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This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program will support the ongoing work of The Papers of Andrew Jackson: A Documentary Edition scholarly editing project through September 2024. The University of Tennessee is producing a seventeen volume bound series and two electronic formats collecting, editing, and publishing the existing records of Andrew Jackson's presidency. To date, eleven volumes have been...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded The University of Tulsa $316,990 under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to update and expand the Modernist Journals Project collection. The two-year project, spanning October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, will digitize an important cluster of new magazine titles from the early twentieth century and additional later issues of existing...

Summary The University of Tennessee received a $2.73 million Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161), effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030. The award supports the preparation and publication of volumes XIII through XVI of "The Papers of Andrew Jackson," a comprehensive annotated scholarly edition project spanning 17 print volumes and two digital editions. These four volumes...

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (OI) was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program. The grant will support the OI's continued production of digital and audio humanities programming focused on early American history. Specifically, funding will retain three staff positions that were slated for layoff due to pandemic-related budget cuts. Retained staff will produce...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the University Press of Mississippi a $144,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The funding will support the creation of four new positions focused on improving the publisher's digital workflow and long-term sustainability through cloud-based publishing software and database implementation, file organization systems, and permanent digital asset...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $227,420 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program to the Linguistic Society of America to support the creation and distribution of 20 original podcast episodes and 3 mini-series episodes on the history of African American English through the Subtitle podcast. The podcast episodes will range between 20 to 25 minutes and will be distributed through Subtitle's online and social media platforms, with...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) will provide $120,000.00 to Le Moyne College to support the creation of a course called "Publishing Today." The course will reinvigorate interest in English Literature majors by educating students on the current publishing industry landscape. It will feature guest speakers and experts from...

This $122,634 federal Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.312 - National Leadership Grants) will allow The University of Kentucky Research Foundation to convene a series of forums over two years to create a comprehensive, distributed central and southern Appalachian monograph shared print collection. The project aims to address challenges in developing monograph collections that elevate traditionally marginalized voices by bringing together research...

The Arkansas State Archives received a $324,595 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to digitize 100,000 to 110,000 pages of historic Arkansas newspapers and Native American newspapers published between 1819 and 1963. The award, dated January 1, 2026, with completion anticipated by December 31, 2027, represents the fifth cycle of the National Digital Newspaper Program...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $149,994 under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program to Georgia College & State University for the project "FLANNERY O'CONNOR AND MILLEDGEVILLE: COLLECTING THE PAST." Through interviews and archival collection, the awardee and its Andalusia Institute will develop podcasts, videos, and records providing insights on author Flannery O'Connor and inspiration from her work. The...