CFP: Access to Historical Records: Major Initiatives (NHPRC)

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) seeks preliminary grant proposals to support projects that enable public discovery and use to major historical records.

All types of historical records are eligible, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio and moving images. Projects may:

• Digitize historical records collections, or related collections, held by a single institution and make them freely available online
• Create new freely-available virtual collections drawn from historical records held by multiple institutions
• Provide access to born-digital records
• Create new tools and methods for users to access records

The NHPRC welcomes collaborative projects, particularly for bringing together related records from multiple institutions. Projects that address significant needs in the field and result in replicable and scalable approaches will be more competitive. We also encourage organizations to actively engage the public in the work of the project.

Preliminary proposals will be accepted until January 18, 2018.