Cooperative Agreement SECAGD13CA113

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $197,846 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to The Interfaith Center of New York, Inc. The grant will fund a three-week institute that provides K-12 teachers with an advanced introduction to the religious diversity of the United States. The institute will include classroom-based workshops, meetings with religious leaders, visits to local houses of worship, and field research in a...

This $174,182 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund a two-week, in-person institute for 25 K-12 educators to develop classroom curricula related to the role of religious diversity in social and political life in the U.S. through the lens of early Philadelphia. The institute will explore the lived history of diverse religious communities in Philadelphia and the impact on...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Outreach Aid To The Americas Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will support independent faith leaders to monitor and conduct advocacy around violations of freedom of religion and belief from September 15, 2022 through March 31, 2024. The program location is 1173 Delaware St, Denver, CO 80204 where...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program totaling $198,693 will fund research conceptualizing, measuring, and analyzing religious fundamentalism. The University of Maryland, College Park will conduct a full-scale survey of over 3,300 adults from contrasting religious groups to evaluate similarities and differences in fundamentalist beliefs and attitudes. Researchers will develop a standardized fundamentalism scale to gauge...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1.2 million project grant to E-Collaborative For Civic Education Corporation under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will fund efforts from August 2022 through September 2025 to increase respect for nonbelievers' freedom of belief in Iran through expanded empathy, understanding, and advocacy among the general public and religious and...

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), a nonprofit membership organization, was awarded a $249,531 Project Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) Program (CFDA 45.313). The grant will support the development of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Institute targeted at academic and research librarians and archivists. The institute will build upon a previous IMLS planning grant and curriculum based on the...

The United States Institute of Peace awarded a $127,800 Project Grant to the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research to support the delivery of services under the REINVIGORATING MULTILATERAL CONFLICT PREVENTION AND PEACEBUILDING project from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. Under this award, the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research will provide analysis and policy recommendations to strengthen international cooperation and multilateral approaches for...

This federal Project Grant award of $172,260.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund a two-week hybrid institute for 25 K-5 teachers. The institute, titled "Bridging Histories: Angel Island and Asian American Immigration", will enable participants to visit Angel Island in San Francisco and engage in lectures and workshops to develop content knowledge and critical perspectives on the...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Indiana University $217,254 under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development federal grant program (CFDA 45.163) for the project "Muslim American Identities, Past and Present" from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. The grant aimed to promote better teaching and research on Muslim American history and culture in higher education through Indiana University's examination of Muslim American identities over time. As the...

The University of Denver will receive a two-year, $120,508 project grant from the United States Institute of Peace to evaluate United Nations-African Union special political missions for conflict prevention and peacebuilding. The grant was awarded on April 1, 2022 under the Priority Grant Competition program of the USIP, which provides funding to nonprofit organizations through CFDA #91.005 to increase the breadth and depth of the Institute's peacebuilding work. As the awardee, the University of...