American Såtba – Ammalaw Program (ASAP)
What is the American Såtba – Ammalaw Program (ASAP)?
ASAP is a grant making program devoted to distribution of supplemental funds awarded to the Northern Marianas Humanities Council by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to help humanities organizations and other eligible institutions prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Awards may support, among other activities:
- Humanities programming.
- General operating costs of humanities focused organizations.
- Strategic planning and capacity building efforts related to preparing, responding to, and recovering from the coronavirus.
- Technical/consultant needs related to a digital transition or in support of preservation and access programs (equipment costs cannot exceed 20% of a subaward).
- Expansion, due to the effects of the coronavirus, of outdoor and virtual humanities programming and activities, from traditional environments to those that are more accessible.
- Equity assessments and planning related to coronavirus and the economic crisis.
Application Period- 2nd Round Funding Opportunity
November 17, 2021 – December 20, 2021
Performance Period
November 1, 2021 – November 30, 2022
Maximum Subaward per Organization
$20,000
Who is considered an Eligible Entity?
- CNMI nonprofit organizations (must submit a certificate of incorporation as a nonprofit corporation in the CNMI)
- CNMI government agencies
- Accredited public or 501(c)(3) institutions of higher education
Eligible CNMI organizations can request funding for:
- humanities programming;
- strategic planning and capacity building efforts related to preparing, responding to, and recovering from the coronavirus general operating costs (limited to organizations that are humanities focused*);
- expansion due to the effects of the coronavirus for outdoor and virtual humanities programming and engagement or similar activities to transition from traditional environments to those that are more accessible;
- equity assessments and planning related to coronavirus and the economic crisis.
*Please note that “the term ‘humanities’ includes, but is not limited to, the study and interpretation of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of the social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.”
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, 1965, as amended
Application Process
Application is completed through survey monkey: APPLY HERE
Application questions and instructions can be downloaded here: ASAP Application Guide
Applicants will need to upload the following attachment into application
Requirements
All Applicants must meet the following basic criteria:
- must be a CNMI nonprofit organization, government agency, accredited public or 501(c)(3) institution of higher education;
- must have a unique entity identifier DUNS number;
- must address how they have been adversely impacted by the pandemic, consistent with the purposes of the American Rescue Plan 2021;
- applicants must not have been suspended or debarred;
- applicants must not be delinquent on federal debt;
Restricted Use of Grant Funds (move it to Application details)
- Unallowable expenses as defined in 2 CFR 200 Subpart E – Cost Principles
- Overlapping project costs with any other pending or approved application(s) for federal funding and/or approved federal awards
- Funds for activities supported by other non-NEH federal funds
- Competitive regranting
- Cancellation costs
- Pre-award cost dating to before pre-award cost dated before August 1, 2021
- Equipment cost in excess of 20% of total project cost
- Travel (both foreign and domestic)
- Construction, purchase of real property, major alteration and renovation
- Environmental sustainability
- Collections acquisition
- The preservation, organization, or description of materials that are not regularly accessible for research, education, or public programming
- Promotion of a particular political, religious, or ideological point of view
- Advocacy of a particular program of social or political action
- Support of specific public policies or legislation
- Lobbying
- Projects that fall outside of the humanities and the humanistic social sciences (including the creation or performance of art; creative writings, autobiographies, memoirs, creative nonfiction; and quantitative social science research or policy studies)
- Organizations whose mission falls outside of the humanities and the humanistic social sciences (including the creation or performance of art; creative writings, autobiographies, memoirs, creative nonfiction; and quantitative social science research or policy studies) are not eligible to receive funding for general operating costs under NEH ARP awards.
*Prior to submitting your application NMHC will require applicants to agree with NEH and ARP Grants Social Media Campaign if awarded.
Evaluation Criteria
Applicants that have been deemed eligible for ASAP funding will be evaluated competitively based on the following criteria:
- aligns with NMHC’s 2021-2025 Strategic Master Plan (for those seeking funding for humanities programming)
- demonstration of adverse impact of coronavirus on the organization
- demonstration of a pragmatic plan for use of funds to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the coronavirus pandemic
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