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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NEH Preservation Assistance Grants: deadline 1/31/2019<span style="color:#002A5C"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/Content/Pages/Event-Details.aspx?Eid=CD14AF96-85FD-E811-80F1-00155DF5E41E" target="_blank"><b>LYRASIS Free webinar: NEH
Preservation Assistance Grants </b></a></span></strong><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">January 8<sup>th</sup>, 2019<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Join us for an overview of National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grants, including eligible activities, the application process, the review process, and more. Preservation
Assistance Grants guidelines are available at <a href="https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-assistance-grants-smaller-institutions">
https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-assistance-grants-smaller-institutions</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Senior Program Officer Mary Downs will provide information and answers to your questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We’ll talk about what’s new in 2019 including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New Deadline: January 31, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New Maximum Award Amounts: Up to $10,000</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for grants to improve general preservation practices. Institutions in federally declared disaster
areas can also use funds for conservation treatment, disaster planning, and recovery and mitigation activities. The $10,000 level also includes the hiring of consultants to undertake preservation assessments and offer education and training, who may be accompanied
by an advanced preservation graduate student or recent graduate of a preservation program.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Up to $15,000</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for grants to support activities related to American history collections that may be a part of the United States 250th
anniversary coming up in 2026.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Register at <a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/Content/Pages/Event-Details.aspx?Eid=CD14AF96-85FD-E811-80F1-00155DF5E41E">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A link to a recording of the webinar will be sent to all registrants, so even if you can’t make it on 1/8, sign up to receive a link to access the recording. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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