Collections Stewardship (Humanities Collections and Reference Resources)

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Collections and Infrastructure

Funds preservation of and access to humanities collections: archival arrangement and description, cataloguing, digitisation, transcription and indexing of primary sources, and staff training in collections care.

Indicative award

up to $500k (total award)Page publishes maximums only: up to $350,000 for a single organization and up to $500,000 for a consortium, over project periods of up to three years. No published minimum.

Timing

Several times a yearSeveral times a year · May, DecPublished deadline: 2026-12-15 — 123 days awayTwo deadlines shown: May 11, 2026 (passed) and December 15, 2026. Application materials posted July 27, 2026.

Who can apply

Any faculty rank, Practitioner, Community organisation

Eligibility

Organizational applicants only - libraries, archives, museums, colleges and universities holding collections, and preservation service providers. Individuals are not eligible.

SSWR clusters

Topics

archives · digitization · finding aids · preservation · primary sources

Apply at

https://www.neh.gov/program/collections-stewardship

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Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

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