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NEH National Digital Newspaper Program: Newspaper Digitization Cooperative Agreements

NEH is inviting eligible organizations to help expand the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America digital newspaper collection. - Government buyer: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Collections and Infrastructure, in partnership with the Library of Congress (LOC). - Opportunity: Approximately 11 cooperative agreements are anticipated, with about $3 million in total funding and awards of up to $325,000 each. Cost sharing is not required. - Requested work: Select and digitize approximately 100,000 pages of historically significant, public-domain newspapers published from 1690 through 1963, preferably from microfilm, for inclusion in Chronicling America. - Deliverables: Digital files and metadata, title essays of approximately 500 words for each digitized title, bibliographic record updates, and quarterly data deliveries. Projects must follow LOC technical standards and coordinate with NEH and LOC. - Notable requirements: Establish an advisory board that participates in newspaper selection. Eligible applicants include qualifying nonprofits, accredited public or nonprofit higher-education institutions, state and local governments and their agencies, and federally recognized tribal governments. Applicants pursuing one of their jurisdiction’s first three awards must have access to substantial collections of master negative microfilms. - OEMs and vendors: No commercial OEMs or vendors are identified.

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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is accepting applications for cooperative agreements under the National Digital Newspaper Program. The program supports creating a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1690 and 1963, from all 56 states and U.S. jurisdictions, maintained by the Library of Congress as a freely accessible, searchable database. Approximately 11 awards are anticipated, with awards of up to $325,000 and a period of performance of up to two years. Applications are due January 13, 2027; cost sharing is not required.

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