National Endowment for the Humanities: Collections Stewardship
National Endowment For The Humanities
To preserve and provide access to humanities collections and resources for research, teaching, and public engagement.
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Helps organizations preserve and share important humanities collections through conservation, digitization, and training. Supports projects that enhance access to these resources for research and public engagement.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Funding for projects aimed at preserving and making available physical and digital humanities collections for research, teaching, and public engagement.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: humanities, cultural heritage, education, museums, libraries, archives
Region: United States
Other Criteria: organizations managing physical or digital humanities collections, projects focused on preservation or access to humanities collections vital for research, teaching, or public engagement
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Use guidelines and Grants.gov package to prepare materials for submission.
- Submit application package to Grants.gov by deadline.
- NEH assembles peer review panel.
- NEH staff recommends applications for funding based on peer review evaluations.
- National Council on the Humanities reviews recommended applications.
- NEH chair makes final funding decisions based on recommendations.
- Applicants are notified whether their projects will be funded.
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.grants.gov/
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- Indirect cost rate agreement
- 📎Optional Documents
- IRB approval letter
- Environmental review
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- 📥Templates Available
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- Letters of support/reference are recommended but not required.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- costs to preserve and make available physical and digital collections
- costs for research, teaching, and public engagement in the humanities
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 1:4
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind contributions
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Cumulative government assistance is not allowed.
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation of new donations from non-federal sources is required.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- SF-425 Federal Financial Report
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards.
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required.
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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