Opportunity Information: Apply for ENGAGEMENT 202210
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), within the National Archives and Records Administration, is offering grants for projects that help the public actively discover, use, and learn from historical records. The core idea is to move beyond simply digitizing or preserving materials and instead build programs, partnerships, and practical tools that make historical records easier to find, understand, and apply in real educational, institutional, and personal settings. A strong proposal is expected to show clear public-facing outcomes and a plan for sustained engagement, not just one-time outreach.
A major emphasis of this opportunity is collaboration and reusability. NHPRC is looking for projects led by teams that include archivists and also bring in complementary partners such as documentary editors, historians, educators, and community-based organizations. Competitive projects are expected to create models, workflows, or technologies that other institutions can freely adopt, including tools that support online engagement. The program is particularly interested in innovative approaches that can work across multiple locations or repositories, so the benefits are not limited to a single institution or a single collection.
The grant encourages a wide range of public engagement activities tied directly to primary sources. Examples include recruiting and managing volunteer "citizen archivists" to speed up access to records, especially online, through activities like tagging, transcription, annotation, and other enhancements to digitized materials. Projects can also build educational or creative programs for K-12 students, college classes, or community members that teach people how to locate and interpret historical records already held in repositories or collected during the project. Other eligible approaches include collecting primary source material from the public through events or community gatherings and then sharing results through public discussions, exhibits, or websites. The opportunity also welcomes arts-based engagement, such as workshops where participants use historical records as raw material for performance, visual art, audiovisual collages, or music, so long as the activity genuinely centers on historical records and helps participants learn how to work with them. In addition, applicants may propose new or improved technologies that help people share information about historical records and increase discovery and access.
In terms of priorities, NHPRC explicitly welcomes projects that center the voices and document the history of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, reflecting an interest in broader representation and community-rooted historical documentation. The Commission is also highlighting the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence as a context for projects that expand discovery and access to collections exploring the ideals connected to the nation’s founding and the ongoing debate over those ideals up to the present day. Proposals aligned with these themes are not the only ones eligible, but they are clearly encouraged.
Funding is offered as discretionary grants, typically supporting projects lasting one to three years. NHPRC expects to make up to five awards, generally ranging from $50,000 to $150,000 each, with up to $400,000 total allocated for the program. Awards are not expected to start earlier than July 1, 2023. Recipients must acknowledge NHPRC support in any publications or products developed with grant assistance. Applicants should also pay attention to NHPRC’s "What we do and do not fund" guidance, because proposals made up entirely of ineligible activities will be rejected.
Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations and institutions, colleges and universities, state or local government agencies, and federally recognized or state-recognized Native American tribes or groups. To be considered, a project must include at least one of the eligible engagement activities described in the program guidance and must submit all required application components, including the SF-424, a narrative, the NHPRC budget form, and supplemental materials. Applications that fail to include required elements or fail to include an eligible activity are not reviewed.
Cost sharing is required and is a significant feature of this opportunity. NHPRC will cover no more than 75 percent of total project costs, meaning the applicant must provide at least 25 percent as matching support. Cost share may include direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, third-party non-federal contributions, and program income earned by the project. A key budgeting rule is that NHPRC grant funds cannot be used for indirect costs; if an applicant includes indirect costs in the project budget, those must be covered as part of the applicant’s cost-share portion.
Finally, applicants must meet standard federal registration requirements. The applicant organization must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) before applying, keep that registration active through the review and award process, and include a valid DUNS number in the application (as required in the opportunity materials). The opportunity listing identifies this program as Public Engagement with Historical Records (Funding Opportunity Number ENGAGEMENT 202210; CFDA 89.003), with an original closing date of October 6, 2022, and an award ceiling of $150,000.Apply for ENGAGEMENT 202210
- The National Archives and Records Administration in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Public Engagement with Historical Records" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 89.003.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 20, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 06, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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