Project Grant PR29592324
- 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 Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) was awarded a $286,330 two-year Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will enable RIT to arrange, describe, and digitize significant collections in the Deaf Studies, Culture, and History Archives (DSA). Specifically, the project will: 1) hire an archivist to survey unprocessed collections, arrange and describe the materials to...
- This Project Grant award of $341,983.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports a study exploring the use of energy-efficient Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for passive temperature control of micro-climates in partially-controlled or uncontrolled collection environments. The study aims to evaluate the performance of PCMs as a sustainable preventive conservation measure, conducting...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $339,120 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC). Through this 2-year grant, which runs from March 2024 to February 2026, FAIC will develop and deliver 5 technical skill-based workshops for conservators and 4 outreach workshops for broader audiences. These workshops aim to address critical needs identified in...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $629,196 Project Grant to the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program (CFDA 45.169). The grant will support FAIC's project to refine and enhance the Sustainability Tools in Cultural Heritage (STICH) carbon calculator, a free, open-access digital tool designed to help cultural heritage professionals make climate-conscious materials choices for...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $199,500 Project Grant to the Rochester Institute of Technology under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will fund the acquisition of a micro-transfer printer for heterogeneous integration of electronic/photonic microsystems from August 15, 2021 to July 31, 2023. The micro-transfer printer will allow RIT to integrate dissimilar materials like electronics, photonics, and MEMS at the microscale, enabling continued innovation...
- The Northeast Document Conservation Center, Inc. (NEDCC) received a two-year, $350,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. Through this funding, NEDCC will provide free preservation training, resources and assessments to ensure the long-term care of humanities collections. Specific deliverables include eight hands-on disaster preparedness workshops, eight general preservation...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $212,979 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Midwest Art Conservation Center, Inc. (MACC), a non-profit organization. This 2-year grant, awarded on March 1, 2024, will support the development of tools for remote risk assessment and emergency planning to improve the sustainability and resilience of public art collections nationwide. Specifically, the grant...
- The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) received a $349,400 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to continue and broaden the reach of CCAHA's Preservation Field Services programs over a two-year period from April 2024 to March 2026. The grant will fund a range of activities, including: providing NEH-subsidized preservation planning assessments to 16 small to mid-sized cultural...
- This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) program, provides $3,131,435 to support emergency relief and educational programming for humanities organizations recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. The awardee, National Writing Project, will administer approximately 50 subawards of $50,000 each to local, regional, and cross-regional cultural organizations between October 1, 2021 and September 30,...
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 collections care decision-making and enable cultural institutions to leverage 3D scanning and printing technologies to reduce the risk of damage to objects during treatment and exhibition preparation. The awardee, the Rochester Institute of Technology, has extensive experience supporting federal government research, development, and education initiatives across STEM fields.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $315.9k | 2/15/24 |