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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
DIGITIZING-201306
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Nov 30, 2012
Creation Date:
Nov 30, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Jun 11, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Jun 11, 2013
Archive Date:
Jul 11, 2013
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
8
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$700,000
Award Ceiling:
$150,000
Award Floor:
$0
CFDA Number(s):
89.003
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National Historical Publications and Records Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Agency Name
National Archives and Records Administration
Description
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals that use cost-effective methods to digitize nationally significant historical record collections and make the digital versions freely available online. Projects must make use of existing holdings of historical repositories and consist of entire collections or series. The materials should already be available to the public at the archives and described so that projects can re-use existing information to serve as metadata for the digitized collection.
To make these projects as widely useful as possible for archives, historical repositories, and researchers, the applications must demonstrate:
1. The national significance of the collections or records series to be digitized;
2. An effective work flow that repurposes existing descriptive material, rather than creating new metadata about the records;
3. Reasonable costs and standards for the project as well as sustainable preservation plans for the resulting digital records;
4. Well-designed plans that evaluate the use of the digitized materials and the effectiveness of the methods employed in digitizing and displaying the materials.
Projects may not use grant funds to create
* descriptive metadata or
* edited transcriptions of the digitized materials or
* develop websites where people will have to pay a fee to view the images.
For a comprehensive list of Commission limitations on funding, please see “What we do and do not fund” (http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/apply/eligibility.html).
A grant normally is for one to three years and up to $150,000. The Commission expects to make up to 8 grants in this category, for a total of up to $700,000.
The Commission requires that grant recipients acknowledge NHPRC grant assistance in all products that result from its support.
Eligible applicants:
* Nonprofit organizations or institutions
* Colleges, universities, and other academic institutions
* State or local government agencies
* Federally-acknowledged or state-recognized Native American tribes or groups
Applicant organizations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to submitting an application, maintain SAM registration throughout the application and award process, and include a valid DUNS number in their application. Details on SAM registration and requesting a DUNS number can be found at the System for Award Management website at http://sam.gov. Please refer to the User Guides section and the Grants Registrations PDF.
Ineligible applications will not be considered.
Cost sharing is required. It is the financial contribution the applicant pledges to the cost of a project. Cost sharing can include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. The NHPRC will provide up to 50 percent of the total project costs.
