[padg] Grant Reminder from NEDCC - Save America's Treasures Grants - Application Instructions Revised

["Julie Martin" <jmartin@xxxxxxxxx>]

A Grant Opportunity Reminder from NEDCC:

2009 SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES GRANTS
Deadline is Friday, May 22, 2009 (in-hand deadline, not postmark)
***Note NEW APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS***

SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES grants are available for preservation and/or
conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural
artifacts and nationally significant historic structures and sites.
Grants are administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in
partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS).

ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: Conservation treatment and preservation of
nationally significant intellectual and cultural collections. This
includes documents, photographs, books, and works of art on paper.

AWARD LEVELS:  $25,000 to $700,000 on a 1:1 matching basis.

SELECTION CRITERIA: Collections must be of national significance, i.e.,
those that are associated with the broad patterns of United States
history; or are associated with the lives of persons who have national
significance in U.S. history; or that represent great historic,
cultural, artistic, or scholarly ideas of the American people. See
guidelines at:
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/ProgramDetails.htm

*** NOTE: NEW APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS POSTED AS OF MARCH 26, 2009***
DO NOT SUBMIT THROUGH GRANTS.GOV 
Grants.gov continues to experience problems. Therefore, 2009 SAT
applications will NOT be accepted through www.Grants.gov. For more
information on the new application procedures, go to:
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/application.htm  

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HOW CAN THE NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER HELP?
NEDCC can generate estimates and help with descriptions of conditions of
your collections. To discuss a grant project, contact Walter Newman at
NEDCC, wnewman@xxxxxxxxx; 978-470-1010, ext. 228, or Angelina
Altobellis, aaltobellis@xxxxxxxxx, 978-470-1010, ext. 244.

NEDCC URGES YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY 
TO PRESERVE COLLECTIONS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

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APPLICATIONS AND GUIDELINES ARE AVAILABLE AT:  
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/application.htm
  
PLEASE DISCUSS YOUR COLLECTIONS PROJECT IDEA 
WITH THE STAFF OF ONE OF THE SAT PARTNER AGENCIES:
- National Endowment for the Arts, Michael McLaughlin, 202-682-5457,
mclaughm@xxxxxxxx
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Laura Word, 202-606-8570,
lword@xxxxxxx
- Institute of Museum and Library Services, Christine Henry,
202-653-4674, chenry@xxxxxxxx

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NEDCC AND ITS SERVICES, VISIT: www.nedcc.org