Project Grant 18940953422

Stone Soup Productions Inc. was awarded a $149,420 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The grant will support the development phase of Stone Soup Productions' "The People's Recorder" podcast series, which will explore the legacy of the 1930s Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project and discuss its achievements, shortcomings, and relevance today. The...

The John Gilmore Riley Foundation, in cooperation with the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network (FAAHPN), received a $126,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program. The grant will be used to create a new podcast series highlighting 15 out of 30 African American history museums and historical societies in the FAAHPN consortium. The podcasts will feature 35- to...

The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) received a $459,849 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the 21st Century Museum Professionals (21MP) program. The funding will be used to create, improve, and expand the Connecting to Collections Care online resources from October 2025 to September 2028. Key activities include auditing and updating nearly 300 on-demand webinars, developing 5 new learning paths, piloting a team-based learning program,...

The Bay Area Video Coalition, Incorporated (BAVC) received a $215,186 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. The grant will fund a national study of audiovisual preservation to be conducted between March 2023 and February 2025. As part of the study, BAVC will design and implement surveys, interviews, and site visits to assess the demographics, practices, challenges, and needs of organizations...

The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Inc. will produce a 10-episode podcast titled "Uncovering Margaret Mead" through Sapiens.org, with support from a $649,816 National Endowment for the Humanities Project Grant awarded on September 1, 2022. The podcast aims to tell the story of anthropologist Margaret Mead and inspire reflection on the humanities themes of nature versus nurture, human sexuality, and cultural understanding. A companion website and marketing...

This Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will support the WGBH Educational Foundation in creating educational resources to improve access to public media archives. Under the $213,358 award provided through the National Leadership Grants program, the Foundation will develop 20 sets of primary resources featuring archival public television and radio programming aligned with commonly taught topics in American history and current events. The sets will include teaching...

This $974,414 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants program supports George Mason University, in collaboration with several partners, to develop a community archiving prototype and training materials. The key objectives are to: (1) create the Archives for Racial and Cultural Healing (ARCH) National Collaborative, (2) support the Chipman ARCH project as a prototype and develop curriculum/practices for future ARCH regional...

The Queens Borough Public Library was awarded a $228,546 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program. The grant will support the creation of a 10-episode Queens Memory podcast season exploring the history of Asians in America. The podcasts will utilize existing oral histories from the library's archives, and will be edited by Asian American activists, scholars, and community members. Fifty-three Asian...

This Project Grant award of $374,288 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313) will support Dr. Alexandra Chassanoff's research into the current needs, challenges, and professionalization pathways for born-digital stewardship. The key activities and deliverables include conducting an environmental scan, studying several communities of practice, interviewing stakeholders, and producing a synthesis of...

This $149,779 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will deploy a full-time Rapid Response Community Archivist to advance digital preservation and curation activities within tribal libraries, archives, and museums across at least six of Wisconsin's twelve Native Nations. Over the 2-year award period from April 2025 to March 2027, the Community Archivist will provide...