Are you or someone, or a group, you know working on an oral history project and need help getting started? The Southwest Oral History Association will award up to three mini-grants with the total amount awarded up to $1500. The SOHA Mini-Grant applications are due by Wednesday, January 5, 2022. For more details and how to apply, visit https://www.southwestoralhistory.org/awards.html
Funds may be used for interviewing, equipment, transcription, editing, publishing, and other oral history-related expenses. Students, teachers, independent researchers, historical societies, archives, museums, and nonprofits are encouraged to apply. First consideration is given to community-based projects focusing on Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and California, the states within the SOHA region.
Details to Apply:
PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING AS A WORD ATTACHMENT VIA E-MAIL to SOHA 2022 Mini-Grant Committee Members:
Danette Turner, danette.turner27@gmail.com
Sarah Moorhead, sarahemoorhead@fastmail.fm
Juan Coronado, jdc004@gmail.com
SOHA Office, soha@unlv.edu
Put “2022 MINI-GRANT APPLICATION” in the subject line.
• Cover Letter: One-page cover letter including name, mailing address, telephone number and email of applicant. Include a brief background history of the applicant, whether an individual or an organization. Please keep in mind that the awardee of this grant will need to provide a point of contact name and mailing address for SOHA to send a check for the amount of their mini-grant.
• Concise description of the Oral History Project: Include the title of the project, background on development, need for topic, planned number of interviews, expected length and depth, oral historian(s)’ names and oral history experience, archiving plans, possible presentation plans, and project timetable. There is a maximum length of three double-spaced pages.
• Budget for the project: Include amount requested and other sources of funding, if any.
• Contact Information for a Reference: Identify, in a single-page attachment, at least one reference and how that person can attest to the applicant’s oral history capabilities and project. Please include the reference’s contact information (full name, any official title/position, phone number, and email).
IF USING U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, MAIL MINI-GRANT REQUESTS TO:
Southwest Oral History Association
ATTENTION: MINI-GRANT COMMITTEE
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Box 455020
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5020
SOHA WILL ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF APPLICATION VIA EMAIL.
Questions? Email the SOHA Office: soha@unlv.edu
You can also download the application form (click on hyperlink).
Deadline for Applications: January 5, 2022
Award Notifications: February 4, 2022
● Award recipients may be invited to present their work at a SOHA conference within two years of receiving the Award. We also ask that recipients prepare a written report on their work for inclusion in SOHA’s newsletter within six months of receiving the award.
● A one-year membership in SOHA will be included as part of the Mini-Grant Award.
● Previous award recipients are not eligible to apply two years in a row.
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