NARA releases PEHR grant announcement
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31096 |
| Date | 04 June 2020 |
| Published date | 04 June 2020 |
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NARA releases PEHR
grant announcement
The National Historical Publications and Records
Commission (NHRP) recently released the Public
Engagement with Historical Records (PEHR)
announcement to encourage public engagement
with historical records, including the development
of new tools that enable people to engage online.
According to the announcement, collaborations
between archivists, documentary editors, historians,
educators, and/or community-based individuals
that create models and technologies that other
institutions can freely adopt are more likely to
create a competitive proposal. Projects that focus
on innovative methods to introduce primary source
materials and how to use them in multiple locations
also are also encouraged, NHRP said.
Successful projects might create and develop
programs to engage people in the study and use of
historical records for institutional, educational, or
personal reasons. For example, NHRP said appli-
cants can:
• Enlist volunteer “citizen archivists” in projects
to accelerate access to historical records, especially
those online. This may include, but is not limited
to, efforts to identify, tag, transcribe, annotate, or
otherwise enhance digitized historical records.
• Develop educational programs for K-12
students, undergraduate classes, or community
members that encourage them to engage with
historical records already in repositories or that are
collected as part of the project.
• Collect primary source material from people
through public gatherings and sponsor discussions
or websites about the results.
• Use historical records in workshops for artistic
endeavors. This could include K-12 students,
undergraduate classes, or community members.
• Develop technologies that encourage the
sharing of information about historical records.
A total of $400,000 total will be made available for
up to ve awards ranging from $50,000 to $150,000.
The deadline to submit a proposal is Oct. 8, 2020.
To learn more, visit www.grants.gov and search
FON# ENGAGEMENT-202010. ■
Grants alerts
Access to Historical Records: Archival Projects
(NARA)
Scope: The National Archives and Records
Administration seeks applications for the Access to
Historical Records: Archival Projects announcement to
signicantly improve online public discovery and use of
historical records collections.
Deadline: Oct. 8, 2020.
Funds: $1 million total for 10 awards.
Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprot
organizations; and state, local and Native American
tribal governments.
Areas: NARA said projects centered on collections of
America’s early legal records, such as the records of
colonial, territorial, county, and early statehood and
tribal proceedings that document the evolution of the
nation’s legal history are encouraged. Projects may
preserve and process historical records to convert
existing description for online access, create new
online nding aids to collections, and digitize historical
records collections and make them freely available
online.
➜ www.grants.gov; FON# ARCHIVAL-202010
Public Engagement with Historical Records
(NARA)
Scope: The National Archives and Records
Administration seeks applications for the Public
Engagement with Historical Records announcement to
encourage public engagement with historical records,
including the development of new tools that enable
people to engage online.
Deadline: Oct. 8, 2020.
Funds: $400,000 for up to ve awards ranging from
$50,000 to $150,000.
Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprot
organizations and state, local and Native American
tribal governments.
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