Project Grant 1178007092

The University of Houston was awarded a $249,998 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to undertake the multi-year effort "Democratizing Politics: Mapping the Stories and Significance of the 1977 National Women's Conference." Over three years, the University will develop an open-access digital humanities website and fully-featured website by 2027 to analyze the thousands of participants and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $300,000 to Rutgers, The State University to lay the groundwork for new paradigms of responsible design, development, and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered writing tools. The key products and services to be delivered include: Clear and accessible articulations of the research methods and challenges for design-oriented AI as it applies to writing...

The Citylit Project Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The two-year award, issued on January 1, 2022 and set to conclude on December 31, 2023, will support personnel and marketing expenses to respond to and aid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of its mission to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education,...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) provides $149,700 to Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. over a 2-year period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026. The funding supports the continued development, assessment, and scaling of a general education course for entering freshmen focused on metro Atlanta content, including memoirs,...

The Chicago Humanities Festival was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164). The grant will support the development and implementation of six in-person speaker programs on topics related to racial justice, gender equality, and building an inclusive society. These programs will be part of the Chicago Humanities Festival in 2022 and will take place in neighborhoods around Chicago....

Jezebel Productions Inc. received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to produce a 75-minute documentary film titled "The Five Demands: Two Volatile Weeks that Changed the Face of Higher Education." The documentary will tell the story of the 1969 campus strike by Black and Puerto Rican students at the City College of New York, who were at the forefront...

The Pen American Center, Inc. received a two-year, $149,700 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164). The award will support the FLASHPOINTS: FREE SPEECH IN AMERICAN HISTORY, CULTURE & SOCIETY event series, which will examine the complex history of free speech in American democracy through public presentations in multiple cities from 2021 through 2023. The series will illuminate past...

The Fashion Institute of Technology received a $182,444 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to deliver a series of one-week residential workshops exploring Italian American public art in New York City. The "Creative Spaces/Contested Spaces" project will strengthen place-based humanities teaching and learning by examining how monuments, landmarks, and public artworks are...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Colour Of Music, Inc., doing business as Colour Of Music Festival, to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. This funding falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for public...