EAD Help Pages - Training & Funding

Training

Society of American Archivists
The principal workshops for EAD training in the United States are offered by SAA.
Check their schedule for upcoming workshops. -- NEW WORKSHOP ON STYLE SHEETS ADDED

Rare Book School at University of Virginia

(If you would like to have a course added to this list, please contact Stephen Yearl)

Funding

Listed below are sites for several private or federal agencies that have either funded EAD projects in the past or whose scope of interest could include an EAD project. If you know of any other agencies that should be added, please contact Stephen Yearl.

Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation: A private organization based in New York that supports grants primarily in the area of humanities scholarship, performing arts, and Venetian history and culture. The Foundation considers proposals for several areas - EAD would fit into the "Research Library Program" category. Delmas is particularly interested in cooperative projects.

Institute of Museum and Library Services, Library Services and Technology Act: Sponsored by the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library services (IMLS), funds are allocated to each state's library administrative agency based on census information. The State Library then re-grants funds to libraries within the state including academic, public, research, school, and special libraries.

Mellon Foundation: A private not-for-profit organization based in New York, the Mellon Foundation makes grants in the following areas: conservation and the environment, cultural programs, higher education and scholarship, population, and public affairs.

National Endowment for the Humanities: NEH provides grants to both individuals and institutions ranging from research in the humanities to museum exhibitions. Grants for EAD work will fall under the Division of Preservation and Access.; The Division of Preservation and Access has a single annual deadline of July 1. Guidelines and application instructions may be found at: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/preservation.html.
Program officers will be happy to provide sample grant applications and other assistance in preparing a proposal.
For a list of the FY2001 recipients of grants from Preservation and Access (including amount of awards and links to institutional web sites), see: http://www.neh.gov/news/awards/PresAssistGrants2001.html.

National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC): NHPRC makes grants nationwide to nonprofit organizations such as colleges and universities, libraries, historical societies, etc. With these grants, their aim is to help identify, preserve, and provide public access to materials that document American history.