ClosedOpportunity 20170112-PJ

National Digital Newspaper Program

At a glance

National Digital Newspaper Program is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The application deadline was January 12, 2017. Individual awards are listed as $1 – $325K. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, public colleges & universities and 4 more. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 45.149 (Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Oct 31, 2016Posted
Jan 12, 2017Application deadline

Posted: Oct 31, 2016
Close date: Jan 12, 2017
Award floor: $1
Award ceiling: $325,000
Est. total funding: Not specified
Expected awards: Not specified
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Public colleges & universities
Federally recognized tribal governments
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
Private colleges & universities

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) is a partnership between NEH and the Library of Congress to create a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1690 and 1963, from all the states and U.S. territories. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress (LC) and will be freely accessible via the Internet. (See the website, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.) An accompanying national newspaper directory of bibliographic and holdings information on the website directs users to newspaper titles available in all types of formats. During the course of its partnership with NEH, LC will also digitize and contribute to the NDNP database a significant number of newspaper pages drawn from its own collections.
Forty-three states and one territory have joined the NDNP so far. Previous award recipients include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
NEH intends to support projects in all states and U.S. territories. Awards are made to an organization within each U.S. state or territory, which typically collaborates with relevant state partners in this effort. After their initial NDNP awards, state partners are encouraged to seek second and third awards, to produce a total of approximately 300,000 pages of digitized newspapers per state. Awardees may receive support for continued work beyond the third award, but the program gives priority to applications from those states and territories that have not received NDNP funding—as well as applications from states and territories that have received fewer than three awards.
Applications that involve collaboration between previously funded and new projects are also welcome.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

45.149Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and AccessProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 45.149

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$2.76M

FY25

$2.9K

FY26

$5.69M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 45.149. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

National Endowment for the Humanities
preservation@neh.gov
202-606-8401

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “National Digital Newspaper Program”?

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public colleges & universities, Federally recognized tribal governments, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status and Private colleges & universities. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “National Digital Newspaper Program”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $1 – $325k.

How do I apply for “National Digital Newspaper Program”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity 20170112-PJ), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenALN 45.042