Program objective

Preservation and Access grants ensure the long-term and wide availability of primary resources in the humanities by funding projects that promote preserving and providing intellectual access to resources held in libraries, museums, archives, historical organizations, and other collections that are important for research, education, and public programming in the humanities. The Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program supports the digitization and description of humanities collections to make their content widely accessible and the creation of reference resources to facilitate the use of cultural materials. The National Digital Newspaper Program supports a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers. The Cultural and Community Resilience program supports community-based efforts to mitigate climate change, safeguard cultural resources, and foster cultural resilience. Dynamic Language Infrastructure – Documenting Endangered Languages Senior Research Grants, a partnership between NEH and the National Science Foundation, supports the documentation of at-risk languages. Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized institutions improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. The Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections program supports environmentally sustainable preventive care measures that preserve collections, reduce energy consumption and costs, and strengthen resiliency to disasters. Preservation and Access Education and Training supports educational programs for professionals who preserve and provide access to humanities collections. The Research and Development program supports projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources.