Library of Congress American Folklife Center – Community Collection Grants
Country: United States
Amount: $50,000
Term: 1 year
Deadline: August 1
Summary
The Community Collections Grants from the American Folklife Center (AFC) fund and support contemporary cultural field research and documentation within diverse communities. Available to Individuals and Organizations, the grants offer up to $50,000 each to support projects within their communities to produce ethnographic cultural documentation, such as of interviews with community members and audio-visual recordings of cultural activity, from the community perspective. The center will archive the collections from grant projects to preserve and showcase this rich and valuable cultural documentation, expanding its representation and inclusion of contemporary cultural expressions and traditions that may otherwise be absent from the national record.
Application Protocol
Apply via Grants.gov.
Grant Website
https://www.loc.gov/programs/of-the-people/collect-and-preserve/Theme
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