### Funding Opportunity for

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Preservation and Access Education and Training

### Maximum award amount

### Expected output

### Period of performance

### Application available (anticipated)

February 20, 2025

### Next deadline (anticipated)

May 20, 2025

### Expected notification date

December 31, 2025

### Project start date

March 1, 2026

September 1, 2026

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            -                    About the Program                 
            -                    Application Instructions                 

This program supports projects that develop and implement educational programs for professionals who preserve and provide access to humanities collections. Such materials include but are not limited to paper-based, photographic, archaeological, ethnographic, artistic, audiovisual, digitized, and born-digital collections. Advancing long-term access to these materials for scholars, students, and the public requires skilled professionals from varied backgrounds and communities working in organizations large and small.

NEH makes awards in this program to organizations that offer national, regional, or statewide education and training programs for current or emerging professionals. Programs may be at any stage, from early curriculum development to advanced implementation, and projects may include partnerships with academic or non-academic institutions.

Project activities must support one or more of the following programmatic areas:
                            - field services, networks, or consortia that offer training and educational resources and services to professionals
                            - continuing education opportunities that provide professionals with extended or specialized training in new or current preservation and access topics
                            - student and early career programs focused on building skills in preservation and access for cultural heritage collections. Programs may occur at either academic or non-academic institutions

Topics and programs must be associated with the work of preserving and providing access to humanities collections, and topics may be introductory or advanced.

A new pre-recorded webinar with updated information discussing the Preservation and Access Education and Training program was posted  on March 14, 2024.

### Examples of Projects Funded by this Grant Program

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Regional Preservation Field Services Program

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Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants

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Advanced Imaging Skills for Humanities Collections Professionals

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#### Contact

Division of Preservation and Access

preservation@neh.gov

#### Program Statistics

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**Application Materials**

Notice of Funding Opportunity 2024 (PDF)

Grants.gov application package

**Program Resources**

List of recently funded grants in this program

**Sample Application Narratives**

Alaska Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums, Preparing Alaska Cultural Organizations for Emergencies

Midwest Art Conservation Center, Regional Preservation Field Services Program

Northern Illinois University, Digital POWRR Professional Development Institute for Digital Preservation

Rochester Institute of Technology, Training Sustainable Environmental Management Team for Cultural Institutions

University of California, Los Angeles, Community Collaboration and Cultural Heritage Conservation Project

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Preservation Training Initiative

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#### Contact

Division of Preservation and Access

preservation@neh.gov