[SOA] NHPRC Innovation in Archives and Documentary Editing Grants -- draft deadline approaching

[Carleton, Janet]

From: Lucy Barber [mailto:lucy.barber at nara.gov]
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 5:02 PM
To: SAA Metadata & Digital Object Roundtable Discussion List
Subject: [metadata] NHPRC Innovation in Archives and Documentary Editing Grants -- draft deadline approaching


 I want to remind archivists, digital humanist, documentary editors, and other people interested in those fields that the NHPRC will be accepting final grant application in the Innovation in Archives and Documentary Editing Grant category (maximum award $150,000, http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/innovation.html) on October 3, 2013.  However, I highly encourage the submission of drafts or scheduling of conversations about ideas, preferably by August 1, but I will have availability at other times in August.
An Overview:

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks projects that are exploring innovative methods to improve the preservation, public discovery, or use of historical records. Projects may also focus on techniques and tools that will improve the professional performance and effectiveness of those who work with such records, such as archivists, documentary editors, and records managers. Projects must anticipate results that will affect more than a single institution or a single state.

Projects may focus on methods of working with records in any format, including born-digital records. Projects designed to publish historical records must focus on innovative methods of presenting archival records as primary sources. The Commission does not fund projects focused on artifacts or books. For a comprehensive list of the Commission's limitations on funding, please see What We Do and Do Not Fund<http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/apply/eligibility.html> (http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/apply/eligibility.html). Applications that consist entirely of ineligible activities will not be considered.

Applications will need to address the problem being addressed, the likely audiences for the solution, partners to test the solutions, and quantifiable performance metrics.

Recent awards:
Simmons College
Boston, MA                                                      $102,602
To support a three-year project to develop training for municipal and county clerks in preserving the archival records under their care.  This project will develop both in-person and on-line training for clerks and test it in Massachusetts with the cooperation of the Massachusetts State Archives and Board of Library Commissioners, and the Massachusetts Town and City Clerks Associations.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA                                                     $136,410
To support a two-year project to develop automated tools to help archivists process and appraise emails donated to special collections. Stanford also will develop related tools to enable researchers to discover information in email collections and for repositories to deliver that information.
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA                                           $144,000
To support a digital-only documentary edition of the George Washington Financial Papers, focusing on his voluminous financial records, applying the tools and methods as well to the financial ledgers of Gouvernor Morris.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA                                                               $128,956
To support a two-year project to create new tools for annotating digital images so that users can discover and research them more effectively.
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Lucy Barber
Deputy Executive Director
National Historical Publications & Records Commission, National Archives
700 Pennsylvania Ave, Room 114
Washington, DC 20408
202-357-5306   FAX 202-357-5914
www.archives.gov/nhprc<http://www.archives.gov/nhprc>




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