Just want to alert U.S. nonprofit museums, libraries, and archives about
new guidelines and some changes for the Sustaining Cultural Heritage
Collections grant program, offered by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.  Grants will be available to plan and implement preventive
conservation projects in ways that are cost effective, energy efficient,
and environmentally sensitive and that aim to mitigate greatest risks
rather than to meet prescriptive targets. Preventive conservation
measures may encompass managing relative humidity, temperature, light
and pollutants in collection spaces; providing protective storage
enclosures and systems for collections; and safeguarding collections
from theft and from natural and man-made disasters.

Planning grants of up to $40,000 and implementation grants of up to
$350,000 will be available.

NEW THIS YEAR:  To enhance the outcomes of planning grants and to
encourage incremental improvements in the care of collections,
applicants for planning projects may request up to an additional $10,000
to carry out one or more recommendations made by the interdisciplinary
planning team during the course of the project. Such work could help
demonstrate the benefits of sustainable preservation strategies or lead
to new information or changes in conditions that would influence "next
steps." For such planning projects, the maximum award would be $50,000.

The deadline will be December 1, 2011. The new guidelines should be
posted by mid-September and will contain a more detailed description of
planning projects and the range of activities that are eligible for
support.  We will send out a second announcement when the guidelines are
posted. Please feel free to contact the division for more information by
emailing [log in to unmask] or calling 202-606-8570. 

Laura Word
Senior Program Officer
Division of Preservation and Access
National Endowment for the Humanities
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