Message-Id: <200002011857.LAA133630@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:52:46 -0500 From: "Paulson, Barbara" <mailto:BPaulson@NEH.GOV> Subject: EXTENDING THE REACH announcement To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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> NEH: EXTENDING THE REACH OF THE HUMANITIES ACROSS AMERICA
>
> One of the highest priorities of the National Endowment for the Humanities
> is to make the power and inspiration of the humanities accessible to all
> Americans. Extending the Reach is a special initiative to provide new
> resources for creative teaching, scholarship, public programming, and
> preservation efforts in the humanities by:
>
> * supporting humanities initiatives in selected U.S. states and
> territories that have not received as much NEH support as others;
> * enhancing work in the humanities at Historically Black,
> Hispanic-Serving, and Tribal Colleges and Universities.
>
> OUTREACH TO SELECTED STATES AND TERRITORIES
>
> Nonprofit cultural and educational organizations in the following states
> and Puerto Rico may apply for Extending the Reach grants in 2000 and 2001:
>
>
> Alabama
> Alaska
> Florida
> Idaho
> Louisiana
> Missouri
> Montana
> Nevada
> North Dakota
> Ohio
> Oklahoma
> Puerto Rico
> Texas
> Washington
> Wyoming
>
> Organizations that have not recently received an NEH grant are especially
> encouraged to apply to three new grant programs:
>
> *Consultation Grants
> Support museums, libraries, historical organizations, community
> associations, and film or radio producers in the early stages of
> developing a project or institutional planning. Guidelines and application
> materials are available here
> <http://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/er-consult.pdf>.
> *Preservation Assistance Grants
> Help libraries, archives, museums and historical organizations assess
> preservation needs and enhance their ability to care for their humanities
> collections. Guidelines and application materials are available here
> <http://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/er-presassist.pdf>.
> Humanities Scholar-in-Residence Grants
> Offer middle and high schools an opportunity to collaborate with a
> humanities scholar from a local college or university over the course of a
> year. Guidelines and application materials are available here
> <http://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/er-scholar.pdf>.
>
> *Please note that Consultation and Preservation Assistance grants are not
> restricted to organizations in the fifteen jurisdictions listed above;
> applications are welcomed from institutions in all the states and U.S.
> territories.
>
>
> GRANTS FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK, HISPANIC-SERVING, AND TRIBAL COLLEGES AND
> UNIVERSITIES
>
> Extending the Reach grants are available to advance scholarship and
> institutional development at Historically Black, Hispanic-Serving and
> Tribal Colleges and Universities:
> Institutional Grants
> Enhance existing humanities programs, provide support for new programs, or
> strengthen institutional resources for the humanities. For application
> information, click here http://www.neh.gov/grants/etr-institution.html>.
> Faculty Research Grants
> Support individual or collaborative research projects. For application
> information, click here http://www.neh.gov/grants/etr-faculty.html>.
>
> If you have trouble accessing guidelines or application information
> online, please contact us and we will send you printed guidelines when
> they are available (in late February):
>
> Public Information Office
> National Endowment for the Humanities
> 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
> Washington, DC 20506
> mailto:info@neh.gov
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