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<div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted1">For those with film in your collections, there are two grant opportunities from the National Film Preservation Foundation available. See details below:</div>
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<p class="ContentPasted0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong class="ContentPasted0">Friday, March 24th is the registration deadline</strong><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>for the National Film Preservation Foundation's annual federally-funded
grant program, made possible by the Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2016.</p>
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<p class="ContentPasted0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The NFPF offers two types of federal cash grants that support the preservation of historically and culturally significant American films. <strong class="ContentPasted0">Completed applications
will be due Friday, April 28th.</strong></p>
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<p class="ContentPasted0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u class="ContentPasted0">Basic Preservation Grants</u> fund laboratory work to create preservation masters and access copies, and are open to nonprofit and public institutions in the United
States that provide public access to their film collections. The awards range from $1,000 to $20,000. For more information go to <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmpreservation.org%2Fnfpf-grants%2Fbasic-preservation-grants&data=05%7C01%7Cgallob%40michigan.gov%7C72580a46c2f64dfba59008dadd0b54fb%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C638065337986087361%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WVuOZi2PLOr%2FnqXtmpvX3dz25DEHA0Z%2FydHU9XJlJi4%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" shash="M6EXczZc0/tPwPvYHPRBWLT/3YU+gdUYr11yFINM9i1tzEDb6oYm16hB7Xcp7uAP585H7aSg6Fk5I7JZE9fiZXsuIXFL1qDVCf4ewW9nLsIyAtW7PyrqqKqKUNslSP2dLbIAdHCm6sRKKzUBBBU1m20wjfhaITEbZjqPi+fONFc=" title="Original URL: https://www.filmpreservation.org/nfpf-grants/basic-preservation-grants. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-linkindex="11" class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">www.filmpreservation.org/nfpf-grants/...</a>. </p>
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<p class="ContentPasted0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u class="ContentPasted0">Matching Grants</u> help experienced institutions undertake larger-scale projects; applicants may request cash stipends of between $20,001 and $75,000 to fund laboratory
work. They must "match" the NFPF grant with outside cash support equal to one-fifth of the award. Only institutions that have successfully completed a NFPF-funded project may apply. For more information go to <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmpreservation.org%2Fnfpf-grants%2Fmatching-grants&data=05%7C01%7Cgallob%40michigan.gov%7C72580a46c2f64dfba59008dadd0b54fb%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C638065337986087361%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hI9XnqhNtOmtzXXGpBP3FxkXzqgT%2Fhs3sJfpGQFMdUc%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" shash="OoXKKLog6M90k05vVPZT1hJme4+D08ib/TzWEoOqaUw98PkfDA6mbK0P9nGu3WsHht4I9lVsYTSaqSRtvjuMKrq++UTwJL22FHmGhQ0kMTtVs5JNLu8DVoy8YXA8fBSKRayM4hk3fC+e6PiIA+RB2myA4N2p4fVu/BJDZhuLMkA=" title="Original URL: https://www.filmpreservation.org/nfpf-grants/matching-grants. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-linkindex="12" class="ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">www.filmpreservation.org/nfpf-grants/matching-grants</a>.</p>
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<p class="ContentPasted0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">If your institution has a project that fits our grant guidelines, we encourage you to apply. Should your archive be new to film preservation, we are here to answer your questions and guide
you through the application process. <strong class="ContentPasted0">We look forward to hearing from you on or before March 24th.</strong></p>
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David Wells<br class="ContentPasted0">
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wells@filmpreservation.org<br class="ContentPasted0">
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