Save Our History Preservation Grant Program

Posted by on February 24, 2006

[posted RFP Bulletin]

Save Our History Invites Applications for Preservation Grant Program and Teacher and Student Honors
Deadline: April 7 and June 2, 2006

A program of the History Channel (<A HREF="http://history.com/">http://history.com/</A>) and other partners, Save Our History is a national history education and preservation initiative that seeks to raise awareness and support for preserving local heritage.

As part of this effort, the History Channel awards Save Our History grants to history organizations to fund partnerships with schools or youth groups on community preservation projects. The History Channel also annually honors teachers and students who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to local history education and historic preservation.

Save Our History Grant Program: Historic organizations across the United States that are interested in funding for preservation projects developed with local schools or youth groups are encouraged to apply. History organizations, including museums, historical societies, preservation organizations, archives, libraries, and government agencies, can partner on projects with a school district, a coalition of schools, one school, or an organization that provides educational programming for children. In 2006, the History Channel will award $250,000 in Save Our History grants. History organizations can apply for up to $10,000. (Deadline: June 2, 2006.)

Save Our History National Honors (for teachers and students): The History Channel also wishes to honor teachers and students across the country who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to local history through their preservation or history education efforts. This year, twenty-four teachers who creatively integrate local history lesson plans, activities, or projects into their classroom curriculum, and twenty-four students who participate in local history/preservation projects, extracurricular history-themed service-learning projects, or independent study projects tied to history will win $1,000 cash prizes.

One teacher and one student will each receive a $5,000 cash prize and a free trip to Washington, D.C., where they will be recognized at the Save Our History National Honors Event in May 2006. (Deadline: April 7, 2006.)

For complete information on the Save Our History Grant Program or Save Our History National Honors Program, visit the Save Our History Web site.

RFP Link:
<a href="http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10000786/saveourhistory">http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10000786/saveourhistory</a>

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