NEH – Public Humanities Projects

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Dana Desonie

Date Due: 1/10/18 for projects beginning August 2018, updated guidelines will be posted at least two months in advance

Amount: $40,000 (planning), $75,000 (exceptionally ambitious project planning), $50,000 to $400,000 (implementation)

Summary: Public Humanities Projects grants support projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to illuminate significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art, or to address challenging issues in contemporary life. NEH encourages projects that involve members of the public in collaboration with humanities scholars or that invite contributions from the community in the development and delivery of humanities programming. The grant program supports a variety of forms of audience engagement: 1) community conversations, 2) exhibitions, 3) historic places.

Keywords: humanities, community

Solicitation number: CFDA Number: 45.164

URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/public-humanities-projects

NEH – Humanities Access Grants

Posted on July 19, 2017 by atgause

Date Due: 05/02/18

Amount: $100,000

Summary: Humanities Access grants help support capacity building for humanities programs that benefit one or more of the following groups: children, family, and young adults (defined to include those between ages 18 and 30).

Humanities Access grants provide funding for existing programs at institutions such as public libraries, local and regional museums, historical societies, community colleges, four-year colleges and universities, archival repositories, and other cultural organizations.

Programs supported by Humanities Access grants have included, for example

a young readers’ initiative sponsored by a state humanities council;

a “family conversations” program at a rural historical society connecting the area’s cultural and natural resources; and

internships for students at a liberal arts college to work in local cultural organizations during the summer.

Humanities Access Grants offer two years of match-based funding. All funds must be expended by the end of the grant period. Humanities Access grant funds should not be used to replace existing program funds. Instead, the grant should expand or enhance an existing exemplary humanities program.

Notes: Humanities Access Grants offer two years of match-based funding to be expended through a term endowment over the final three years of the five-year grant period. Humanities Access grant funds should not be used to replace existing program funds. Instead, the grant should expand or enhance an existing exemplary humanities program.

Keywords: humanities, community

~Updated guidelines will be posted at least two months in advance of the deadline.

URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/challenge/humanities-access-grants

 

NEH – Humanities Connections

Posted on October 20, 2016 by jehollow

Date Due: 10/05/17 for projects beginning May 2018, updated guidelines will be posted at least two months in advance

Amount: $100,000

Summary: Humanities Connections grants seek to expand the role of the humanities in the undergraduate curriculum at two- and four-year institutions, offering students in all academic fields new opportunities to develop the intellectual skills and habits of mind that the humanities cultivate. Grant projects focus on connecting the resources and perspectives of the humanities to students’ broader educational and professional goals, regardless of their path of study. Through this new grant program, NEH invites proposals that reflect innovative and imaginative approaches to preparing students for their roles as engaged citizens and productive professionals in a rapidly changing and interdependent world.

Grants support the development and implementation of an integrated set of courses and student engagement activities focusing on significant humanities content. A common topic, theme, or compelling issue or question must link the courses and activities. The linked courses (a minimum of three) may fulfill general education or core curriculum requirements but could also be designed primarily for students in a particular major or course of study. The Humanities Connections program gives special encouragement to projects that foster collaboration between humanities faculty and their counterparts in the social and natural sciences and pre-service or professional programs in business, engineering, health sciences, law, computer science, and other non-humanities fields.

Humanities Connections projects have two core features: 1. faculty from at least two separate departments or schools at a single institution must collaborate to devise new curricular arrangements; and 2. projects must include provisions for high-impact student engagement activities that relate directly to the topic(s) of the linked courses. These activities could include individual or collaborative undergraduate research projects; opportunities for civic engagement; or a structured experience with community-based, project-based, or site-based learning. Community organizations and cultural institutions can play key roles in this regard.

Keywords: humanities, innovation, community

Limitations: 1. Faculty must come from at least two separate departments or schools in a single institution and 2. Projects must include provisions for high-impact student engagement activities.

Solicitation number: 20161005-AK

URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/humanities-connections