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Opportunity Summary:

The Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions program is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funding opportunity designed to strengthen preservation capacity at small and mid sized organizations that hold humanities collections. The main goal is practical: help institutions improve how they care for, protect, and extend the life of important cultural and historical materials so those resources remain available for research, teaching, and public use. The program is especially welcoming to smaller organizations that are earlier in their preservation planning or that need targeted professional guidance to take the next step in responsible collections care.

This grant supports efforts related to preserving a wide range of humanities collections. Eligible materials can include special collections of books and journals; archives and manuscripts; prints and photographs; film, video, and other moving images; sound recordings; architectural drawings and cartographic records; artworks and decorative objects; textiles; archaeological and ethnographic collections; furniture and other historical objects; and digital materials. In other words, the program is not limited to paper based archives. It is meant for institutions dealing with many formats, including items that often require specialized environmental controls, handling procedures, storage solutions, and long term management planning.

A key feature of the opportunity is the requirement to involve appropriate preservation expertise. Applicants are expected to draw on consultants whose skills match both the types of collections involved and the specific activities proposed. This emphasis signals that NEH wants funded work to be guided by experienced preservation professionals, whether the project focuses on assessing collection conditions, improving storage and handling practices, addressing environmental risks, planning for emergencies, or other preservation related actions. The program is oriented toward helping institutions make informed, sustainable improvements rather than one off fixes.

The opportunity is offered as a discretionary grant under the humanities funding category (CFDA 45.149, Promotion of the Humanities) through NEH's Division of Preservation and Access. The award ceiling listed for this opportunity is $6,000, with no stated minimum award amount. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which can make the grant more accessible to smaller organizations with limited budgets.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of public and nonprofit entities that commonly steward humanities collections. Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments; state, county, city, township, and special district governments; public and state controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; and nonprofits, including 501(c)(3) organizations as well as certain nonprofits that do not have 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education). NEH also notes that small and mid sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant are especially encouraged to apply, which indicates an interest in expanding participation beyond established grantees.

For the specific posting reflected in the source information, the funding opportunity number is 20130501-PG. It was posted on February 5, 2013, with an application deadline of May 1, 2013, and an archive date of May 31, 2013. Additional program information was provided through the NEH website at http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-assistance-grants-smaller-institutions. For support accessing the full announcement or for questions, the listed contact point was the NEH Division of Preservation and Access (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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