Closed · 20190716-PW · CFDA 45.149 · Discretionary

Humanities Collections and Reference Resources

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Endowment for the Humanities, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$350K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 16, 2019
Close date
40
Expected awards

The verdict

Humanities Collections and Reference Resources is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Humanities that offered $1 -- $350,000 across 40 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 617 other opportunities from National Endowment for the Humanities.

$1-$350K
award range
Closed
application status
40
expected awards
45.149
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Humanities Collections and Reference Resources is closed (last close July 16, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 45.149 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Endowment for the Humanities still indexes 617 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 16, 2019

Posted May 16 Closes Jul 16

Expected Awards

40

Instrument

Grant

Description

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR) program . The program supports projects that provide an essential underpinning for scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. Thousands of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country maintain important collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture, and digital objects. Funding from this program strengthens efforts to extend the life of such materials and make their intellectual content widely accessible, often through the use of digital technology. Awards are also made to create various reference resources that facilitate use of cultural materials, from works that provide basic information quickly to tools that synthesize and codify knowledge of a subject for in-depth investigation.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 7 doors

Humanities Collections and Reference Resources bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (7 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +3 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Humanities (HU). Inside National Endowment for the Humanities's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 45.149

Promotion of the Humanities — Public Engagement

National Endowment for the Humanities

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Agency Contact

Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Division of Preservation and Access National Endowment for the Humanities 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20506 preservation@neh.gov preservation@neh.gov

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What to do next

Humanities Collections and Reference Resources is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 45.149 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Promotion of the Humanities — Public Engageme… indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • National Endowment for the Humanities lists 617 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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