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NEH: EXTENDING THE REACH OF THE HUMANITIES ACROSS AMERICA

One of the highest priorities of the National Endowment for the Humanities
is to make the power and inspiration of the humanities accessible to all
Americans. Extending the Reach is a special initiative to provide new
resources for creative teaching, scholarship, public programming, and
preservation efforts in the humanities by:

*       supporting humanities initiatives in selected U.S. states and
territories that have not received as much NEH support as others;
*       enhancing work in the humanities at Historically Black,
Hispanic-serving, and Tribal colleges and universities.

OUTREACH TO SELECTED STATES AND TERRITORIES

Nonprofit cultural and educational organizations in the following states and
Puerto Rico may apply for Extending the Reach grants in 2000 and 2001:

Alabama
Alaska
Florida
Idaho
Louisiana
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Puerto Rico
Texas
Washington
Wyoming

Organizations that have not recently received an NEH grant are especially
encouraged to apply to three new grant programs:

*Consultation Grants
        Support museums, libraries, historical organizations, community
associations, and film or radio producers in the early stages of developing
a project or institutional planning. Guidelines and application materials
are available here <http://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/er-consult.pdf>.
*Preservation Assistance Grants
        Help libraries, archives, museums and historical organizations
assess preservation needs and enhance their ability to care for their
humanities collections. Guidelines and application materials are available
here <http://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/er-presassist.pdf>.
Humanities Scholar-in-Residence Grants
        Offer middle and high schools an opportunity to collaborate with a
humanities scholar from a local college or university over the course of a
year. Guidelines and application materials are available here
<http://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/er-scholar.pdf>.

*Please note that Consultation and Preservation Assistance grants are
available to all nonprofit organizations in the United States.

GRANTS FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK, HISPANIC-SERVING, AND TRIBAL COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES

Extending the Reach grants are available to advance scholarship and
institutional development at Historically Black, Hispanic-serving and Tribal
colleges and universities:
Institutional Grants
        Enhance existing humanities programs, provide support for new
programs, or strengthen institutional resources for the humanities. For
application information, click here
http://www.neh.gov/grants/etr-institution.html>.
Faculty Research Grants
        Support individual or collaborative research projects. For
application information, click here
http://www.neh.gov/grants/etr-faculty.html>.

If you have trouble accessing guidelines or application information online,
please contact us and we will send you printed guidelines when they are
available (in late February):

Public Information Office
National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20506
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