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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
45.149: Promotion of the Humanities: Division of Preservation
and Access
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| PROGRAM AND AWARD | FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO. |
| APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS | INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| RELATED PROGRAMS | ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS |
| PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS | POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS |
Applicant Eligibility: U.S. citizens and residents; State and local governments; sponsored organizations; public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations; other public institutions/organizations; Federally recognized Indian tribal governments; Native American organizations; U.S. Territories; non-government-general; minority organizations; and other specialized groups; quasi-public nonprofit institutions.
Beneficiary Eligibility: U.S. citizens and residents; State and local governments; sponsored organizations; public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations; other public institutions/organizations; Federally recognized Indian tribal governments; Native American organizations; U.S. Territories; non-government-general; minority organizations; and other specialized groups; quasi-public nonprofit institutions.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. OMB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions and OMB Circular No. A-122 for commercial and nonprofit organizations.
Preapplication Coordination: After receiving program guidelines, potential applicants should submit brief descriptions of proposed projects prior to formal application to determine eligibility. Phone and e-mail inquiries are encouraged. The standard application forms as furnished by the Federal agency and required by OMB Circular No. A-102 must be used for this program. Guidelines for the program will be sent upon request. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: Direct application to Division of Preservation and Access, Room 411. NEH application instructions provided upon receipt of initial inquiry outlining eligible project. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110.
Award Procedure: Applications are evaluated by scholars in the humanities, museum curators, professionals with expert knowledge of preservation and access methodologies and administrators of libraries, archives, and museums. Awards are made by the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities after recommendation by the National Council on the Humanities.
Deadlines: July 1. Write to Division of Preservation and Access for specific information.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: About nine months.
Appeals: None, but applicant may reapply with a revised proposal.
Renewals: Renewal grants are processed and awarded in competition with and in the same manner as new applications.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: The criteria used to determine funding priorities include the national significance and potential impact of the project, either for creating, preserving, and establishing intellectual access to important humanities resources or for improving the infrastructure for preservation and access activities in the country's cultural institutions; the soundness of the project's methodology, including its adherence to accepted professional and technical standards or practice; the viability, efficiency, and productivity of the project's plan of work; the professional training and experience of the project's staff in relation to the activity for which support is requested; and the appropriateness of the project's budget.
Examples of Funded Projects: (1) An award to support a consortial project involving universities in ten states to preserve on microfilm the intellectual content of 8,000 embrittled volumes that document American agricultural history and rural life between 1820 and 1945; (2) an award to a state library to catalog 1,000 newspaper titles and preserve the content of 8,000 pages of deteriorating newsprint; (3) an award to a conservation center to train conservators in techniques of preserving material culture collections; (4) an award to a regional bibliographic center to provide preservation field services to member institutions in 11 states; (5) an award to a university to compile a regional encyclopedia; (6) an award to a university to support the development of standards and best practices for encoding metadata that will facilitate the retrieval of manuscripts and archival documents via the internet; (7) an award to a university museum to support the rehousing of the museum's anthropological collections; (8) an award to a research library to arrange, describe, and warehouse collections documenting African American theatre arts from the 1930s to the present.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: From $28,472 to $939,900; $281,400.
In fiscal year 1999, 187 applications were received and 60 grants were made. In fiscal year 2000, 206 applications were received and 72 grants are anticipated to be made. In fiscal year 2001, 680 applications are anticipated and 197 grants are anticipated.
Federal Agency: NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Type of Assistance: Project Grants.
Obligations: (Grants) FY 99 $18,000,000; FY 00 est $18,328,000; and FY 01 est $23,400,000.
Budget Account Number: 59-0200-0-1-503.
Authorization: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, Public Law 89-209, 20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: 45 CFR 1100 and 1105. Applications and guidelines as well as a publication entitled "Overview of Endowment Programs" are available upon request by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, is the Endowment's official publication, "Humanities" (six issues annually, $18.00 domestic, $22.50 foreign).
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Division of Preservation and Access, National Endowment for the Humanities, Room 411, Washington, DC 20506. Phone: (202) 606-8570. Use the same number for FTS. FAX (202) 606-8639. E-mail: PRESERVATION@NEH.GOV.
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: Cost-sharing at 33 percent for brittle books and other consortial projects; 50 percent for projects involving the preservation of, or access to archives and other special collections; 50 percent for National Heritage Preservation Program projects (stabilization of material culture collections); and 20 percent for projects for education and training, regional field service programs, research and demonstration projects. Projects to produce bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other research tools and reference works require 33 percent cost-sharing.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Up to 36 months, with the exception of the National Heritage Preservation Program Grants, which may encompass up to 5 years. Funds must be expended during the grant period. Funds are released as required.
Uses and Use Restrictions: Grants support: a coordinated, national program for the preservation of brittle books and serials in college and university libraries; the bibliographic control of printed works; the arrangement, description and preservation of archival collections, still and moving images, and recorded sound collections; archival surveys; the documentation of collections of art and material culture; projects to produce bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other research tools, and reference works; professional training in preservation administration and in the care of material culture collections; the stabilization of material culture collections; the work of regional preservation services; research to improve preservation technology and procedures; projects designed to increase public understanding of preservation and access issues; and a national program for the cataloging and preservation of U.S. newspapers on a State-by-State basis. Expenses may include salaries and wages, consultant and other contract services, supplies and limited equipment purchases, travel, and per diem.
Reports: Progress reports are required semiannually or annually. Cash reports are required quarterly. Final progress and expenditures reports are due within 90 days after completion or termination of project support by NEH.
Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that receive financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. For nongovernmental recipients, audits are to be carried out in accordance with the provisions set forth in OMB Circular No. A-110, "Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations Uniform Administrative Requirements" and with OMB Circular No. A-133. In addition, grants are subject to inspection and audits by NEH and other Federal officials.
Records: Documentation of expenditures and other fiscal records must be retained for 3 years following the submission of the final expenditure report.
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