The National Archives's grant-making arm, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, invites educators to apply to “Public Engagement with Historical Records” (http://archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/engagement.html). NHPRC seeks projects that encourage public engagement with historical records, including the development of new tools that enable people to engage online. NHPRC is looking for projects that create models and technologies that other institutions can freely adopt. Proposals from collaborations (among archivists, documentary editors, historians, educators, and/or community-based individuals) are especially encouraged Projects might create and develop programs to engage people in the study and use of historical records for institutional, educational, or personal reasons. For example, an applicant can:

• Enlist volunteer "citizen archivists" in projects to accelerate access to historical records, especially those online. This may include, but is not limited to, efforts to identify, tag, transcribe, annotate, or otherwise enhance digitized historical records.
• Develop educational programs for K-16 students or community members that encourage them to engage with historical records already in repositories or that are collected as part of the project.

Examples of projects funded under a similar program include:

* A project by the University of South Carolina's Digital Collections department in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Education to hold summer workshops for teachers to create Document Based Questions that will be posted on the University's website and the Digital Public Library of America;
* A collaborative project led by the Huntington Library to crowdsource the transcription and decoding of civil war telegrams at https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/decoding-the-civil-war and develop curriculum for high school students;
* The development of family history curriculum for tenth graders coordinated by St. John's University and the New York City Department of Education.

Educators/collaborators interested in applying can contact Nancy Melley at nancy.melley@nara.gov. The application deadline is October 6, 2016.