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Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions

Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities

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

Last Updated: January 24, 2025

Description

The Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions help small and mid-sized institutions improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. The program encourages applications from small and mid-sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Education

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

Government

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

Nonprofit

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

Additional information

See C. Eligibility in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.

Grantor contact information

Description

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Email

preservation@neh.gov

preservation@neh.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available here

Link to additional information

https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-assistance-grants-smaller-institutions

Forecasted

Estimated Post Date:

October 8, 2025

Estimated Application Due Date:

January 8, 2026

Estimated Due Date Description:

Not available

Estimated Award Date:

August 31, 2026

Estimated Project Start Date:

September 1, 2026

Fiscal Year:

2026

Application process

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Award

$550,000

Program Funding

55

Expected awards

$1

Award Floor

$15,000

Award Ceiling

Funding opportunity number:

20260109-PG

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Humanities

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Posted date:

January 24, 2025

Archive date:

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