The state board serves as the central advisory body for historical records planning and for National Historical Publications and Records Commission - (NHPRC) funded projects in Colorado. CHRAB serves as a coordinating body, and seeks to facilitate cooperation and communication among historical record repositories and information agencies within the state. The Board is also a state-level review body for propo sals as defined in the grant program guidelines of the NHPRC.

Organizations interested in applying for an NHPRC grant should begin by contacting the Coordinator for a complete set of current guidelines:

Terry Ketelsen, Coordinator
Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board
Colorado State Archives
1313 Sherman St., Room 1B-20
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-4900
terry.ketelsen@state.co.us

Or, contact the Commission:

Richard A. Cameron
Assistant Program Director for State Programs
NHPRC-NP
National Archives Building, Room 607
Washington, DC 20408
(202) 501-5610
richard.cameron@arch.nara.gov

Prospective applicants should contact the coordinator before proceeding with an application. This will allow an informal consideration of the proposal’s potential, and, if necessary, for suggestions on developing a more competitive proposal for the na tional-level review process.

Finished proposals must be submitted to the coordinator who will forward copies to each Board member for evaluation. When this screening process is complete, some applications may require revisions prior to submission to the NHPRC.

Applicants are encouraged to heed deadlines established for various kinds of projects and provide the coordinator with the specified number of proposal copies. The categories and deadlines for Board Review and NHPRC submission are (CHRAB DEADLINES ARE IN PARENTHESES):

Grant Application Deadlines

Application packages that fall within one of the following three NHPRC top-priority categories must be postmarked no later than June 1 (April 1 for CHRAB review).

• The NHPRC will provide the American public with widespread access to the papers of the founders of our democratic republic and its institutions by ensuring the timely completion of eight projects now in progress to publish the papers of George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and papers that document the Ratification of the Constitution, the First Federal Congress, and the early Supreme Court.
• The NHPRC will promote broad public participation in historical documentation by collaborating with State Historical Records Advisory Boards to plan and carry out jointly funded programs to strengthen the nation's archival infrastructure and expand the range of records that are protected and accessible.
• The NHPRC will enable the nation's archivists, records managers, and documentary editors to overcome the obstacles and take advantage of the opportunities posed by electronic technologies by continuing to provide leadership in funding research-and-development on appraising, preserving, disseminating, and providing access to important documentary sources in electronic form.

Application packages that do not fall within one of the preceding three NHPRC top-priority categories must be postmarked no later than October 1 (August 1 for CHRAB review). This includes:

• Projects to increase access to and use of records including, development of education and promotional programs, arrangement and description, and the documentation of previously under-documented subject fields. In some cases, projects to assist in the establishment of new institutional archives and records programs may be supported.
• Projects to improve the state archives and records programs or state-based support for local government records projects and programs whose records have more than local significance. In addition, projects that increase document use by teachers, students, scholars, and the public.