Slots: 1 Challenge Grant application per year. This means only one slot total that can be either a Capital Projects grant or a Digital Infrastructure grant.
Deadlines
Internal Deadline: Friday, May 20th, 2022
Optional Draft Deadlines: August 17, 2022
External Deadline: September 27, 2022
Award Information
Award Type: Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 12 – 15
Anticipated Award Amount: $6,500,000 per deadline
Who May Serve as PI: Standard NEH requirements for organizations.
Link to Award: Link for information on both components of this grant is available here: https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/infrastructure-and-capacity-building-challenge-grants – A webinar is available at this link for more information.
PDF of Capital Projects component: https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/Challenge%20Grants%20Capital%20Projects%20NOFO%202022%2020220517-CHA.pdf
PDF of Digital Infrastructure component: https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/Challenge%20Grants%20Digital%20Infrastructure%20NOFO%202022%2020220517-CHA%20%281%29.pdf
Process for Limited Submissions
PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://orif.usc.edu/oor-portal/.
Materials to submit include:
- (1) Single Page Proposal Summary (0.5” margins; single-spaced; font type: Arial, Helvetica, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 1-page limit will be excluded from review.
- (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)
Note: The portal requires information about the PIs and Co-PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
Purpose
The purpose of the program is to strengthen the institutional base of the humanities by enabling infrastructure development and capacity building. Awards of federal matching funds aim to help institutions secure long-term support for their core activities and expand efforts to preserve and create access to outstanding humanities materials. The program supports two distinct types of projects, each with its own Notice of Funding Opportunity:
- Capital Projects support the purchase, design, construction, restoration, or renovation of facilities for humanities activities. This includes costs related to planning as well as the purchase and installation of related moveable and permanently affixed equipment for exhibiting, maintaining, monitoring, and protecting collections (whether on exhibit or in storage), and for critical building systems, such as electrical, heating ventilation and air conditioning, security, life safety, lighting, utilities, telecommunications, and energy management. For more information on this component, see the PDF in the Award Link section above.
- Digital Infrastructure supports the maintenance, modernization, and sustainability of existing digital scholarly projects and platforms. For more information on this component, see the PDF in the Award Link section above.
Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.