Thanks to Molly Hardy!!
Are you looking to fund your digitization projects? #OIDigiColl is opening today with a super helpful survey of grant possibilities. I’ll summarize them here:
National Historical Publications & Records Commission offers up to $100,000 for 1-2 years.
It supports projects that promote access to America's historical records to encourage understanding of our democracy, history, and culture. https://t.co/nDp3N7YRjZ
The IMLS Native American Library Services: Enhancement Grants offers $10,000 to $150,000 for up to two years of work.
It supports digital services and programs related to infrastructure, platforms, and technology for federally recognized tribes. https://t.co/W1bHjT2pKO
CLIR hidden collection grants fund up to $250,000 for up to two years.
The program supports digitizing rare and unique content in collecting institutions. https://t.co/UqwCu3UZHt
Collections as Data (phase 2, proposals due Oct 2019) offers $50,000 to support (1) computational use of collections as data (2) and models that support collections as data creation. https://t.co/D3of6cIWyZ
The British Library Endangered Archives Programme offers up to £60,000 to facilitate the digitisation of archives around the world that are in danger of destruction, neglect or physical deterioration. https://t.co/J3aqXG1Hhe
The NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program provides up to $350,000 to support efforts to extend the life of cultural heritage materials and make their intellectual content widely accessible, often through the use of digital technology.https://t.co/qDu4Lak5Kd
Finally, it wasn't mentioned today, but @NEH_ODH Digital Humanities Advancement Grants offer up to $325,000 to support experimental projects in all stages that are exploring the creative & intellectual work that's possible as collections get digitized. https://t.co/f0Ub6FsQdN
Oops! There's more.
The OI-Mount Vernon fellowships for digital collections in the American Founding era offers up to $5,000 to a holding library in collab with a scholar to digitize materials related to the American Founding era.https://t.co/bhGlqvKzsB
The OI Lapidus Initiative Digital Fellowships for Digital Collections offers up to $5000 to a library in collab with a scholar to digitize a collection or partial collection of materials related to early America.
This can include non-US projects.https://t.co/QPSuUc7P8C