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Opportunity Summary:

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), part of the National Archives and Records Administration, offers the Publishing Historical Records grant to support projects that make historically significant documentary materials available to the public. The program is aimed at publishing historical records of national importance, whether those records document the lives and work of major figures in American history or illuminate wider movements and developments across politics, the military, business, social reform, the arts, and other areas that shape the national experience. A central expectation is that the materials being published have clear historical value and that the finished products will be useful to broad audiences, with that public benefit strong enough to justify the project costs.

Funding can be used for the core work involved in documentary publishing, including collecting, describing, preserving, compiling, editing, and ultimately publishing source materials. The program supports several publication approaches: scholarly documentary editions released as printed and bound volumes; scholarly documentary editions distributed online or through other digital formats; image-based editions provided online, on microfilm, or through other formats; and the conversion of existing print or microfilm editions into electronic publications. Projects can also propose a mix of these methods, for example combining a curated scholarly transcription with a digital image archive or pairing print volumes with an online edition.

The opportunity is open to a wide range of applicants, including nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions), public and private institutions of higher education, individuals, state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The grants fall under the humanities funding area (CFDA 89.003, National Historical Publications and Records Grants) and require cost sharing or matching, meaning applicants should be prepared to contribute non-federal support as part of the project budget.

There are also clear limitations on what NHPRC will and will not fund. The Commission does not provide funding to purchase historical records. In addition, it will not support proposals to publish the papers of individuals who have been deceased for fewer than ten years, which effectively sets a minimum time threshold for editions focused on recently deceased figures.

Projects that have previously received NHPRC support are allowed to apply again for a new phase or subsequent stage, but these continuation proposals must show real progress and accountability. Applicants need to demonstrate that they successfully completed the performance objectives tied to prior NHPRC awards, and the new application must be substantially updated with a clear description of the next set of activities and a justified budget for the new phase. They must also explain how well the project met the objectives in the most recent grant period. At the same time, first-time applicants are welcome to apply to launch a new documentary editing and publishing project, and those proposals are reviewed alongside continuation proposals using the same competitive criteria.

In the specific posting provided (Funding Opportunity Number PUBLISHING 201010), awards range from a floor of $20,000 to a ceiling of $250,000. The opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant, was posted on June 2, 2010, and had an application deadline of October 7, 2010 (with an archive date of November 6, 2010). Because the competition is described as highly competitive, applicants are expected to rely on the full announcement for detailed requirements, review criteria, and submission instructions, and to ensure their proposed edition, audience reach, editorial plan, and budget are compelling and well supported. The listed program contact for access issues is Tim Connelly, Director for Publications.

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