Deadline is Friday, May 22, 2009 (in-hand deadline, not postmark)
SAVE AMERICA’S TREASURES grants are available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and nationally significant historic structures and sites. 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).
ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: 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 States 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 at:
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/ProgramDetails.htm
NOTE: NEW APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS POSTED AS OF MARCH 26, 2009 DO NOT SUBMIT THROUGH GRANTS.GOV
Grants.gov continues to experience problems. Therefore, 2009 SAT applications will NOT be accepted through www.Grants.gov. For more information on the new application procedures, go to:
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/application.htm
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HOW CAN THE NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER HELP?
NEDCC can generate estimates and help with descriptions of conditions of
your collections. To discuss a grant project, contact Walter Newman at
NEDCC, wnewman@nedcc.org; 978-470-1010, ext. 228, or Angelina
Altobellis, aaltobellis@nedcc.org, 978-470-1010, ext. 244.
NEDCC URGES YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO PRESERVE COLLECTIONS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
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PLEASE DISCUSS YOUR COLLECTIONS PROJECT IDEA
WITH THE STAFF OF ONE OF THE SAT PARTNER AGENCIES:
National Endowment for the Arts, Michael McLaughlin, 202-682-5457,
mclaughm@arts.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities, Laura Word, 202-606-8570,
lword@neh.gov
Institute of Museum and Library Services, Christine Henry, 202-653-4674,
chenry@imls.gov