NEH is offering grants for institutions to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), creating a searchable database of historically significant newspapers from 1836 to 1922. The database will be housed at the Library of Congress and freely accessible online. Organizations in each U.S. state or territory will collaborate to digitize and contribute newspaper pages. Projects will select English newspapers published between 1860 and 1922 to convert approximately 100,000 pages into digital files over two years. Previously funded projects are eligible for continued support. Closing date for proposals is November 4, 2008.
Opportunity ID: 42655
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 20081104-PJ |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | National Digital Newspaper Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.149 — Promotion of the Humanities_Division of Preservation and Access |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 20, 2008 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 04, 2008 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 04, 2008 |
| Archive Date: | Dec 04, 2008 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $400,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | City or township governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education State governments Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Private institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Description: | NEH is soliciting proposals from institutions to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Ultimately, over a period of approximately 20 years, NDNP will create a national, digital resource of historically significant newspapers from all the states and U.S. territories published between 1836 and 1922. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress (LC) and be freely accessible via the Internet. [See the beta prototype Web site, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers at http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/.] An accompanying national newspaper directory of bibliographic and holdings information on the Web site will direct users to newspaper titles available in all types of formats. LC will also digitize and contribute to the NDNP database a significant number of newspaper pages drawn from its own collections during the course of this partnership between NEH and the Library. The NDNP will be implemented in several phases. The Endowment intends to support projects in all states and U.S. territories provided that sufficient funds allocated for this purpose are available. One organization within each U.S. state or territory will receive an award to collaborate with relevant state partners in this efofrt. Previously funded projects will be eligible for continued support to digitize pages from new decades, as the program increases its chronological span. During this phase of NDNP, successful applicants will select newspaperspublished in their state in English between 1860 and 1922and convert, primarily from microfilm, over a period of two years, approximately 100,000 pages into digital files, according to the technical guidelines (66-page PDF) outlined by the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/ndnp/pdf/NDNP_200811TechNotes.pdf |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/ndnp.html |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
National Digital Newspaper Program
Division of Preservation and Access Room 411 National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8570 Email:preservation@neh.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | National Digital Newspaper Program Division of Preservation and Access Room 411 National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8570 Email: preservation@neh.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.149 | PKG00008124 | Aug 20, 2008 | Nov 04, 2008 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
42655 SF424_Short-1.0.pdf
42655 SupplementaryCoverSheetforNEHGrantPrograms-1.0.pdf
42655 Attachments-1.0.pdf
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