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A continuing education and training program to prepare three post-baccalaureate students, one fellow per year for three years, for application to graduate training programs in conservation of cultural heritage. Selected students, as junior fellows, would pursue required coursework and work closely with the faculty and collections of the Harvard Art Museums.

The Harvard Art Museums respectfully requests consideration by the National Endowment for the Humanities for a Preservation and Access Education and Training grant to launch a pre-program continuing education and training program, which aims to increase access, diversity, and inclusive excellence in the field of art conservation. This type of post-baccalaureate, paid junior fellowship will be one of the first among very few such emerging professional development opportunities in the country and will provide focused, intensive 1:1 learning, resulting in an opportunity to prepare a successful application for recognized graduate training programs in conservation of cultural heritage. Building on the Harvard Art Museums’ extensive graduate and post-graduate training programs, the proposed program will host one post-bacc junior fellow per year for the first three years.

Hiring two pre-professional, post-baccalaureate apprentices from communities underrepresented in the archives and preservation professions to work in the Special Collections and Digital Archives Department of the Denver Public Library for two years.

Denver Public Library (DPL) proposes Bridging the Gap: Post-Baccalaureate Apprenticeships for Underrepresented Populations in Archives (Bridging the Gap), which will recruit and hire two pre-professional, post-baccalaureate apprentices.  We will prioritize underrepresented populations in archives and preservation professions for this program. We encourage those who identify as Black, Indigenous and/or people of color (BIPOC) and/or those who are first generation college graduates to apply. Over their two-year apprenticeship, they will have exposure to core archival and preservation functions and decision-making to advance the discovery, access and use of archival records included in historically important humanities collections in DPL’s Special Collections and Digital Archives Department. Through this project, apprentices will learn to process (i.e., perform collections assessment, arranging and describing of) collections for which they have a personal affinity; apply basic preservation treatments; and create finding aids (metadata) for digitized materials. To ensure that other libraries and archival institutions can learn from this project, DPL will partner with the Society of American Archivists (SAA) to disseminate a report about how DPL implemented the project, as well as the project’s evaluation outcomes related to apprentices’ professional skill development and the impact of the project on access to the humanities collections that will be improved through Bridging the Gap.

The creation of two five-day training sessions at three sites, with follow-up sessions and consulting both online and in person to capture cultural heritage materials with two-dimensional and three-dimensional imaging. The participating Indigenous groups from Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine would learn how to prepare their photographic data, their 3D work products, the contextual metadata that describes how these digital assets were acquired and built, and how to make a standards compliant submission to an archival preservation system.

This project provides a program of in-depth, hands-on training in advanced computational photography 2D and 3D documentary and archival technologies. It is a collaboration between Cultural Heritage Imaging and three indigenous community organizations: The Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, serving the Unangax^ (Aleut) people; Huliauapa’a, serving Hawai’i’s native people; and the Passamaquoddy Tribal Government in Maine. The training sessions will build a sustainable core of culture bearers in each community to digitally document their material culture and heritage sites. A scientific imaging work flow and tools that simplify metadata management give the generated digital representations reliability and reusability. Tools supporting archival submission of the digital documentary materials help ensure the long-term preservation of each community’s digital collections. The project will help each community perpetuate their heritage and take control of their cultural narrative.

A continuing education program for collections stewards that would include six online courses, two in-person regional workshops, and follow-up mentoring to support sustained application of lessons learned, targeted to Native Americans working with tribal materials at museums and cultural centers across the country.

UCLA/Getty respectfully requests $310,632 for: 1) six online courses, 2) two in-person regional workshops, and 3) follow-up mentoring designed to support sustained application of lessons learned, all targeted to reach Native Americans working with tribal materials at museums and cultural centers. The proposal builds on a successful UCLA/Getty history of working with Indigenous communities and will reach up to 136 participants and an equal number of mentees. Increased emergence of American Indian museums and cultural centers speaks to the importance of humanities collections in the preservation and even revitalization of cultural practices, and to the sovereignty behind self-representation. Humanities tribal collections serve to educate tribal youth, provide heritage in support of language learning, and instill pride in intergenerational heritage accomplishments of a community. Tribal museums reach non-tribal visitors and scholars as well, offering a crucial humanities perspective.

A three-year Preservation Training Initiative in conservation and archives, offered to students at different levels (nine undergraduate interns, one master’s intern, and three post-graduate fellows in conservation), as well as four continuing education workshops, for 30 participants each, for museum professionals from across the state of Virginia focusing on collections care and archival management.

