Matching grants to stimulate public-private
investment in cultural institutions
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 8, 2018) — The National Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH) will offer a second round of its new Infrastructure and
Capacity Building Challenge Grants, with an application deadline of August 1.
NEH announced the new grant
program, designed to create and sustain humanities infrastructure, in January. Under this program, cultural
institutions such as museums, libraries, archives, colleges and universities,
scholarly associations, and historic sites are eligible to receive up to $500,000
for projects that build institutional capacity or infrastructure for long-term
sustainability.
These challenge grants, which
require a match of nonfederal funds, may be used toward capital expenditures
such as construction and renovation projects, purchase of equipment and
software, sharing of humanities collections between institutions, documentation
of lost or imperiled cultural heritage, sustaining digital scholarly
infrastructure, and preservation and conservation of humanities collections.
NEH’s first Infrastructure and
Capacity Building Challenge Grant awards will be announced in August. However,
in response to marked demand for infrastructure support, the agency will offer
the program for a second time in 2018. Updated application guidelines will be posted online this
month.
“For decades, NEH has played a
vital role in helping build the humanities infrastructure of the United States,”
said NEH Senior Deputy Chairman Jon Parrish Peede. “These new grants expand
that role by leveraging federal dollars to spur increased private investment in
our nation’s libraries, museums, and cultural centers to ensure the long-term
health and growth of these institutions. The result will be greater access to
historical, cultural, and educational resources for all Americans.”
The grant program includes a
special encouragement to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal
Colleges and Universities, and two-year colleges.
The
application deadline for the second round of NEH Infrastructure and
Capacity Building Challenge Grants is August 1, 2018. Please direct
questions about grant proposals to challenge@neh.gov or
202-606-8309.
National Endowment for the Humanities: Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at: www.neh.gov.
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