Conservation Project Support Grants:

New Conservation Grant Funding Available from IMLS

 

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) can help your institution apply for a new conservation grant available from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for your paper-based collections.

 

Conservation Project Support Grants will be awarded in amounts up to $150,000 with a 1:1 institutional match for the total project request.  Your organization can apply for funding for conservation projects that identify conservation needs and priorities, and to perform conservation and preservation activities to ensure the safekeeping of your collections.  The primary goal of the project should be conservation care, and not collection management or maintenance.

 

Applicable conservation projects that CCAHA can provide include:

·        Conservation treatment of paper-based and photographic collections materials.

·        Collection-level or item-level conservation surveys.

·        Rebinding and repair of historically significant books.

·        Training of staff.

·        Assistance in purchasing appropriate environmental monitoring equipment.

 

Applications must be submitted by October 1, 2009.  The official IMLS guidelines can be found at: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/conservProject.shtm

 

Because the applications must be submitted through www.grants.gov, any interested organization that has not registered with www.grants.gov  should allow at least two weeks to complete the multi-step registration process.  For specific questions regarding eligibility and the IMLS application process, contact Christine Henry, Senior Program Officer, IMLS, at 202-653-4674, or Mark Feitl, Program Specialist, IMLS, at 202-653-4635.

 

Whenever possible, CCAHA offers free grant application support for paper-based collections, including project planning and grant review, as well as letters of support/commitment for planned surveys and treatment.  Contact Lee Price, Director of Development, CCAHA, at 215-545-0613 or [log in to unmask] for guidance. 

 

CCAHA specializes in the conservation treatment of photographic materials and works of art and artifacts on paper, such as drawings, prints, maps, posters, historic wallpaper, rare books, scrapbooks and manuscripts, as well as related materials such as parchment and papyrus.

 

 

Kim Andrews

Preservation Services Officer

CONSERVATION CENTER for Art and Historic Artifacts

264 S. 23rd Street

Philadelphia, PA  19103

215-545-0613 (phone)

215-735-9313 (fax)

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