The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Cultural and Community Resilience program.
Donor Name: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $150,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The Cultural and Community Resilience program supports community-based efforts to mitigate climate change and COVID-19 pandemic impacts, safeguard cultural resources, and foster cultural resilience through identifying, documenting, and/or collecting cultural heritage and community experience. The program prioritizes projects from disadvantaged communities in the United States or its jurisdictions, and NEH encourages applications that employ inclusive methodologies.
The CCR program contributes to the continuity of cultural heritage and its availability for future generations by supporting community-based projects that empower people to define, collect, and use cultural and historical resources. In addition, the CCR program recognizes the importance of documenting contemporary experiences with climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic and of deepening our understanding of their social, economic, and emotional impact on individuals and communities. NEH welcomes applications at all stages of project development from planning through implementation, especially those that employ inclusive methodologies, such as participatory archiving, oral history, rapid response collecting, shared stewardship arrangements, and community-centered access. NEH also encourages you to leverage open access online resources and use Creative Commons licenses, when possible and as appropriate. The CCR program supports activities such as:
- identifying and capturing cultural and historical resources, including through digital means, in communities potentially endangered by climate events, such as wildfires, drought, hurricanes, or rising sea levels;
- safeguarding cultural resources to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic;
- collecting oral histories from individuals impacted by extreme weather events or the COVID-19 pandemic, including survivors and first responders;
- documenting traditional knowledge, memories of elders, practices, or technologies;
- engaging in collaborative planning efforts to prepare communities for rapid response collecting; and
- applying insights from cultural heritage identification and documentation projects to inform local and regional community resilience strategies
Funding Information
Maximum award amount $150,000
Period of Performance
Projects must start between October 1, 2023, and September 1, 2024.
Criteria
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
- County governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.