship and intellectual access. On the preservation side, the program funds the development and delivery of courses or training programs that teach staff responsible for day-to-day collections care how to manage and protect materials. This can include training related to handling, storage, environmental monitoring, preventive conservation, emergency preparedness, and other practical preservation responsibilities that help extend the life of humanities collections. On the access side, the program also supports training that builds the skills and knowledge needed to provide or improve intellectual access to collections, meaning the work that helps users locate, understand, and effectively use materials. This commonly involves competencies tied to arrangement and description, cataloging, metadata practices, and other activities that make collections searchable and usable for researchers and the public.

In addition to short courses and professional training programs, the opportunity explicitly includes support for graduate programs in preservation and conservation, reflecting an interest in developing the next generation of trained professionals. It also supports preservation field services that serve multi-state regions. These field service programs typically provide direct, hands-on support to institutions responsible for humanities collections, including surveys and assessments, consultations, workshops, reference help, and the creation and distribution of informational materials. The overall emphasis is on training and service models that reach beyond a single institution and have broader impact across multiple organizations and communities.

Eligible applicants are relatively broad and include state governments, city or township governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in that particular category), and both public/state-controlled and private institutions of higher education. The opportunity does not require cost sharing or matching funds, which can lower the barrier to entry for applicants that may not have access to significant non-federal support.

For this specific posting, the funding opportunity number is 20080701-PE and it was originally posted on April 9, 2008, with an application closing date of July 1, 2008, and an archive date of July 31, 2008. The award ceiling listed is $250,000, with no stated award floor, meaning proposals could be structured at various budget sizes up to the maximum amount depending on scope and program design.

Additional program information and guidance were provided through the NEH website at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pet.html. For applicants needing assistance or alternative access to the full announcement, NEH listed the Division of Preservation and Access as the primary contact point, located at Room 411, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506, phone 202-606-8570, email preservation@neh.gov.

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