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Grant Opportunities

Listed are our current grant categories. If the deadline has passed, the announcement is being revised and will appear at least 90 days before the new deadline.

• Documenting Democracy: Access to Historical Records
  
  The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals that promote the preservation and use of the nation's most valuable archival resources. Projects should expand our understanding of the American past by facilitating and enhancing access to primary source materials.

  • Final Deadline:   October 4, 2012
• Digitizing Historical Records
  The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals that use cost-effective methods to digitize nationally significant historical record collections and make the digital versions freely available online. Projects must make use of existing holdings of historical repositories and consist of entire collections or series. The materials should already be available to the public at the archives and described so that projects can re-use existing information to serve as metadata for the digitized collection.

  • Final Deadline:   June 7, 2012
• Electronic Records Projects
  The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals that will increase the capacity of archivists and archival repositories to create electronic records archives that preserve records of enduring historical value.

  • Final Deadline:   June 7, 2012
• Innovation in Archives and Documentary Editing
  The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks projects that are exploring innovative methods to improve the preservation, public discovery, or use of historical records.

  • Final Deadline:   October 4, 2012
• Publishing Historical Records
  
  The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish historical records of national significance.

  Two annual competitions:

  Colonial and Early National Period

  • Final Deadline:   June 7, 2012

  New Republic through the Modern Era

  • Final Deadline:   October 4, 2012
• State and National Archival Partnership Grants
  The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to strengthen archives and historical records programs in each of the states and build a national archival network.

  • Final Deadline:   September 6, 2012

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