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The Humanities Texas article is from April 2015 and references a June 25, 2015 deadline. The stored deadline is null but the program information is a decade old and this cycle is long closed.
Common Heritage is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Common Heritage program supports community cultural institutions in hosting events where the public can bring historical materials, such as photographs, artifacts, and family letters, for digitization and preservation.
These projects also include public programming to celebrate and expand knowledge of a community's diverse histories, including immigrant histories.
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NEH Grant Opportunity: Common Heritage | Humanities Texas NEH Grant Opportunity: Common Heritage The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites historical societies, libraries, archives, museums, colleges, and other local institutions to apply for the Common Heritage grant program, the first federal grant program of its kind.
Grants will support day-long events, organized by community cultural institutions, in which members of the public will be invited to share materials important to their family or community histories, such as photographs, artifacts, family letters, and works of art. These items will be digitized, along with descriptive information and context provided by the community attendees.
With the owner's permission, the digitized materials will be made publicly available through the institution’s online collections. Contributors will receive a free digital copy of their items to take home, along with the original materials.
These materials will also be used for public programming—including lectures, exhibitions, discussion programs, and film screenings—that celebrates and expands knowledge of the community's past and the diverse histories of its members.
NEH’s Common Heritage program will award grants of up to $12,000 to community cultural organizations to coordinate community events and ensure that a wide range of historical materials can be digitized and contextualized through public programming. More information on the Common Heritage program, including application guidelines and a list of FAQs , is available at www. neh.
gov . The application deadline for the initial cycle of Common Heritage grants is June 25, 2015 . The first round of Common Heritage digitization days is expected to take place in early 2016.
In 2014, Humanities Texas worked with local partnering organizations to host community History Harvests in San Angelo and Brownsville . For more information on the Humanities Texas History Harvest program, please contact Melissa J. Huber at 512.
440. 1991 or mhuber@humanitiestexas. org .
A Concho Valley resident looks through family photographs with volunteers from the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts at the San Angelo History Harvest in January 2014. Manuel Gutierrez, student volunteer from The University of Texas at Brownsville, and Sheena Moore, Humanities Texas staff member, scan glass negatives from the turn of the twentieth century at the Brownsville History Harvest in September 2014.
Brownsville Herald photo by Miguel Roberts.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) U.S. organizations; historical societies, libraries, archives, museums, colleges, and other local institutions. NEH especially welcomes applications from small and mid-sized institutions that have not previously received NEH support. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $12,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Common Heritage is funded by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
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