[MassHistPres] NEH Cultural and Community Resilience Grants due May 21, 2024

[Doherty, Jennifer @ SEC]

The below grant is offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and is not affiliated with or offered by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. For questions or to apply, please contact the NEH directly.

National Endowment for the Humanities Cultural and Community Resilience Grants due May 21, 2024

The Cultural and Community Resilience program<https://www.neh.gov/program/cultural-and-community-resilience> supports community-based efforts to address the impacts of climate change and COVID-19 by safeguarding cultural resources and fostering cultural resilience through identifying, documenting, and/or collecting cultural heritage and community experiences. The program prioritizes projects from disadvantaged communities in the United States or its jurisdictions.

Projects should fall into one of two categories: community collecting initiatives or oral history programs. All projects must address the impacts of either climate change or the COVID-19 pandemic on one or more communities. The program welcomes both modest projects and larger ones and supports projects at any stage, from preliminary planning to final steps and implementation.

Project activities may take many forms, including but not limited to:


*         Collaborative planning to identify cultural and historical resources;

*         Documentation of cultural and historical resources through digital means;

*         Recording oral histories;

*         Preserving Traditional Knowledge, practices, or technologies, and memories of elders and community, including in languages other than English; or

*         Establishing shared resources and protocols for rapid response collecting.

NEH welcomes applications at all stages of project development and encourages the use of inclusive methodologies. These might include folkloric, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic modes of inquiry; oral histories; participatory archiving; shared stewardship arrangements; and community-centered access. NEH also encourages leveraging open access online resources and using Creative Commons licenses, when possible and as appropriate.

Please note: the proposal should budget funds for two members of the project team to attend a two-day meeting in Washington, D.C., in May 2026. See Research and Related Budget, section D in the Notice of Funding Opportunity, for more information.

Applications are due May 21, 2024, with an option draft due April 11, 2024. Visit NEH's page on the program<https://www.neh.gov/program/cultural-and-community-resilience> for more information and to apply.


Jennifer B. Doherty
Local Government Programs Coordinator
Massachusetts Historical Commission
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125-3314
Office: (617) 727-8470
Remote: (617) 807-0685
Jennifer.Doherty at sec.state.ma.us<mailto:Jennifer.Doherty at sec.state.ma.us>

Register for virtual workshops<https://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhcotr/otridx.htm>

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