Research and Development (NEH)

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30986
• Published date: 02 April 2020
• Date: 02 April 2020

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$100M in Dislocated

Worker grants available

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has an-

nounced the availability of up to $100 million for

Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs) to help address

the workforce-related impacts of the public health

emergency related to COVID-19, also known as

novel coronavirus.

“As Americans make sacrices to combat the

spread of coronavirus, President Trump’s priority is

to protect and sustain America’s workers and their

families,” U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia

said in a statement. “The availability of Dislocated

Worker Grants will help states and communities

strengthen their economies as we ght to slow

the spread of the virus and regain our economic

momentum.”

The U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services recently declared a nationwide public

health emergency as a result of conrmed cases

of COVID-19, DOL said. This federal declaration

enables the secretary of labor to award Disaster

Recovery DWGs to help address the workforce-re-

lated impacts of the public health emergency, the

department said.

States, outlying areas and Native American

tribal governments are eligible entities. DOL said

DWGs will provide eligible participants with both

disaster-relief employment and employment and

training activities.

Eligible entities may also apply for Employment

Recovery DWGs in response to layoffs caused by

cancellations or shutdowns caused by COVID-19,

providing employment and training services to rein-

tegrate eligible individuals back into the workforce,

DOL said.

States can apply for Employment Recovery

DWGs if 50 or more individuals are laid off by one

employer or if there are signicant layoffs that

signicantly increase unemployment in a given

community, DOL said.

Learn more at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/

eta/dislocated-workers. ■

Grants alerts

Research and Development (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for the Research and Development

announcement to support projects that address

major challenges in preserving or providing access to

humanities collections and resources.

Deadline: May 15, 2020.

Funds: $1.2 million total for up to six awards of up to

$350,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprot

organizations; and state, local, special district and

Native American tribal governments.

Areas: NEH said funding supports projects at all

stages of development, from early planning and stand-

alone studies to advanced implementation. Research

and Development projects contribute to the evolving

and expanding body of knowledge for heritage

practitioners, and for that reason, outcomes may take

many forms. Projects may produce any combination

of laboratory datasets, guidelines for standards,

open-access software tools, workow and equipment

specications, widely used metadata schema or other

products.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20200515-PR

Infrastructure and Capacity Building

Challenge Grants (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for the Infrastructure and

Capacity Building Challenge Grants to strengthen

the institutional base of the humanities by enabling

infrastructure development and capacity building.

Deadline: May 15, 2020.

Funds: $12.5 million total for up to 30 awards of up to

$750,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprot

organizations; and state, local, special district and

Native American tribal governments.

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