VMFA requests funding for a 36-month program, Preservation Training Initiative, which will provide training and professional development across the continuum, from college students considering careers in heritage preservation to emerging professionals in the fields of preservation, conservation, and archives to established museum and library professionals throughout Virginia. The project will support paid training for students at key touch points in their academic careers: 1) three postgraduate students to serve as advanced fellows in conservation (one per year); 2) one part-time, nine-month master’s-level intern in Library Sciences to gain practical experience in the museum’s archives; and, 3) nine pre-program undergraduate students to serve as 10-week, paid summer interns in the museum’s conservation labs (three per year). In addition, the initiative will allow for the development of two statewide preservation workshops.

The establishment of new Alliance for Response (AFR) networks in Chicago, Illinois and Charleston, South Carolina; development of response team training courses for Minnesota-based and nationally-distributed individuals; creation of continuing education webinars on emergency preparation; and the building of online resources to support these efforts and increase sharing of expertise among the 32 existing AFR networks throughout the United States.

The project will support training to establish two new Alliance for Response networks, in Chicago and Charleston, SC. Response team training will be offered in collaboration with the Twin Cities Alliance for Response (MN), and nationally for the National Heritage Responders. Webinars, web-based resources, and small project grants will support existing Alliance for Response networks.

A six-week summer institute to provide education and training to 20 early to mid-career Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders working in museum and heritage centers throughout the Pacific, including Hawai'i and United States Island Areas. The institute would focus on museum management and collections care for institutions, professionals, and communities that care for Oceanic collections.

This collaborative proposal by the University of Hawai'i (lead applicant) and East-West Center seeks $350,000 to provide education and training to twenty early to mid-career Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders working in museum and heritage centers throughout the Pacific, including Hawai'i and US Island Areas. Taking place for six weeks in the summer of 2021, this intensive institute will be designed and implemented through an extensive network of local, national and regional organizations. It will include lectures, presentations and hands-on workshops at Honolulu-based museums by more than 30 field experts in the areas of Collections Care, Exhibitions, and Conservation. Because Oceanic humanities collections tell important stories about Pacific peoples and their contributions to the US and the world, this institute and its cohort of Pacific professionals will strengthen their network of care, ensuring the preservation of and access to these collections for future generations.

The development of partnerships with six tribal institutions to advance digital preservation and curation learning opportunities, which would include three one-year fellowships at partner institutions, workshops and discussions for 25 tribal cultural workers to develop a community of practice, and service-learning projects for 15 graduate students.

Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS), in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Information School and tribal community partners, will offer applied learning opportunities in digital preservation and curation for tribal cultural workers, early-career preservation professionals, and graduate students in archives and information science programs, while advancing the ongoing work of tribal libraries, archives, and museums to collect, preserve, and provide appropriate access to cultural patrimony. Curating Indigenous Digital Collections will support three one-year Fellows placed with six tribal Partners. Fellows will support Partners in developing and implementing digital projects using Mukurtu CMS, a content management system designed to meet the unique needs of Indigenous communities. As Native Nations face massive losses of knowledge and knowledge keepers, this project provides critical support to build local capacities and protect tribal identity and sovereignty.

Online and in-person training for up to 24 students studying archaeological and preventive conservation, including student stipends and summer work placement support.

The Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, respectfully requests $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support a three-year project to enhance our capacity to teach graduate-level, art and artifact conservation remotely and in-person. The project will allow for the development of new teaching and learning modalities through three components: NEH Guest Lecturers to enhance the curriculum through remote and in-person instruction; NEH Student Fellowships that build student capacity to assess, communicate, and create learning content; and NEH Summer Work Placements that solidify theoretical concepts through placements in US cultural institutions and archaeological sites abroad.

Two webinar series plus three in-person workshops to train preservation practitioners in PBCore, a metadata schema designed to organize and provide access to audiovisual collections.  The applicant would also translate the PBCore website into Spanish, which would broaden use of the metadata schema to include Spanish-speaking heritage institutions in the United States and abroad.

