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<span style="color:#373737">The Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board announces the availability of grants between $500 and $5,000 to archival institutions to fund projects to preserve and/or provide access to Ohio’s historical records. The grants are funded
by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (</span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://www.archives.gov/nhprc" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CB">NHPRC</span></a></span><span style="color:#373737">),
an arm of the National Archives and Records Administration (</span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://www.archives.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CB">NARA</span></a></span><span style="color:#373737">).
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<b><span style="color:#373737">Grant applications are due March 31, 2022.</span></b><span style="color:#373737"> More information on the grants, including the application packet, is available </span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="http://www.ohrab.org/grants/regrant/">here</a></span><span style="color:#373737">.</span><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#373737">Projects eligible for funding in 2022 include:</span><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li><span style="color:#373737">Assessment and Strategic Planning: hiring consultants to identify needs and priorities for improving the organization, description, preservation and access to collections.</span><o:p> </o:p></li><li><span style="color:#373737">Access, Arrangement and Description: identifying, organizing, and improving access to historical records.</span><o:p> </o:p></li><li><span style="color:#373737">Preservation: purchasing archival file folders, archival boxes, dehumidifiers, humidifiers, hygrothermographs, or HEPA vacuum cleaners.</span><o:p> </o:p></li><li><span style="color:#373737">Website Development: Adding collections to online catalog, developing virtual archives, or creating an on-line database. Websites designed to support access to researchers (e.g., online catalogs, finding aids, and digitized collections,
rather than curated web exhibits) will receive preference in funding.</span><o:p> </o:p></li><li><span style="color:#373737">Projects focused on under-documented communities and topics, as well as underserved communities, are encouraged.</span><o:p> </o:p></li><li style="display:block"><o:p><br>
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<b><span style="color:#373737">Please Note: all projects should produce some type of online content, such as a finding aid, report or digital images.<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:#373737;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to submit draft grant applications for feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#373737;background:white">**<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">PLEASE NOTE:
OHRAB is awaiting formal notification from the NHPRC on the funding for the regrants. While it is necessary for OHRAB to announce this grant opportunity and begin to receive your proposals, all awards are contingent on OHRAB receiving the funds from the NHPRC.</span></strong></span>
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<b><span style="color:#373737"> </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Questions?
Please contact: </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#333333;background:white">Stephen
Badenhop, Records and Archives Coordinator, Union County Records Center (937-645-4177; sbadenhop@unioncountyohio.gov).</span><o:p> </o:p></p>
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