[SOA] Funding Opportunities - Grant Reminder from NEDCC

[Julie Martin]

FUNDING Opportunity Reminder from NEDCC
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NEDCC maintains a list of funding sources for preservation, conservation, digitization, and audio preservation projects. Convenient to browse, the pages highlight grant deadlines, award amounts, and eligible activities for each grant, and include direct links to each funder for more information.  Watch for upcoming deadlines and plan ahead for future projects here: www.nedcc.org/fund  

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NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grants (HCRR)
DEADLINE: July 16, 2019
GRANT AMOUNTS: Up to $350,000 for Implementation Grants; $50,000 for Foundation Grants  ---  
ELIGIBLE GRANT ACTIVITIES: Planning, Assessments, Digitization, Rehousing, Conservation treatment leading to enhanced access

LEARN MORE: https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/humanities-collections-and-reference-resources 

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Community-based Archives Grants
DEADLINE: July 1, 2019
GRANT AMOUNTS: From $25,000 to $100,000 for up to two year projects  ---  
ELIGIBLE GRANT ACTIVITIES: Operational support for the organization, including general support for staff, space, and utilities;  Collections care, including storage, cataloging, description, and preservation;  Programming and outreach activities, including collecting new materials, and exhibitions, publications, or other uses of the collections.  NOTE:  The following activities are eligible in the preservation category: Preservation Training; Assessments, Conservation Treatment; Digitization.

LEARN MORE: https://mellon.org/programs/scholarly-communications/call-for-proposals-community-based-archives/ 
 
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LEARN MORE ABOUT NEDCC'S TRAINING PROGRAMS:
- Preservation Training: Workshops, Webinars, and On-Demand Programming, www.nedcc.org/prestr  
- DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections - Aug 19-20, Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas City Metro area -- Early-bird discount until May31 -- www.nedcc.org/dd19   

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NEDCC | Northeast Document Conservation Center  ---  Preserving Cultural Heritage Collections Nationwide