Project Grant PJ31101426
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska $324,932 on September 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to digitize Nebraska newspapers for the National Digital Newspaper Program. The University of Nebraska, through its Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, will select, digitize, and transfer 100,000 pages of Nebraska newspapers dating from 1854–1963 to the Library...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $551,808 to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. Under this federal Project Grant, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Digital Research in the Humanities will digitize an estimated 100,000 newspaper pages from 1854 to 1963 published in Nebraska. The digitized...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $600,612.12 Project Grant to the Washington Secretary of State under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program (CFDA 45.149) for the period of September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2021. The grant funds the Washington Digital Newspaper Project to ensure long-term access and availability of historical newspaper content held in Washington state libraries, archives and museums. As the state library...
- The Arkansas State Archives received a $324,595 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149), awarded January 1, 2026, with completion targeted for December 31, 2027. Under this award, the Archives will digitize approximately 100,000 to 110,000 pages of Arkansas historic newspapers and Native American newspapers published between 1819 and 1963 as part of Cycle V of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). The digitized...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $944,736 Project Grant to the Minnesota Humanities Center, doing business as the Humanities Education Center, to support programming under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). This program provides annual grants to state humanities councils to promote local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming. Funding will support the Minnesota Humanities Center's work organizing public events,...
- The Ohio History Connection, a non-profit organization, was awarded a $319,511 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will fund the digitization of 100,000 pages of Ohio's microfilmed newspapers to continue the National Digital Newspaper Program in Ohio. This effort will build upon the over 520,000 pages already digitized and made available through the...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded West Virginia University Research Corporation $225,929 on September 1, 2026, to digitize 100,000 pages of historic West Virginia newspapers for ingest into the Chronicling America database under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The digitization project makes these newspapers widely accessible to students and researchers and advances their long-term preservation. Performance runs through...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Ohio History Connection $317,428 under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) for Round VII of the National Digital Newspaper Project in Ohio. The award, obligated on January 1, 2026, with a completion date of December 31, 2027, funds the digitization of approximately 100,000 pages of Ohio's microfilmed newspapers for inclusion in Chronicling America, the Library...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $320,863 Project Grant to the University of South Carolina under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The two-year grant (Sep 2024 - Aug 2026) will fund the South Carolina Digital Newspaper Program (SCDNP), a collaboration between the USC Libraries Digital Collections Department and the South Caroliniana Library. The SCDNP will scan and deliver 100,000 pages of historical South...
- The University of Illinois received a $324,189 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) awarded January 1, 2026, with completion targeted for December 31, 2027. The Illinois Digital Newspaper Project will digitize approximately 100,000 pages of historical newspaper content documenting Native American history spanning the early 19th century through the mid-20th century. Digitization candidates will be sourced from...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Minnesota Historical Society $321,083 on September 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to digitize approximately 100,000 pages of historic Minnesota newspapers published between 1849 and 1963 for inclusion in Chronicling America, the National Digital Newspaper Program's freely accessible online database maintained by the Library of Congress. The recipient will produce digitized newspaper content and accompanying title essays as part of Minnesota's continuing participation in the national partnership between NEH and the Library of Congress to create a searchable digital resource of historically significant U.S. newspapers. Work is performed in Minnesota with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028. The assistance type is a Project Grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $321.1k | 8/27/26 |