Project Grant SAG10023GR0034

This $246,320 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) will fund the "Illuminating the Past: A Summer Institute on Multispectral Imaging and Cultural Heritage Preservation" initiative. This transformative program is designed to cultivate the next generation of experts in digital humanities, focusing on cultural heritage recovery through advanced imaging technologies. The initiative...

This $350,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports the SAADA Summer Fellowship in Community Archiving program. The two-year project, starting on September 1, 2024, will provide master's-level students with training in community archival practices and digital preservation focused on preserving South Asian American cultural heritage materials. Fellows will learn skills such as...

Myriad Consulting & Training Inc. was awarded a $347,587 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program. Under this funding, Myriad will develop and deliver a hybrid remote/in-person training program to six regions of the U.S. The program will provide workshops and community events focused on preserving born-digital creative works for smaller cultural institutions and independent creators. As...

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...

This federal Project Grant award of $349,423.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) in expanding its "Circle of Care for Audiovisual Collections in Tribal Archives" initiative. The project aims to train tribal archivists and librarians in assessing, inventorying, digitizing, and managing audiovisual collections. Key activities include onsite workshops...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program, will support the Turath: Arabian Peninsula Digital Archive project. Turath aims to curate an open-source digital archive of historical records, periodicals, photographs, audio/video related to the Arabian Peninsula from the last two centuries. The project will collect and digitize local sources to build tools improving readability and...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will provide $349,357.00 to the University of Arizona to deliver tailored education and training for diverse groups of undergraduate and postgraduate students working within museum fields. The project will offer two educational streams: an introduction to curatorial methods for undergraduate students, and internship and mentoring...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $245,880 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program (CFDA 45.169) to Columbia University's History Lab. The grant will fund the development and delivery of training workshops for archivists and historians on open-source tools and workflows for archiving, aggregating, and exploring large collections of digitized and born-digital records. The workshops will include hands-on training, expert...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Northern Illinois University $348,900 under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) from March 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The project grant funding will support the Digital POWRR Professional Development Institutes for Digital Preservation. Over the course of five 2.5-day events serving 30 practitioners each, a total of 150 librarians, archivists, and museum professionals will receive new...

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...