2007 SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES GRANT DEADLINE ANNOUNCED: April 26, 2007
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ENCOURAGED for Save America's Treasures grants
for fiscal year 2007. Grants for conservation and preservation projects
will be awarded on a competitive basis.
NEDCC urges you to take advantage of this opportunity to preserve
collections of national significance.
WHAT IS FUNDED: Conservation treatment and preservation of nationally
significant intellectual and cultural collections. This includes documents,
photographs, books, and works of art on paper.
AWARD LEVELS: $25,000 to $700,000 on a 1:1 matching basis.
SELECTION CRITERIA: Collections must be of national significance, i.e.,
those that are associated with the broad patterns of United State history;
or are associated with the lives of persons who have national significance
in U.S. history; or that represent great historic, cultural, artistic, or
scholarly ideas of the American people. See guidelines.
HOW CAN THE NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER (NEDCC) HELP?
NEDCC can generate estimates and help with descriptions of the conditions of
collections.
To discuss a grant project, contact Walter Newman at NEDCC,
[log in to unmask]; 978-470-1010 (phone); or 978-475-6021 (fax).
GRANTS ARE ADMINISTERED BY the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership
with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Endowment
for the Arts (NEA), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
APPLICATIONS AND GUIDELINES ARE AVAILABLE AT:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/treasures/index.htm
Please discuss your project idea with the staff of one of the partner
agencies:
* NEH: www.neh.gov, phone: 202-606-8249, [log in to unmask]
* NEA: www.arts.gov, phone: 202-682-5457, [log in to unmask]
* IMLS: www.imls.gov, phone: 202-606-4641, [log in to unmask]
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NEDCC AND ITS SERVICES, VISIT: www.nedcc.org
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