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Please see the full solicitation for complete information about the funding opportunity. Below is a summary assembled by the Research & Innovation Office (RIO).

Program Summary

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the nation’s principles of equality, liberty, and government by consent, the Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition program supports activities to preserve and improve access to primary source materials—including archival records; documents and rare publications; art and material culture; and photographs and sound recordings—that document:

1. The history of American independence and establishment and/or expansion of the nation, including the experiences of states, territories, and communities—in the original colonies and beyond—joining the nation; or
2. The history of American government in federal, state, and local contexts, including the federal Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, state constitutions, governors’ papers, charter documents, court and legislative records, and other foundational documents.

Applications may be submitted for projects that address one or more of the following activities:

• providing conservation treatment for and/or rehousing original items or groups of items;
• cataloging or arranging and describing collections of archival records, documents, and rare publications; art and material culture; and photographs, sound recordings, and other primary sources;
• digitizing collections and making them available for public use through websites, portals, or local, state, or national repositories;
• using advanced imaging and associated data to promote the research value of primary sources;
• transcribing or translating primary source materials, including through crowdsourced means;
• updating previously digitized resources to improve access and preserve digital surrogates or other digital assets; and
• developing indexes, databases, or other project-specific digital resources to codify information on a subject or to aggregate selected humanities materials.

Awards are available in two funding categories:

• Individual Institution (up to $350,000 in two years) for projects focusing on the collections or activities of a single institution, and
• Consortium (up to $750,000 in three years) for projects involving collaboration among two or more eligible cultural heritage repositories.

Deadlines

�鶹��Ѱ�����Internal Deadline: 11:59pm MT July 28, 2025

Sponsor Application Deadline: 9:59pm MT September 4, 2025

Internal Application Requirements (all in PDF format)

• Project Type: Individual or Consortium
• Project Summary (3 pages maximum): Please include the following components: 1) a narrative describing the project, methods and activities, free of technical terms and jargon and including; 2) outputs that will facilitate the conservation, rehousing, arrangement, description, cataloging, digitization, transcription, translation, and creation of finding aids or indexes for a defined set of documents, items, records, and advanced digital images, along with the corresponding datasets and resources; 3) a work plan describing the activities to achieve the proposed outputs; and 4) a list of all project personnel and institutional affiliations.
• PI Curriculum Vitae
• Budget Overview (1 page maximum): A basic budget outlining project costs is sufficient; detailed OCG budgets are not required.

To access the online application, visit:

Eligibility

If your organization is eligible, you may apply on behalf of a consortium of collaborating organizations. If NEH selects your proposal for funding, you will be programmatically, legally, and fiscally responsible for the award.

Limited Submission Guidelines

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Award Information

• Award Amount & Duration
  • $350K: Individual Institution Projects (2 years)
  • $750K: Consortium Projects (3 years)
• Anticipated Number of Awards: 30

Review Criteria

Peer reviewers will use the following criteria to review applications under this notice:

1. The project’s significance for supporting scholarly research, education, or public engagement in the humanities, and the extent to which the project supports greater understanding of the history of American independence, the establishment and/or expansion of the nation, and/or the history of American government. (aligns with narrative section “Introduction & Significance”)
2. The soundness of the proposed methods, the adherence to accepted standards and practices in cultural heritage preservation, and the viability of the activities. (aligns with narrative section “Methods & Activities”)
3. The specificity and utility of the proposed outputs. (aligns with narrative section “Outputs”)
4. The quality of the project’s plans for sustaining project outputs and engaging with relevant audiences. (aligns with narrative section "Sustainability & Outreach”)
5. The qualifications of the project’s staff and suitability of advisors, consultants, and/or vendors. (aligns with Attachment 4: Résumés and Biographies)
6. The reasonableness of the budget in relation to the activities and outputs. (aligns with the Research and Related Budget form and budget justification in relation to the narrative, Attachment 2: Outputs, and Attachment 3: Work plan)