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Humanities Collections and Reference Resources

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

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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program. This program supports projects that provide an essential underpinning for scholarship, education, and public engagement in the humanities. It strengthens efforts to extend the reach of humanities collections and make their intellectual content widely accessible. Awards also support the creation of reference resources that facilitate the use of cultural materials, from works that provide basic information quickly to tools that synthesize and codify knowledge of a subject for in-depth investigation.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

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

Nonprofit

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

Education

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

Additional information

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Grantor contact information

Description

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

Email

preservation@neh.gov

preservation@neh.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
Humanities_Collections_and_Reference_Resources_notice_of_funding_opportunity_2023_20230718-PW.pdf
Notice of Funding Opportunity
Mar 21, 2023 05:30 PM UTC

Link to additional information

https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/humanities-collections-and-reference-resources

Closed: July 18, 2023

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$7,500,000

Program Funding

35

Expected awards

$1

Award Minimum

$350,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

20230718-PW

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:

March 21, 2023

Archive date:

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