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NEH - Digital Humanities Advancement Grants

The DHAG program supports projects, with potential for broad impact, at different phases of their lifecycles that respond to one or more of these programmatic priorities:

·       research and refinement of innovative, experimental, or computationally challenging methods and techniques

·       enhancement, design, or maintenance of digital infrastructure that contributes to and supports the humanities, such as open-source code, tools, or platforms

ALA Scholarship Program

The American Library Association (ALA) has more than $300,000 available to students who are studying in library science or school library media programs at the master's degree level.

Scholarships range from $1,500 to $7,000 per student per year.  They include scholarships for students who are interested in Children's Librarianship, Youth Librarianship, Federal Librarianship, new media and Library Automation.  In addition, there are also scholarships available for minorities, persons with disabilities and people who are already employed in libraries but do not have an MLS. 

TEI Landmark Audio’s 25th Year Children’s Literacy and Programming Grant

To celebrate 25 years of "Giving a Voice to Literature," TEI Landmark Audio will award (25) $1,000 grants to support literacy for young people. All libraries are invited to participate in this grant opportunity, whether or not they are current customers. Grant awards will be announced on December 15, 2016.

Applicants must be a public or nonprofit community based organization (ex: library or school). Individual library branches within a larger system are welcome to apply. Funds must be used for children’s programming/children’s literacy programming.

Georgia-Pacific Foundation

"Education support limited to areas where company operates with some emphasis on the Atlanta, GA area. Grants given for building/renovation, capital campaigns, general/operating support, program development, and scholarship funds."

"We use our resources to strengthen communities and improve quality of life, primarily in the areas of education, environment, enrichment and entrepreneurship."

For additional information, click here.  

NHPRC Grant: Public Engagement with Historical Records

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) of the National Archives seeks projects that encourage public engagement with historical records, including the development of new tools that enable people to engage online. The NHPRC is looking for projects that create models and technologies that other institutions can freely adopt. In general, collaborations among archivists, documentary editors, historians, educators, and/or community-based individuals are more likely to create a competitive proposal.

NHPRC Grant: Public Engagement with Historical Records

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) of the National Archives seeks projects that encourage public engagement with historical records, including the development of new tools that enable people to engage online. The NHPRC is looking for projects that create models and technologies that other institutions can freely adopt. In general, collaborations among archivists, documentary editors, historians, educators, and/or community-based individuals are more likely to create a competitive proposal.

NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grant

The Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR) program supports projects that provide an essential underpinning for scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. Thousands of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country maintain important collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture, and digital objects.