RICHES Rated Among the Best Resources for Historical Research
Each year, the RUSA/CODES History Section Historical Materials Committee selects an assortment of resources that reflect the best resources for historical research. RICHES made the 2013 list. Click here to read the committee review (pg.267 – 268).

Current External Grant Awards
Harvesting the History of Three Diverse Central Florida Communities
National Endowment for the Humanities, Digital Start-up Grant
$50,000 | September 1, 2011 – June 30, 2013

History of the Florida Tech Corridor Council
Florida Tech Corridor Council
$10,000 | September 1, 2011 – June 30, 2013

Using Oral History to Introduce Person-Centered Residential Care in Assisted Living (CoPI)
Winter Park Health Foundation
$20,997 | May 23, 2011 – June 1, 2012

Internal Grants Funded: Connie L. Lester, PI
Shared Learning: The Space Coast’s Voyage to the Moon
University of Central Florida, College of Arts and Humanities (Seed Money for Pilot Project)
$9,040 | November 30, 2014 – August 5, 2015

RICHES Unit Start-Up Incentive
University of Central Florida, College of Arts and Humanities (Seed Money for Equipment)
$9,998 | November 30, 2014 – August 5, 2015

Pilot Project to Implement the Connections Module as an Independent Tool using the Charles Brockden Brown Papers
University of Central Florida, College of Arts and Humanities (Seed Money)
$8,840 | November 30, 2014 – August 5, 2015

Entity Extraction: Joint RICHES-Center for Humanities and Digital Research
University of Central Florida, College of Arts and Humanities (Seed Money)
$10,000 | November 30, 2014 – August 5, 2015

Internal Funding: RICHES as Co-PI or Beneficiary of Funding
The Animators History Project (Dr. Cheryl Cabrera, PI and Connie Lester, Co-PI)
University of Central Florida, College of Arts and Humanities
$12,500 | November 30, 2014 – August 5, 2015

Citizen Curator (project proposed by Dr. Barry Mauer; three paid internships for RICHES)
University of Central Florida, College of Arts and Humanities (Seed Money)
$10,000 | November 30, 2014 – August 5, 2015