The Society for Industrial Archeology Industrial Heritage Preservation Grants

Society for Industrial Archeology Email: sia@mtu.edu Tel.: 906-487-1889

The Society for Industrial Archeology offers Industrial Heritage Preservation Grants from $1000 to $3000 for the study, documentation, recordation, and/or preservation of significant historic industrial sites, structures, and objects. Awards are made to nonprofit organizations and qualified individuals. Contributions of in-kind services, as well as cash resources from the sponsoring and cosponsoring agencies may qualify for matching purposes. Funds may be used for a range of projects including, but not limited to: increasing public awareness of preservation efforts, photography, videography, preparing inventories and developing measured drawings of extant significant industrial sites, structures, maritime facilities and industrial artifacts. Grant recipients must agree to prepare a written summary of their project suitable for publication in either the SIA Newsletter and/or for Industrial Archeology, the Society's scholarly journal.

Grants are open to qualified individuals, independent scholars, nonprofit organizations and academic institutions. Substantial participation from state, county, or local history organizations is encouraged, although such groups do not necessarily need to be a sponsoring agency.

Awards are limited and grants may not be awarded in some years.

The decision to award grants are made once a year at the SIA Annual Meeting (usually held in late May or early June). Applications must be received by March 31 to be considered for that year.

Please contact one of the members of the Preservation Grants Committee if you are planning to apply.

Note the following changes to the SIA Grant Policy:

1. Funds from any SIA grant may not be used to pay overhead or administration costs of the grant.

2. Please mail the Grant Application (by the deadline date) to the SIA Headquarters office and not to a member of the Grants Committee.

Mail your completed application to:
Society for Industrial Archeology
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Dr
Houghton, MI 49931

or via email to sia@mtu.edu