PND (4/11/2000) -- National Endowment for the Humanities Announces $30.5 Million in New Grants

William R. Ferris, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has announced the awarding of 295 NEH grants totaling $30.5 million. The grants — the second of three rounds to be made in fiscal year 2000 — promote NEH's interconnected goals of preserving America's cultural heritage, enabling scholars to expand knowledge about that heritage, helping humanities teachers incorporate high-tech educational materials in their classrooms, and reaching all Americans through public humanities programming on public television and/or radio, in museums and libraries, and on the Web.

"The National Endowment for the Humanities is committed to reaching every American — students and adults alike — with learning opportunities about American history and culture," said Ferris.

The spring round of funding also includes NEH's annual "preservation and access" grants. The 67 projects totaling $18.8 million will advance the agency's preservation mission in several critical ways, including support for the microfilming of historic U.S. newspapers and books; the stabilization and documentation of fragile collections of rare objects; the digitization of archived materials so they can be posted to the Internet; the creation of research tools and reference works; the field testing of high-tech programs to control environmental conditions in storage space; and the creation of training programs for conservators.

"U.S. Humanities Endowment Announces $30.5 Million in New Grants." NEH Press Release 4/5/2000.

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