HSNM Grants

Historical Society of New Mexico - Grants Program

The Historical Society of New Mexico awards grants that advance the preservation and study of New Mexico’s history through projects involving historic preservation, research and publication, public programs, exhibits, or other means of developing and disseminating historical information. The maximum grant is $500. Recipients must be members in good standing of the Historical Society of New Mexico (individual membership for individual grants, organizational membership for an institutional grant).

Individual Grants

Click here to download one-page information/application form for Individual grants.

Nina Otero Warren Institutional Grants

Click here to download one-page information/application form for Institutional grants.

Grants are awarded based on an annual cycle. The deadline for application for 2011 awards is May 31, 2011, for projects to occur between August 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012; though a later completion date is permissible. Grant awards are made at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Historical Society of New Mexico. The Society is able to support approximately 3-5 projects each year.

Review of applications will begin after the May 31 application due date.

2011 Grants are due by May 31, 2011. For more information contact Dennis Trujillo.

2008 Grant Awards:

Awarded to:	Type	Project
Karen Stein Daniel	Individual	Abstract and publish naturalization records from New Mexico courts, housed at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives.
Friends of New Mexico History Foundation	Institutional	Digitize and upload, to the Office of the State Historian Website, the six-volume thesis, Private Land Claims of the Southwest, by J.J. Bowden.
Hispanic Genealogical Research Center	Institutional	Publish a book on the Chaperito Parish in San Miguel County, 1850-1920, utilizing Catholic Registers, land grant information, oral histories, and examination of historic sites in the area.
Los Alamos Historical Society	Institutional	Support the Los Alamos Historical Society in presenting a public lecture series including multiple presentations on topics pertaining to New Mexico history.

Historical Society of New Mexico
P. O. Box 1912
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
hsnminfo@hsnm.org