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Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
1800 M Street NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20036-5841
(202) 653-4657
(202) 653-4600 Fax
www.imls.gov
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) supports all types of museums, from art and history to science and zoos, and all types of libraries and archives, from public and academic to research and schools. Eligibility requirements differ for each library and museum program. Programs include:
Conservation Project Support Grants
ANNUAL DEADLINE: October 1st
Conservation Project Support grants help museums develop and implement a logical, institution-wide approach to caring for their living and material collections. Applicants should apply for the project that meets one of the institution’s highest conservation needs. All applications must demonstrate that the primary goal of the project is conservation care and not collection management or maintenance. Applicants may receive up to $10,000 in additional project funding to develop an Education Component that directly relates to their project.
Grants are available for five broad types of conservation activities: (1) surveys (general, detailed condition, or environmental), (2) training, (3) research, (4) treatment, and (5) environmental improvements. An institution may submit one application each fiscal year.
Conservation Assessment Program (CAP)
ANNUAL DEADLINE: December 1st
The general conservation assessment (unlike a detailed collection survey) provides an overview of all of the museum’s collections as well as its environmental conditions and policies and procedures relating to collections care. Visit the Web site for further information.
Connecting to Collections: Statewide Planning Grants
DEADLINE: October 15th
Statewide Planning Grants are aimed at fostering effective partnerships among organizations that have a strong commitment to the collections stewardship goals of a given state, commonwealth, or territory. IMLS invites proposals for statewide, collaborative planning grants to address the following recommendations: providing safe conditions for collections, developing an emergency plan, assigning responsibility for collection care, and marshaling public and private support for and awareness about collections care. Grant amounts for the two-year program are up to $40,000.
For more information on these IMLS grants, contact:
Christine Henry
Senior Program Officer
202-653-4674
or chenry@imls.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Division of Preservation and Access
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Rm. 802
Washington, DC 20506
(202) 606-8570
www.neh.gov
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government, dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
Division of Preservation and Access programs include:
Preservation Assistance Grants — For Smaller Institutions
DEADLINE: May 15, 2008
The focus of this program is to promote preservation planning and preservation activities within the country’s smaller institutions.
The Preservation Assistance Grants program awards grants of up to $6,000 on a non-matching basis to support the preservation of materials in libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations.
Activities that can be supported through a Preservation Assistance Grant include:
- General preservation and conservation surveys
- Consultations with preservation professionals to develop a plan to address a specific preservation problem, including digital preservation issues
- Attendance at preservation workshops, now including training in Best Practices for Digitization
Note: 2008 Preservation Assistance Grant applications will only be accepted through Grants.gov, the government-wide grants portal.
Visit the NEH Web site for more information.
Grants to Preserve and Create Access to Humanities Collections
DEADLINE: July 15, 2008
These grants support projects to preserve and create intellectual access to collections, which, because of their intellectual content and value as cultural artifacts, are considered highly important for research, education, and public programming in the humanities.
Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants
DEADLINE: May 15, 2008
Grants are made to support regional preservation field services that provide surveys, consultations, workshops, reference services, and informational materials to the staff of institutions responsible for the care of humanities collections.
National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
(202) 682-5400
www.nea.gov
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts — both new and established — bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in arts education. (Watch the NEA Web site for details of the next grant cycle.)
Save America's Treasures
DEADLINE ANNOUNCED: May 20, 2008
Web site: http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/treasures/index.htm
The National Park Service, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is seeking applicants for its Save America’s Treasures 2008 grant program.
Grants will be awarded to preserve collections of national significance. Grants for conservation and preservation projects will be awarded on a competitive basis, so start your application now!
The proposed grant amounts will range from $25,000 for collections and up to $700,000 on a 1:1 matching basis.
How can NEDCC help?
NEDCC can generate estimates and help with descriptions of the condition of collections. To discuss a grant project, contact Walter Newman, (978) 470-1010 .
Please visit the National Park Service Web site for applications and guidelines.
Please discuss your project ideas with the staff of one of the partner agencies:
National Endowment for the Humanities Web site, Ralph Canevali, (202) 606-8475,
National Endowment for the Arts Web site, Michael McLaughlin, (202) 682-5457,
Institute of Museum and Library Sciences Web site: Steve Shwartzman, (202) 606-4641,
National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphia Road
College Park, MD 20740
(866) 272-6272
http://www.archives.gov
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a statutory body affiliated with the National Archives and Records Administration, supports a wide range of activities to preserve, publish, and encourage the use of documentary sources relating to the history of the United States.
ANNUAL DEADLINES: June 1 and October 1