The PBCore Audiovisual Metadata Training Project will provide in-person and virtual continuing education opportunities focused on the PBCore metadata standard for archivists and media professionals tasked with the stewardship of audiovisual material. The Project will support a webinar series aimed at introducing small cultural heritage institutions to key concepts of audiovisual metadata; three in-person workshops targeted, respectively, at archivists, media/production professionals, and others who can demonstrate a need for PBCore training; a Spanish-language translation of the PBCore website and educational materials; and a series of Spanish-language webinars introducing the use of PBCore for archivists working with Spanish-language collections.

Mid-career professional development workshops offered around the country for conservation professionals responsible for the care of humanities collections. Thirteen presentations of ten courses would be held over the two-year grant period, reaching an estimated 267 conservators and allied professionals. Twenty travel stipends would be awarded to participants in need of assistance and from underserved areas.

The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) seeks funding to support 13 presentations of 10 courses over a 2-year period. This initiative is part of of FAIC's program of professional development for conservators of cultural heritage and builds on the success and lessons learned from previous programs. An estimated 267 conservators and allied professionals will participate. 20 scholarships will increase access for conservation professionals in under-served regions through travel stipends. Workshop will take place in 9 states.

Partial fellowship stipends for 17 graduate students enrolled in the State University of New York College at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo) program in art conservation. Students to receive funding would include nine students in the class of 2021 and eight in the class of 2022.

The preservation of our cultural heritage is a never-ending process involving cultural heritage institutions ranging from major libraries, museums, and archives to local historical societies, and professionals from diverse fields such as historians, librarians, archivists, curators, computer scientists, physical scientists, and conservators. A critical portion of preservation is in the hands of conservators. Conservators intimately interact with the works of cultural heritage or art to restore them to functional use by today’s scholars and historians. They return works to appropriate aesthetic levels for exhibition and preserve them for future generations to learn from and appreciate. The education and training of conservators is an essential component of all preservation efforts and the Garman Art Conservation Department at the State University of New York College at Buffalo is fully committed to this goal and we are in need of NEH support to continue with our important mission.

Six stipends per year for three years to support students in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation.  For each academic year, two stipends each will be distributed to first, second, and third-year “NEH Fellows,” a title that carries additional outreach and community engagement responsibilities.

WUDPAC is a three-year Master-level program sponsored jointly by the University of Delaware and Winterthur Museum, Garden, & Library. Founded in 1974, WUDPAC embodies both institutions' commitment to humanities education and the integration of conservation, science, and practical research. We are committed to exposing our students to broad issues in the field, providing practical experiences in ethics, multiculturalism, documentation, analysis, treatment and preventive care, and above all, collaboration and respect for the humanities.  This proposal seeks $350,000 to help sustain the education and training of our 30 Master-level students from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023. Grant funds will be allocated to six "NEH Fellows" annually, making possible total stipend coverage for all WUDPAC students.  The commitment of our 404 graduates to-date is exemplified by their active engagement and contribution to evolving professional standards, and their advocacy worldwide.

Research stipends for four college and university professors who teach classes on the “Chemistry of Art,” to spend summer leave or sabbatical time in the conservation lab at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, working on projects connected to objects in the collection.

The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) proposes a grant from the NEH to continue its established program Project MUSE. Project Muse allows college and university professors who teach courses at the interface of art and science to participate in important research and technical studies of artwork in a modern conservation science laboratory at a major museum during their sabbatical or summer leaves from teaching. The purpose of the experience is to conduct cutting-edge research at the IMA that benefits the Museum's research and conservation efforts and also enters into science curricula around the country leading to increased interest in the arts and sciences among academic faculty and undergraduate students. Intended results include new conservation science curriculum developed for university classes, presentations and publications on new research for the field of conservation science, and inspiring a new generation of scholars interested in entering the field of conservation science.

Eight three-day workshops and five 60-minute webinars for staff of museums, libraries, and archives about managing collection environments in sustainable ways. An estimated 2,650 participants would learn to assess the preservation quality of environmental conditions and the needs of collections, and to understand the impact of local climate and the basics of HVAC operations. The curriculum would also include strategies for reducing energy cost and consumption in cultural repositories while maintaining the preservation quality of collection environments.

The Image Permanence Institute, a preservation research laboratory, is applying for funding to support a two-year project focused on improving and increasing the capacity of humanities collections professionals to independently establish and maintain sustainable environmental management programs. In cultural institutions an environmental management team that includes both collections and facilities staff creates a structure in which the insights gained from environmental monitoring are actively used to inform environmental management. Webinars and workshops will provide essential knowledge and skills necessary for small, mid-size, and large institutions working to balance the preservation quality of collections environments with responsible building management and lower energy costs. This project has the potential to simultaneously improve the long-term preservation of humanities collections across the US while reducing the long-term costs associated with preserving those collections.

