The New York Public Library (NYPL) received a $309,996 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support long-term research fellowships at the library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The grant funding will cover stipend and selection expenses for fellows who will have access to NYPL's 4.3 million volume humanities collection, including rare and unique materials, to conduct their research projects. During...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $285,979 Project Grant to the Providence Public Library (PPL) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program. The grant will fund a collaborative digitization project between PPL and the Rhode Island Historical Society to digitize over 100,000 pages of historical Rhode Island newspapers from PPL's microfilm collection. This will make these important primary sources widely available...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $345,896 Humanities Collections and Reference Resources implementation grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library organization. The two-year grant, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026, will fund the digitization of and permanent online access to nine local history collections from seven public libraries across the...
This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will fund research to evaluate the mechanical stability of 3D printed materials used for preservation and access activities in cultural institutions. The $315,854 grant, awarded on April 1, 2024, will assess the dimensional changes, creep behavior, and damping properties of 3D printed materials exposed to changing environments. This research aims to inform...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections Implementation Level II grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Wagner Free Institute of Science, a National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia, PA. The grant funding will be used to install a sustainable new HVAC system in the library wing and integrate a direct digital control (DDC) system across the site's HVAC...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program awarded a $349,515 Project Grant to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to develop and sustain education and training opportunities for library, archive, and museum professionals, humanities scholars, and others. The funding will support the creation of "communities of practice" around multispectral imaging to foster opportunities for discoverability, expanded...
The New York Public Library received a $484,134 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the federal Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support long-term research fellowships at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture from January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2019. The award advanced the Center's mission of supporting humanities research through fellowships allowing scholars dedicated time and access to the Center's resources to...
The New York Historical Society will receive $267,269 over three years from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support its Fellowship Program. Through this Project Grant award, starting in 2023 the Society will provide one fellowship annually through 2026 for promising scholars in American history. Fellows will conduct interdisciplinary research in history, art history, and material culture using the Society's...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), a nonprofit preservation organization. Through this 2-year award, NEDCC will provide a range of preservation services and training resources to support the long-term care and stewardship of paper-based, photographic, audiovisual, and digital collections at cultural institutions across the...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program awarded a $344,315 project grant to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. to create a sustainable preservation media storage environment. The funding will support the purchase and installation of a walk-in freezer and HVAC system as part of a larger construction project to house the university's millions of unique media assets held by its Special...