Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (NEH)

• Published date: 03 December 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31418
• Date: 03 December 2020

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Programs for HBCU

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

recently announced scholarships to help students

build a career path in agriculture, food, natural

resource sciences and many more agriculture-re-

lated subjects.

USDA said the Ofce of Partnerships and Public

Engagement collaborates with 1890 historically

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1994 tribal land-grant colleges and universities to

promote equitable participation in USDA programs,

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the department said.

According to a recent USDA release, current

solicitations include but are not limited to:

• The USDA/1890 National Scholars Program—

Established in 1992 in partnership between USDA

and 19 historically black universities, the program

provides full tuition, fees, books, room and board,

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The application deadline for both programs is

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increased professional development, workforce

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Grants alerts

Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for the Sustaining Cultural Heritage

Collections announcement to help cultural institutions

meet the complex challenge of preserving large and

diverse holdings of humanities materials for future

generations by supporting sustainable conservation

measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the

useful life of collections, and support institutional

resilience: the ability to anticipate and respond to

disasters resulting from natural or human activity.

Deadline: Jan. 14, 2021.

Funds: $1.8 million total for up to 15 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 preventive conservation

encompasses managing relative humidity,

temperature, light, and pollutants in collection spaces;

providing protective storage enclosures and systems

for collections; and safeguarding collections from theft,

re, oods, and other disasters. Sustainable preventive

conservation measures may also aim to prepare

and plan for, absorb, respond to, recover from, and

more successfully protect collections in the event of

emergencies resulting from natural or human activity.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20210114-PF

Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology

Education (NSF)

Scope: The National Science Foundation seeks

applications for the Vision and Change (V&C) in

Undergraduate Biology Education announcement to

support projects that evaluate a combination of factors,

such as the awareness, acceptance, adoption and

adaptation of V&C principles and outcomes.

Deadline: March 1, 2021.

Funds: To be determined.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

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