Project Grant SDR86024GR0071

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.022 Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants) supports training in the 3D documentation of cultural sites and the dissemination of authentic, community-centered cultural heritage narratives in Romania. The non-profit organization Cyark will use advanced technologies like LiDAR scanning, photogrammetry, and virtual/augmented reality to...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $105,736 project grant to Cyark under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022) to produce and disseminate three web-based interactive 3D experiences in conjunction with local partners in Ecuador and Peru. The project aims to foster greater protection of cultural heritage sites found along the Andean road system through developing the digital experiences. Work...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) provides $128,099 to Cornell University from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026 to develop a 3D virtual model of the Casa della Regina Carolina (CRC) archaeological site at Pompeii. The virtual model will investigate how people of different genders, ages, and physical conditions would have experienced the domestic space. The project builds on a joint Cornell...

This federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA #45.313), provides $142,419 to the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus to develop and deliver capacity-building workshops on digital collections management for memory workers (e.g., staff at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) across Puerto Rico. The key objectives are to strengthen a community of practice in the region and...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) awarded a $149,332 Project Grant to the University of Puerto Rico - Arecibo Campus for the "The Island Resilience Project: Cultural Heritage and Community Empowerment in Islote, Puerto Rico." This 2-year project, starting on March 1, 2024, aims to enhance the cultural and community resilience of the Islote, Puerto Rico community against climate change impacts through the...

This federal Project Grant award of $199,737 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) supports the research project "ARCHIVING PUERTO RICO: DIGITAL MEMORY AND THE TEMPORALITIES OF DISASTER." The project, led by Michigan State University, will explore the intersections of disaster studies, digital humanities, and lived experiences in Puerto Rico. The proposed volume incorporates contributions from the project team...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $290,750 Project Grant to Para La Naturaleza, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support the exhibition "Flora Borinqueniana: Three Centuries of Botanical Illustrations" from May 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023. The exhibition will fuse art, history, science, politics, education and culture to explore how the story of acquiring knowledge about Puerto Rico's natural surroundings informs the...

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $143,300 Cooperative Agreement under the Eastern Nevada Conservation, Recreation and Development Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.017) to CyArk and the Arborglyph Collaborative. The project will document and preserve the unique Basque arborglyphs, or intricate carvings etched into quaking aspen trees, in Lincoln County, Nevada. Through a four-phase approach, the awardees will use advanced 3D documentation technologies...

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) received a $458,007 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop the "My Mississippi: Virtual Visits and Shared Storytelling" program. Funded under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development CFDA program, MDAH will create a series of behind-the-scenes virtual tours for the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The...

The World Monuments Fund, Inc. received a $199,995 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of African Affairs on October 1, 2021 to complete the project by December 31, 2022. The project involves documentation, stabilization, and restoration planning for the Old Fourah Bay College building in Freetown, Sierra Leone. This award was made under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025), which aims to support the preservation of cultural heritage...