Publication Subventions

Post Date

May 19th 2008

Application Due Date

September 2nd 2008

Funding Opportunity Number

SUBVENTION-F08

CFDA Number(s)

89.003

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Humanities

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education

Only those non-profit presses publishing works by Publishing Historical Records projects that have been supported or endorsed by the NHPRC are eligible for support. Publishers applying to the Commission for subvention grants must do so before actual publication of the volume.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $10000

Grant Description

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission promotes the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals from non-profit presses for subventions to publish volumes of NHPRC-sponsored or endorsed historical documentary editions. Through its subvention grants, the NHPRC promotes the widest possible distribution and use of Commission-supported documentary editions and encourages the highest archival permanence standards for paper, printing, and binding. The Commission expects vigorous and innovative marketing efforts on the part of grantees to reach scholars, teachers, and all other audiences. The Commission funds only the estimated losses a press expects to incur by publishing a particular volume. These can be calculated with a simple formula provided by the Association of American University Presses: average net price multiplied by estimated first three years' sales, subtracted from the total manufacturing and non-manufacturing costs of the volume. Subvention grants cannot exceed $10,000. The Commission may provide up to $3,000 for reprinting of NHPRC-sponsored or -endorsed volumes, whether in hardcover or paperback. NHPRC support begins no earlier than December 1, 2008.

Contact Information

• Agency

  National Archives and Records Administration

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  David Davis
  Grants Workflow & Info. Coord.
  Phone 202-357-5022

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grants Workflow & Information Coordinator

• Agency Email Address:

  david.davis@nara.gov

• More Information:

  Complete grant announcement for Publication Subventions, including additional requirements and instructions