NEH Preservation Assistance Grants: deadline 1/31/2019

LYRASIS Free webinar: NEH Preservation Assistance Grants

January 8^th, 2019

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

Join us for an overview of National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grants, including eligible activities, the application process, the review process, and more. Preservation Assistance Grants guidelines are available at https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-assistance-grants-smaller-institutions

Senior Program Officer Mary Downs will provide information and answers to your questions.

We’ll talk about what’s new in 2019 including:

New Deadline: January 31, 2019

New Maximum Award Amounts: Up to $10,000 for grants to improve general preservation practices. Institutions in federally declared disaster areas can also use funds for conservation treatment, disaster planning, and recovery and mitigation activities. The $10,000 level also includes the hiring of consultants to undertake preservation assessments and offer education and training, who may be accompanied by an advanced preservation graduate student or recent graduate of a preservation program.

Up to $15,000 for grants to support activities related to American history collections that may be a part of the United States 250th anniversary coming up in 2026.

Register at https://www.lyrasis.org/Content/Pages/Event-Details.aspx?Eid=CD14AF96-85FD-E811-80F1-00155DF5E41E

A link to a recording of the webinar will be sent to all registrants, so even if you can’t make it on 1/8, sign up to receive a link to access the recording.