Connecting Communities Digital Initiative – Sep 7

Posted by Library of Congress on August 29, 2023

Library of Congress invites applications for Connecting Communities Digital Initiative

The Library of Congress Connecting Communities Digital Initiative provides financial and technical support to individuals, institutions, and organizations to create imaginative projects using the library’s digital collections and centering one or more of the following groups: Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and other communities of color from any of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and its territories and commonwealths (Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands).

Applications are invited for two grant programs.

Grant for Libraries, Archives, Museums: Will provide support to libraries, archives, and museums that use Library of Congress materials to create projects that center one or more of the following groups: Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American, and Pacific Islander, and/or other communities of color in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, territories and commonwealths (Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands). In 2023, the library will award three 12-month grants of up to $70,000. The program is open to U.S.-based, nonprofit libraries, archives, and museums.

Grant for Higher Education: Will support minority-serving higher education institutions in the development of projects that use Library of Congress digital materials and that center one or more of the following groups: Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and/or other communities of color in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, territories and commonwealths (Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands). The program is open to two-year or four-year minority-serving higher education institutions based in the United States. In 2023, the library will award three 12-month grants of up to $70,000 each.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Library of Congress website.

Deadline: September 7, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. ET