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(Apologies for cross-posting) NEH Grant Opportunity - Preservation and Access Research and Development The National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access will be accepting applications for grants in its Research and Development program. The revised 2012 guidelines, which include new sample proposal narratives, can be found at: http://neh.gov/grants/guidelines/PARD.html. Please note the deadline for submission: May 16, 2012 for projects beginning January 2013. Grants in this program support projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. These challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance to the nation's cultural heritage-from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog recordings and digital assets subject to technological obsolescence-and to develop advanced modes of searching, discovering, and using such materials. Maximum awards are $350,000 for up to three years. Applications addressing one of the following three areas of special interest are eligible for a maximum award of $400,000 for up to three years: * Digital Preservation: how to preserve digital humanities materials, including born-digital materials; * Recorded Sound and Moving Image Collections: how to preserve and increase access to the record of the twentieth century contained in these formats; and * Preventive Conservation: how to protect and slow the deterioration of humanities collections through the use of sustainable preservation strategies. Eligible activities for Research and Development projects include: * the development of technical standards, best practices, and tools for preserving and creating access to humanities collections; * the exploration of more effective scientific and technical methods of preserving humanities collections; * the development of automated procedures and computational tools to integrate, analyze, and repurpose humanities data in disparate online resources; and * the investigation and testing of new ways of providing digital access to humanities materials that are not easily digitized using current methods. All applications to NEH must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov; see guidelines for details. Prospective applicants seeking further information are encouraged to contact the Division at 202-606-8570 or [log in to unmask] Program staff will read draft proposals submitted electronically up to six weeks before the deadline. Please note that the Division is also accepting applications this summer for two other grant programs: Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions (May 1, 2012 deadline) and Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (July 19, 2012 deadline). Details of these programs, as well as the full slate of funding opportunities in Preservation and Access, can be found at: http://www.neh.gov/grants/grantsbydivision.html#preservation To receive grant program updates and other Preservation and Access-related news, please follow us on Twitter: @NEH_PresAccess. ________________________________________________________________________ ________ The National Endowment for the Humanities is a grant-making agency of the United States (U.S.) federal government that supports projects in the humanities. U.S. nonprofit associations, institutions, and organizations are eligible applicants. NEH's Division of Preservation and Access supports projects that will create, preserve, and make available cultural resources of importance for research, education, and lifelong learning. To learn more about NEH, please visit www.neh.gov <file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\jsternfeld\Local%20Settings\Tempo rary%20Internet%20Files\OLKC64\www.neh.gov> . ############################ To unsubscribe from the NDSA-ALL list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA-ALL&A=1