Scholarships for 24 internships as part of New York University’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) Program.  Fourteen scholarships of $7,000 each would place students in New York City cultural heritage institutions for a semester, while another ten scholarships at $10,000 each would place them at institutions across the country for a summer.

Media collections carry distinctive value for the humanities, but they are also vulnerable to displacement, deterioration, and loss. NYU's Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) Program teaches students to assess, repair, catalog, and preserve both analog and digital media in a range of formats. Internships provide practical training and professional development that complement students' classroom learning. Interns also improve the condition and accessibility of audiovisual collections that serve as primary source materials in the humanities. Support from NEH for our Education and Fieldwork in Media Archiving and Preservation project will help MIAP sustain and expand its internship program by facilitating 24 additional internships in media-rich humanities collections over a two-year period. Of the requested funds, 96% would go toward stipends for student interns and 4% to archival consultants supporting internships at sites that lack an archival supervisor on staff.

A preservation field service program that would offer training, colloquia, and webinars for 650 cultural heritage professionals; conduct 25 preservation surveys; and provide technical consultations and educational materials to thousands of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations nationwide. Outreach services would especially focus on collecting institutions in the Gulf Coast, Appalachia, and Intermountain West regions. The grant would also support a one-year fellowship in preventive conservation.

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) requests two-year funding support to continue and broaden the reach of activities of CCAHA's preservation field services programs through preservation planning activities, the Regional Heritage Stewardship Program, educational programs, and outreach services. Goals for preservation field services activities in 2019-20 include: To competitively offer NEH-subsidized preservation needs assessments, emergency plans, and digital preservation assessments to 15 mid-sized institutions; to sustain the work of the Regional Heritage Stewardship Program in the Deep South and Appalachia, and launch a new regional program in the Intermountain West Region centered in Utah; to provide two national conferences on balancing accessibility with collections care and two national colloquia on diversity and inclusion; to offer a one-year preventive conservation fellowship; and to continue to provide a range of ongoing support services.

Nine workshops to train approximately 450 cultural heritage professionals in the identification, handling, and care of digital prints held in humanities collections.

Image Permanence Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology is seeking an NEH Preservation and Access Education and Training grant to educate and train cultural heritage professionals in the humanities on the proper identification and long-term care of modern digitally-printed materials. This project will have a wide and substantial impact on the field. Hundreds of attendees will benefit from a program of nine workshops offered over three days, along with short sessions at each location that will allow additional attendees a half-day overview covering foundational knowledge on digital print processes and materials, a new descriptive language to assure accurate communication, and the basics of best care for these objects. The experience will be groundbreaking for attendees. Most have little or no experience in this area and this will be the first educational experience on the topic they have ever received.

Mid-career professional development through workshops offered around the country for conservation professionals responsible for the care of humanities collections. Eleven presentations of nine courses would be held over the two-year grant period, reaching an estimated 287 conservators and allied professionals. Twenty travel stipends would be awarded to participants from underserved areas.

The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (FAIC) seeks funding to support 11 presentations of 9 courses over a two-year period. This initiative is part of FAIC's program of professional development for conservators of cultural heritage, and builds on the successes and lessons learned from previous programs. An estimated 287 conservators and allied professionals will participate. 20 scholarships will increase access for conservators in under-served regions through travel stipends. Workshops will take place in # states and the District of Columbia.

Graduate education in the conservation of art and material culture collections, with stipends for three students for two years and salaries for four adjunct professors and five guest lecturers.

We seek $200,000 from the NEH to: 1) Offer assistance to three (3) student fellowships per year; and 2) Provide adjunct faculty and guest lecturers who will lead courses and present on a variety of topics relevant to current practices and topical issues, often open to a larger community.

Partial stipends for the 30 graduate students enrolled in the SUNY/Buffalo State program in art conservation. Remaining stipend support comes from endowment funds, other federal and private grants, and university cost-share.

The preservation of our cultural heritage and humanities collections is a constant concern for our nation’s libraries, archives, and museums no matter their size or stature.  To ensure that our cultural heritage is soundly preserved, it is imperative that these graduate programs be maintained and supported by their respective universities in addition to national funding agencies.