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National Digital Newspaper Program

Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities

Assistance Listings
  • 45.149 -- Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Important dates

  • Closed: January 15, 2020

Award details

  • Expected project funding: $2,500,000
  • Expected awards: 13

Award min.

$1

Award max.

$325,000

  • Funding opportunity number:20200115-PJ
  • Cost sharing or matching requirement:No
  • Funding instrument type:
    • Cooperative agreement
  • Opportunity Category:Discretionary
  • Opportunity Category Explanation:Not specified
  • Category of Funding Activity:
    • Humanities
  • Category Explanation:Not specified

History

  • Posted date: November 20, 2019
  • Archive date: Not specified
  • Version: 2

View version history on Grants.gov

Summary

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the National Digital Newspaper Program. The purpose of this program is to create a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1690 and 1963, from all the states and U.S. territories. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress (LC) and will be freely accessible online.

Eligibility

Government

  • City or township governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • State governments
  • Special district governments
  • County governments

Education

  • Public and state institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education

Nonprofit

  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Additional information on eligibility

Not specified

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Agency contact information

Email: preservation@neh.gov

preservation@neh.gov

Division of Preservation and Access National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8570 preservation@neh.gov

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