Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants This program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities. By awarding relatively small grants to support the planning stages, NEH aims to encourage the development of innovative projects that promise to benefit the humanities. Eligibility
Applicability
Match/Equity
Difficulty
Limits
Strength
Any local, state, or nonprofit agency.
Must provide long-term benefits to the humanities through digital initiatives.
N/A
Difficultfunding ratio 17%
Level 1 Max: $30k
Reasonable
Notes:
Level 2 Max: $60k
Level 1: Smaller grants intended for brainstorming sessions and initial planning. Level 2: Larger grants intended for more fully formed projects.
Contact: NEH Office of Digital Humanities: odh@neh.gov
U.S. Forest Service Community Forest and Open Space Program The Community Forest Program authorizes the Forest Service to provide financial assistance to local governments, Tribal governments, and qualified nonprofit entities to establish community forests that provide continuing and accessible community benefits. Eligibility
Applicability
Match/Equity
Difficulty
Limits
Strength
State and local government, nonprofit corporations, Indian tribes, other than institutions of higher education.
Community involvement and public access is required to establish a community forest.
Cost Sharing: program pays up to 50%, and requires a 50% nonfederal match.
Moderate
Max $400k
Reasonable
Notes: Contact: Program Coordinator: Maya Solomon; 202.205.1376; communityforest@fs.fed.us
Environmental, Cultural, & Historic Interpretive Center Funding Guide
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